Articles filed under Politics
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Can House GOP be led?Sep 26, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The gulf between tea party conservatives and establishment Republicans has grown so wide that it just swallowed up the speaker of the House and may threaten...
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Iraq's stalemate in Ramadi raises doubts about U.S. strategySep 26, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A summer of stalemate in the effort to reclaim the Iraqi provincial capital of Ramadi, despite U.S.-backed Iraqi troops vastly outnumbering Islamic State fi...
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Pope visits Philadelphia, extols America's founding idealsSep 26, 2015 1:00 am - PHILADELPHIA - Standing at the birthplace of the United States, Pope Francis extended a warm and affectionate welcome to recent immigrants and extolled America's foundin...
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Trump becoming exasperated with mediaSep 26, 2015 1:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY - As Donald Trump stood before a crowd of thousands at the Great State Fair of Oklahoma on Friday night, he complained that reporters always underreport...
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China pledges billions, debt forgivenes at U.N. summitSep 26, 2015 1:00 am - UNITED NATIONS - China's president on Saturday pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world's poorest nations...
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Conservatives to GOP field: Defy us at your own perilSep 26, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Republican Party's conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner's stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying ...
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Roskam: Don't settle on 'fastest, easiest' speaker choiceSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam isn't ruling out a bid to return to House Republican leadership as House Speaker John Boehner retires, saying he will "work hard to make sure we g...
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Protesters keep heat on as no end to Illinois budget battle in sightSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - A contingent of demonstrators representing children with disabilities, some from the suburbs, worked to keep the heat on lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner Thursday even as...
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What happens in state, suburbs if federal government shuts down?Sep 24, 2015 1:00 am - With Illinois four months into a partial state shutdown, federal money and court decisions are keeping some programs afloat. But what if the federal government shuts do...
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Got a VW? Don't worry about state emission testsSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - The revelation that Volkswagen misled federal regulators in emissions tests shouldn't affect the regular testing many suburban car owners have to get done, a state envir...