Articles filed under Politics
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The personal cost of the Trump-Russia probeApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is over, but the reverberations of the Trump-Russia affair live on. One such aftereffect is the reluctance of some importa...
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Licensing fee emerges as issue in sports betting legislationApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - With five plans being considered, it's anyone guess what legalized sports gambling will look like in Illinois if the legislature approves a bill this sprin...
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Don't miss our Al Larson special section SundayApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - Did you know retiring Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson once portrayed a murderer, disguised as a life-size yellow Teletubbie, in a mystery theater production at the Prairie Ce...
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What would make Congress better?Apr 25, 2019 1:00 am - A couple of weeks ago I was speaking to a group of students and decided to start with a point-blank question: Is Congress doing a good job? There were perhaps 100 people...
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Seek out facts, ignore spin on graduated taxApr 24, 2019 11:00 pm - "A blank check for Springfield." "Millionaires will finally pay their fair share." "Permanent jobs tax on the middle class." The sound bites are part of intensifying cam...
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Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach himApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him. It wa> not clear how Trump wo...
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Justice Kavanaugh and the complainers at GMUApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Honor of the presidency now depends on the actions of CongressApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Politics is an odd profession. Usually it involves the posturing inherent to partisanship and the self-abasement of endless fundraising. But occasionally it entails the ...
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President Moon holds key to success in North, South KoreaApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - The April 11 summit in Washington between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and President Donald Trump of the United States deserves much greater attention than has b...
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Longing for the end to an ungodly episode in American annalsApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Good Friday provided the language for a week that began with the terrible fire at Notre Dame Cathedral and ended with the long-awaited Mueller report: Jesus' final words...