Articles filed under Politics
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Walsh will be back on the air tonightJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh says he'll be back on the air tonight, the day after his 560-AM radio show was cut shor...
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Report details immigrants' health insurance hurdlesJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A poorly designed federal system prevented perhaps thousands of immigrants from enrolling in coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, according to a...
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Roskam could be out of leadership after losing whip bidJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - In his attempt to become one of the top three Republicans in the U.S. House, Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton worked to bolster his conservative credentials among his collea...
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Back to Iraq: Obama sending military advisersJun 19, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Inching back into a fight he tried to leave behind, President Barack Obama announced Thursday he was dispatching 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to help...
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Senators propose 12-cent gas tax increaseJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Two senators unveiled a bipartisan plan Wednesday to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades, pitching the propo...
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Term limit, political map lawsuit unfolds in courtJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - The decision of whether two November ballot measures dealing with term limits and redistricting are constitutional is in the hands of a Cook County judge. Oral argument...
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Smithsonian creates first 3D portrait of a presidentJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A team at the Smithsonian Institution has scanned President Barack Obama's head to create the first 3D portrait of a sitting president. Digital imaging spe...
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U.S. shifts focus away from Iraq airstrikesJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has shifted his focus away from airstrikes in Iraq as an imminent option for slowing a fast-moving Islamic insurgency, in part becaus...
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Duckworth to Congress: Buy stampsJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth wants members of Congress to lose their ability to send mass mailings from their offices with just a signature - no stamp needed. Federal lawma...
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System can't keep up with children crossing borderJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - BROWNSVILLE, Texas- Children's faces pressed against glass. Young boys and girls lying under blankets wall-to-wall on concrete floors. The pungent odor that comes with k...