Articles filed under Politics
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'A really beautiful thing': McCarthy foes relish the fight for speakerJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Rest easy, America ... we got this. What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's opponents see as democracy at work. Some of the ...
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2 years after Jan. 6, speaker scrap paralyzes Congress againJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Such are the fractures in the country, between the political parties and inside the Republican Party itself, that one time-honored specialty of Washing...
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McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy post-midnight voteJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor...
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Supreme Court sets March timeline for oral arguments in cash bail appealJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears to be at least three months away fr...
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Seoul: Kim's daughter reveal hints at prolonged family ruleJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's disclosure of his daughter in recent public events was likely an attempt to show his people that one of his childr...
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Kinzinger joins CNN as a senior political commentator.Jan 05, 2023 12:00 am - Adam Kinzinger has begun his next act after leaving Congress, signing on with CNN as a senior political commentator. "Happy to join the team," Kinzinger tweeted. The for...
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House adjourns after third day of failing to elect McCarthy or anyone as speakerJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - Even after concessions to holdouts, McCarthy fails to win enough GOP votes
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Guest columnist Ashbey Beasley: Within days, Illinois can act to protect against gun violenceJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - Six months ago this week, on July 4, 2022, I had just wrestled my 6-year-old son into an oversized tee shirt emblazoned with a cheerful sun and big block letters spellin...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Remember the hysteria over Trump's tax returns?Jan 05, 2023 12:00 am - By Byron York Democratic lawmakers had fought for years to get the documents. They claimed they needed them not for partisan political reasons but in order to oversee ...
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The U.S. Constitution: Amendments 1 to 10: Meaning of the Bill of RightsJan 04, 2023 5:00 am - This is the 11th in a series of essays about the U.S. Constitution. A historian could tell a significant portion of English and American Colonial history using the Bill...