Articles filed under Politics
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Voters throughout DuPage will face tax hike questions in NovemberSep 04, 2018 5:36 am - From proposals to build new schools to a park district's plan to acquire open space, DuPage County voters will weigh in on a variety of referendum questions during the N...
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Chaos marks start of Kavanaugh's SCOTUS confirmation hearingSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Quarreling and confusion disrupted the start of the Senate's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday, with Democrats...
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Trump says Sessions' DOJ has placed GOP in midterm jeopardySep 04, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Showing his disregard for the Justice Department's independence, President Donald Trump tweeted that federal indictments against two Republican congres...
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What to watch for as senators consider Brett Kavanaugh for SCOTUSSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is set for a week of marathon hearings before the Judiciary Committee, where senators will drill down into the ju...
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What Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's departure means for suburbsSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - Rahm Emanuel's intense, turbulent eight years as Chicago mayor produced unexpected benefits and losses for the suburbs. The 58-year-old Chicago Democrat announced Tuesda...
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Truth is truth; lies are liesSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - A small but significant line was crossed recently when the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, called President Trump a liar for the first time. He's cited th...
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Live: Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearingSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - Watch live coverage of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, via the Washington Post. ...
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Analysis: Americans are making less money despite Trump's promisesSep 02, 2018 1:09 am - President Donald Trump heads into a midterm referendum on his presidency showing no real progress on a core promise: to raise the wages of America's "forgotten man and w...
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The confused patriotism leading into the midtermsSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker As the late Sen. John McCain's departing call to national unity reverberated across America this past week, Donald Trump's prediction of violence shou...
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Final queries for Judge KavanaughSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - Four decades ago, New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, an intellectual Democrat, observed with amazement and regret that Republicans had become the party of ideas. Tod...