Articles filed under Politics
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Schaumburg family still advocating improvement of state and federal medical marijuana lawsMar 28, 2026 4:43 pm - Celebrating her 20th birthday Sunday, Ashley Surin of Schaumburg has already had a profound influence on Illinois’ medical marijuana policy through a namesake 2018 law.
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Trump ratchets up attacks on NATO, says U.S. no longer needs allianceMar 28, 2026 3:39 pm - The United States may stop promising to defend its NATO allies should they come under attack, President Donald Trump said Friday, escalating his verbal barrage against the alliance as his frustration grows that European leaders have not significantly contributed to his war against Iran.
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Claims at heart of FBI’s 2020 Georgia election probe have ‘no basis in reality,’ witness saysMar 28, 2026 2:31 pm - An election security expert testified Friday that the claims the FBI cited to justify its recent seizure of 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s most populous county had “no basis in reality” and fundamentally misunderstood how elections work.
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Raw milk proponents push for fewer restrictions on Illinois sales despite state health warningsMar 28, 2026 9:50 am - With the ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and allies in the Make America Healthy Again movement, raw milk advocates have che...
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Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programsMar 27, 2026 4:53 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Friday held the inaugural meeting of a new anti-fraud task force he’s leading as the Trump administration seeks to show it’s cracking down on potential misuse of social programs.
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Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist’s home disrupted by NYPD undercover operationMar 27, 2026 4:08 pm - A New Jersey man who planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist was arrested Thursday following a weekslong undercover operation led by the New York City Police Department, according to officials and court papers.
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Trump administration opens investigations into race in admissions at 3 medical schoolsMar 26, 2026 7:09 pm - The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities.
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How the war in Iran is landing with Republicans, according to a new AP-NORC pollMar 26, 2026 3:54 pm - It's costing more and more to gas up the hot rods that Donnie Beson has spent a lifetime tinkering with. He's not questioning his support for President Donald Trump, but he feels as if the war in Iran has distracted the Republican president from the issues that got him elected.
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Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding dealMar 26, 2026 7:59 am - With pressure mounting, senators moved quickly Thursday to debate a “last and final” offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and put the livelihoods of Transportation Security Administration workers in jeopardy as Republicans try to address Democratic demands for changes to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement changes.
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In Trump’s war messaging, veterans see something new — and disturbingMar 25, 2026 7:55 pm - When the retired U.S. Army colonel Joe Buccino first saw White House posts mixing Iran war footage with clips from cartoons and video games, he felt something he had rarely experienced from American military messaging: disgust.