Articles filed under Politics
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Barry Manilow, Deadheads, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Connors, a fishing derby and moreJun 17, 2019 5:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald images of Barry Manilow, Deadheads in Rosemont, Jimmy Connors, Gerald Ford, O'Hare's control tower and more in our latest Through the Film Magni...
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Madame President: It's common elsewhere in the world; why not here?Jun 17, 2019 1:00 am - Indira Gandhi (India), Golda Meir (Israel), Margaret Thatcher (UK), Mary Robinson (Ireland), Kim Campbell (Canada), Helen Clark (New Zealand), Angela Merkel (Germany), P...
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America squandering its power through foreign policy abusesJun 16, 2019 1:00 am - Last week we watched an unusual spectacle. The foreign minister of Germany, one of the United States' closest allies, went to Tehran and announced that a European paymen...
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The gift of laughter and a father's legacyJun 16, 2019 1:00 am - My father died with a smile on his face. But, of course, he would. A few days earlier, as his wife, my sister and I gathered around his bed in the intensive care unit, I...
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Dems' Trump dilemma: impeach, imprison -- or bluff?Jun 14, 2019 1:00 am - Is there any doubt that many Democrats agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she says she wants to see President Donald Trump "in prison"? After the Mueller report,...
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Trump says McGahn 'may have been confused' in saying Trump directed him to pursue Mueller's firingJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Friday that former White House counsel Donald McGahn "may have been confused" when he told investigato...
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Trump says he won't fire Kellyanne Conway over Hatch Act violationsJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he won't fire White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal watchdog agency recommended her removal for repeatedly...
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The abortion lobby has taken the first step toward reelecting Donald TrumpJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - One of the largest obstacles to the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 election is the radicalism of the Democratic Party on the issue of abortion. By forcing Joe Biden ...
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Constable: Flag Day has rules, which we have the freedom to ignoreJun 13, 2019 5:32 am - You might not have spectacular plans for Friday's Flag Day, but it is not a holiday to be ignored in our neck of the woods. One of the first proponents of Flag Day was ...
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Threatened by Trump, Mexico is trying to reinforce southern border. Wide gaps remain.Jun 13, 2019 1:00 am - TAPACHULA, Mexico - The border guards here had 41 days left to stop the migration flowing in from Guatemala. It was a deadline that had descended from Washington, a larg...