Articles filed under Politics
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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...
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Clarity, passion and restraint in managing Mideast violenceOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Last week, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin all gave speeches in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas aga...
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The U.S. sanctions 10 Hamas members and its financial network over the surprise Israel attackOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a group of 10 Hamas members and the Palestinian militant organization's financial network across Gaza, Sudan, Turk...
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Biden's pick to be ambassador to Israel tells senators he'll ensure the U.S. ally 'has what it needs'Oct 18, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Israel told senators Wednesday that he would "ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself" and would ...
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Civilized world must stand up for peaceful solutionOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - The new war in the Middle East will have no victors or vanquished. This is history repeating itself. At least three times in the past decade, we have seen this situatio...
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GOP's Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek optionsOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even mor...
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U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas' attacks on Israel and all violence against civiliansOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - UNITED NATIONS - The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned violence against all civilians in the Israel-Hamas war including "the hei...
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Clarity, passion and restraint in managing Mideast violenceOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Last week, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin all gave speeches in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas aga...
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Palestinian medics in Gaza struggle to save lives under Israeli siege and bombardmentOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - For hours and hours, Moen Abu Aish digs through the rubble of demolished homes to find survivors of Israeli airstrikes, toiling in a vast and des...
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Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflictOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China's support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as...