Articles filed under Political Parties
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When presidents die, power transfer can be tenseNov 23, 2013 4:56 pm - NEW YORK — As President John F. Kennedy lay dying 50 years ago at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Vice President Lyndon Johnson was hurried into a small room in Mi...
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Analysis: Dems reach breaking point on filibustersNov 23, 2013 4:38 pm - WASHINGTON — As Democrats watched Senate Republicans use filibuster powers to thwart more and more of President Barack Obama’s agenda and nominees, they wondered how muc...
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Cocaine bust derails fledgling GOP congressmanNov 23, 2013 1:39 pm - FORT MYERS, Fla. — From the outset, U.S. Rep. Trey Radel — a brash and digitally savvy darling of the political right — was determined to make a name for himself. And so...
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Palatine Township GOP endorsement spurs 'pay-to-play' claimNov 22, 2013 4:30 am - The campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard is accusing fellow GOP candidate Bruce Rauner of “pay-to-play” politics as a result of an endorsement Rau...
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Naperville attorney jumps into secretary of state raceNov 18, 2013 2:33 pm - A Republican school board president from DuPage County is taking on Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White in the 2014 election. Naperville attorney Mike Webster, who l...
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N.Y. mayor-elect says he’s ‘cleared the air’ with police chiefNov 16, 2013 12:15 pm - NEW YORK — New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) says he’s “cleared the air” with NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly after the city’s top cop told Pla...
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Speaker calls Illinois 'most crooked, most broke' at political summitNov 02, 2013 6:00 pm - The guest roster read like a Who's Who of local and national Republican and conservative figures. Among them were U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, former congressman and now broa...
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Ex-GOP Florida Gov. Crist to run for job as DemocratNov 02, 2013 4:54 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former Republican governor-turned Democrat Charlie Crist took the first step Friday toward attempting to reclaim his old job with a new party, paving...
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Kerry: Some surveillance reached ‘too far’Nov 01, 2013 9:48 pm - WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry’s remark that some National Security Agency surveillance “reached too far” was the first time a high-ranking Obama administrat...
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Botched healthcare rollout raises questions about big governmentOct 26, 2013 5:43 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has faced a persistent challenge in office. The advocate of big, bold actions to address large and seemingly intractable problems, h...