Articles filed under Politics
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Ex-Olympian accused of Reflecting Pool vandalism pleads not guiltyJul 09, 2026 7:58 pm - A former Olympic canoeist who was indicted on a felony vandalism charge over an incident at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool pleaded not guilty at his first court appearance Thursday.
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Eric Trump’s Bitcoin bet erases $600 million from family fortuneJul 09, 2026 7:22 pm - American Bitcoin Corp. was built around a simple idea: that owning and mining Bitcoin would be enough to mint money.
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Mexico to request criminal charges over deaths following fatal shooting of Houston man by ICE agentsJul 09, 2026 4:43 pm - Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration, officials said Thursday.
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Feds sideline Texas officials in probe into ICE shooting, district attorney saysJul 09, 2026 4:35 pm - The district attorney in Harris County, Texas, said Wednesday that federal authorities have sidelined local officials from participating in an investigation into the fatal shooting of a Mexican man in Houston by an immigration officer.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asks Sen. Mitch McConnell to give a public update on his conditionJul 08, 2026 10:19 pm - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directly asking Sen. Mitch McConnell, the state's most powerful figure in Congress, to disclose more about his condition after three weeks of silence from the 84-year-old since he was hospitalized in Washington.
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Graham Platner ends US Senate campaign in MaineJul 08, 2026 9:50 pm - Graham Platner, the populist political newcomer who Democrats had hoped could flip a critical U.S. Senate seat in Maine, ended his campaign Wednesday night with a bitter and defiant statement after a woman he previously dated publicly accused him of sexual assault.
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Fed minutes: Officials deeply divided over future path of US inflationJul 08, 2026 6:22 pm - The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is split over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minutes released Wednesday.
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Lake Zurich seeks public input as officials consider $20.3 million fire station referendumJul 06, 2026 6:46 pm - Lake Zurich will hold three upcoming open houses at Fire Station 1 as village officials consider putting a tax-hike referendum on the November ballot to fund a new firehouse
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District 214 could ask voters to approve $300 million for school renovationsJun 30, 2026 7:03 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board members are considering asking voters to approve at least $300 million in taxing authority for school renovations in November, in what would be the Arlington Heights-based district’s first referendum in some five decades.
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Cocktails-to-go, new state agency among 14 laws taking effect July 1Jun 29, 2026 9:23 am - July 1 marks a second New Year’s Day in Illinois as a new budget takes effect along with more than a dozen new state laws.