Articles filed under Politics
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Georgia election probe report to remain secret for nowJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA - A judge said Tuesday that a final report produced by a special grand jury that investigated possible illegal interference in the 2020 presidential election in ...
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Netanyahu meets Jordan's king in surprise trip amid tensionJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise trip to Jordan on Tuesday to meet with King Abdullah II for the first time in over four years, seek...
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Classified documents found at Mike Pence's home, lawyer saysJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana residence last week, his lawyer says, the latest in a st...
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NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weaponsJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' 2-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws "ubiquitous" firearms in "radical" defiance of the Constitution's Second Amendment, a federal law...
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Palatine League of Women Voters hosts discussion of money and politics WednesdayJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - The League of Women Voters of the Palatine area is hosting a virtual program Wednesday examining the ways money flows through our political system. "The Money Behind Our...
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Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOPJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The debate around raising the debt ceiling sounds eerily similar: Newly elected House Republicans, eager to confront the Democratic president in the White H...
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Treasury takes another 'extraordinary' step on debt limitJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter Tuesday to congressional leaders saying she's suspending the reinvestment of some federal bonds in a...
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Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without SwedenJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - HELSINKI - Finland's foreign minister suggested Tuesday that the country may consider joining NATO without neighboring Sweden if Turkey continues to block their joint bi...
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How Casten dramatically outraised and outspent Pekau in the final weeks of campaignJan 23, 2023 12:00 am - With his political future and Congress' political direction hanging in the balance, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove significantly outraised Republican ...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Time for truth and reconciliation on the Russia collusion hoaxJan 22, 2023 12:00 am - What are "the major problems this country faces?" Writing in The Atlantic, New York Times columnist David Brooks leads off his list with "inequality, political polarizat...