Articles filed under Politics
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Campaigns working to get people to vote early, by mailAug 01, 2014 5:00 am - Labor Day, the unofficial opening of campaign season, is still a month away, but one new and potentially big strategy in politicians' campaigns for votes starts next wee...
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Kirk seeks investigation of federal disaster fundsAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is asking federal officials to open an investigation into millions in federal disaster relief funds that Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's admin...
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Cantor to resign from House seat in AugustAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - RICHMOND, Va. - After a stunning primary election loss, former Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Friday that he will resign his seat in the House of Representatives month...
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House approves bill that would deport 500,000Aug 01, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - House Republicans passed legislation late Friday to address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending migrant youths back home without hearings, winni...
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Obama plans executive actions on immigrationAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is preparing to announce new measures that would potentially allow millions of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States with...
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Divided House moves toward vote on border crisisJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A divided House of Representatives is moving forward on a bill to address the immigration crisis on the southern border after GOP leaders made concessions t...
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Immigration courts speed up children's casesJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Immigration courts are speeding up hearings for the tens of thousands of Central American children caught on the U.S. border after criticism that the backl...
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State Dept.: 'No American is proud' of CIA tacticsJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The State Department has endorsed the broad conclusions of a harshly critical Senate report on the CIA's interrogation and detention practices after the 9/1...
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Chicago mayor defends welcoming immigrant kidsJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel says bringing to Chicago some 1,000 immigrant children who have fled Central America is simply the right thing to do. The Chicago Sun-Times reports th...
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Editorial: The real goal of the millionaire tax referendumJul 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Do Illinois' political leaders really want to know what you think about an extra income tax for millionaires? Gov. Pat Quinn made a ceremony out of signing a bill Tuesda...