Articles filed under Politics
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Pakistani police arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan after court convictionAug 05, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD - The political future of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was thrown into doubt Saturday when police arrested him at home after a court handed him ...
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Judge blocks expanding fraud law to pregnancy centersAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A new law allowing Illinoisans to sue so-called crisis pregnancy centers under the state's Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is on hold a...
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In Niger, the U.S. seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West AfricaAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ten days into a coup in Niger, life has become more challenging for U.S. forces at a counterterrorism base in a region of West Africa known as the world's e...
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Ukraine says its drones damaged a Russian warship, showing Kyiv's growing naval capabilityAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said its sea drones struck a major Russian port Friday and damaged a warship in an attack that underlined Kyiv's growing military capabilities as...
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Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prisonAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - MELEKHOVO, Russia - A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Nava...
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'Oppenheimer' stirs fears on elusive nuclear 'grand bargain'Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - I am a child of the Cold War. I remember vividly the duck-and-cover drills and the radiation symbol marking the entrance to the basement shelter at my school. Today's st...
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Trump did not win the judicial lottery this timeAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - By Keith Raffel Syndicated columnist By the luck of the draw, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan was assigned to preside over former President Donald Trump's trial...
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'Not Above the Law' effort over Trump leads to Mount Prospect siteAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - Downtown Mount Prospect became a suburban site of local rallies urged by the national Not Above the Law coalition on the day former President Donald Trump pleaded not gu...
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Understanding the separation of artistic criticism and politicsAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - In more than 45 years of working in journalism, I have never seen someone ask that a movie be reviewed. I have been told many times that a particular review stinks and t...
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Why we're asking the wrong question about the industrial policy pushAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - Proponents of the ongoing push for national industrial policy, whether they come from the left or the right, frequently argue that we need to promote certain sectors or ...