Articles filed under Politics
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New FCC policy could mean a lot more transparencyFeb 04, 2017 6:18 am - WASHINGTON - The nation's top telecom and cable regulator wants to give Americans a better view into the workings of their government. So, in a first-ever pilot project,...
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Essay: It takes more than social media to make a social movementFeb 04, 2017 6:15 am - President Donald Trump may have used the power of social media to make his way into the White House, but now social media networks are showing that muscle can work for h...
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Roskam meets with Republicans in Palatine, ignores 400 protestersFeb 04, 2017 12:00 am - About 400 protesters jeered U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton outside in freezing temperatures on Saturday while he met with about 100 members inside the Palatine Townsh...
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Lawyers to visa, green card holders: Don't travel abroadFeb 03, 2017 4:00 am - Nearly two dozen lawyers and interpreters have been camped out in the arrival area of O'Hare Airport's international terminal since President Donald Trump banned refugee...
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Steve Kerr is extraordinary for reasons that have nothing to do with basketballFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - Steve Kerr, coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, doesn't tweet that often, although he did tweet the other day that he had just subscribed to The Post, "because fac...
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World Relief shows human toll of refugee banFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - Alhussein Al Saadi wonders when he will be able to reunite with his brother. He volunteers with World Relief to resettle other refugees in the suburbs. But his brother ...
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Holocaust survivors: Refugee travel ban recalls their own experienceFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - Holocaust survivors compared President Donald Trump's travel restrictions aimed at refugees from seven primarily Muslim countries to U.S. immigration practices that prev...
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Rauner will urge Trump administration against full Obamacare repealFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner told members of the Daily Herald editorial board Thursday that an immediate repeal of the federal Affordable Care Act would put Illinois in ...
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Durbin, Duckworth want feds to keep monitoring railroad, make CN pay for underpassFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - Both of Illinois' senators joined the village of Barrington and the Illinois Department of Transportation this week in asking the nation's top railway regulator to once ...
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Saved by entry to U.S. as refugee, suburban man speaks out against banFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - For decades, it was a secret tucked away and never talked about by Ralph Rehbock or his parents. Then, Rehbock's children began digging into family history. "Nothing, a...