Articles filed under Politics
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Sister: Brother hid Hastert sex abuse because 'nobody would believe him'Jun 05, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A Montana woman says the FBI interviewed her last month about her allegations that her brother was sexually abused while in high school by Dennis Hastert, t...
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Long after indictment, Dennis Hastert hasn't spokenJun 05, 2015 1:00 am - Days before he's set to be arraigned in federal court Tuesday, the former speaker of the U.S. House hasn't spoken. No legal team for former longtime suburban congressman...
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Who replaces Blagojevich as the bad guy now, Rauner or Madigan?Jun 04, 2015 1:00 am - The last time state lawmakers were set to do battle all summer long over the state budget, Republicans and many Democrats at least had a common enemy. Now the two partie...
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U.S. weighs response to Cold War threatsJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is weighing a range of aggressive responses to Russia's alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, including deploying lan...
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Data shows no stopping nor slowing of global warmingJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Global warming has not stopped or even slowed in the past 18 years, according to a new federal study that rebuts doubters who've claimed that that heating t...
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Poll: Most back legal status for immigrantsJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans support allowing immigrants living in the country illegally to stay and be granted legal status, according to a new poll released Th...
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China suspected in massive breach of federal personnel dataJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON— China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at l...
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Editorial: Rauner's wise move to kill the ill-conceived IllianaJun 03, 2015 11:00 pm - The South suburban transportation proposal known as the Illiana Expressway has never gotten much respect from the people who know the region's transportation needs. The...
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Durbin backs Duckworth for SenateJun 03, 2015 11:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he'll back U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates in her Democratic primary bid to challenge U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in 2016. Durbin made th...
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Editorial: Judge should recuse himself in Hastert caseJun 03, 2015 2:00 pm - A computer program that assigned the federal case against Dennis Hastert to U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin opened a new can of worms involving the former U.S. House s...