Articles filed under Politics
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Business VIPs were hot dates at state dinnerOct 04, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON - A state dinner invitation is, for most people, a once-in-a-lifetime event, which means spouses or mothers are the preferred dates. But at Friday's White Hou...
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Clinton promotes gay rights as a main pillar of 2016 bidOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday delivered the strongest speech in support of gay rights in the 2016 presidential race on Saturday, promising that ending...
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Obama rejects candidates' ideas for solving crisis in SyriaOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is accusing White House hopefuls of concocting "half-baked" ideas for solving the crisis in Syria, appearing to even dismiss his form...
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Immigration Act, presented as symbolic, changed nationOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - It was considered a symbolic move - President Lyndon Johnson going to the Statue of Liberty and signing an immigration bill that gave people from every countr...
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Alabama judges use segregation-era law to avoid gay marriageOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. - As Alabama's all-white Legislature tried to preserve racial segregation and worried about the possibility of mixed-race marriages in 1961, lawmakers r...
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Germany marks 25 years of unityOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - BERLIN - Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts ...
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Brother of Bears legend Brian Urlacher enters 26th District raceOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher is running for the 26th District Illinois Senate seat that will be vacant following state Sen. Dan Duffy's decision not to seek re-election ...
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Dold breaks with GOP on shutdown voteSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Robert Dold was one of a minority of Republicans to break from his party and vote to avert a federal shutdown. The House voted 277-151 Wednesday in favor of pa...
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Roskam not running for GOP leadership, encourages party unitySep 30, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam said Wednesday he will not run for a leadership position in Congress and encouraged his party to look for a new "plan, not just a person" in the w...
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Roskam: Boehner move has caused a 'frantic race for position'Sep 29, 2015 12:56 pm - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam described the Republican leadership race in Congress as a "frantic race for position" that needs to slow down. The Wheaton Republican called a mee...