Articles filed under Politics
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Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for departmentOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago's new police chief said the city's use of police stations as temporary housing for the growing population of migrants seeking asylum has been a "burden" on the n...
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Fed Chair Powell: Slower economic growth may be needed to conquer stubbornly high inflationOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that inflation remains too high and that bringing it down to the Fed's target level will likely require a ...
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EU seeks answers to rising security challenges as Israel-Hamas war fuels new concernsOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - BRUSSELS - European Union interior ministers on Thursday debated how to manage the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas on the bloc, amid heightened security tensi...
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Illinois DCFS needs transformational change to end its cycle of failureOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - When Marc Smith was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in 2019, the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board warned that he would be ...
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Gaza awaits humanitarian aid, as Israel tells troops to 'be ready' for ground invasionOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, and the country'...
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Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on IsraelOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their Oct. 7 assault on Israel, a militant video and weapons seized by Israel show, des...
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We have no choice but to work together for peaceOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Do we really have a choice? Sadly, no. There are no choices. There are no sides. This is not simply a continuation of a "land dispute" that has lasted thousands of year...
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GOP's Jordan will back a temporary House speaker as he tries to shore up support, lawmakers sayOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Refusing to drop out, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan told GOP colleagues Thursday he would back a temporary U.S. House speaker for the next several months as he...
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Most in the U.S. see Mexico as a partner despite border problems, an AP-NORC/Pearson poll showsOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - MIAMI - Most people in the U.S. see Mexico as an essential partner to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, even as they express mixed views of Mexico's go...
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Carol Stream village manager says he's retiring, reflects on 40 years of municipal serviceOct 18, 2023 5:30 am - Robert "Bob" Mellor began working in the Carol Stream government when the town was only a few decades old. The village's founder, Jay Stream, a savvy developer, built th...