Articles filed under Politics
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Budget crisis exposes deepening rift in GOPOct 18, 2013 10:23 am - BOSTON — Lawmakers and strategists from the Republican Party’s establishment are lashing out at Tea Partyers and congressional conservatives whose unflinching demands tr...
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Van crash at St. Charles youth center could cost $150,000Oct 18, 2013 10:00 am - A security van driver at Illinois Youth Center St. Charles got distracted by a fight and drove into a building there earlier this month, state records show. A contractor...
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Federal shutdown affected us in ways unseenOct 18, 2013 8:31 am - Our food was a little less safe, our workplaces a little more dangerous. The risk of getting sick was a bit higher, our kids’ homework tougher to complete. The federal g...
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DHS selection suggests priority shift to securityOct 18, 2013 8:31 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s selection of a former top Pentagon lawyer to head the Homeland Security Department suggests the agency will be stepping back from i...
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No safe bets for Obama despite toned-down agendaOct 18, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — Regrouping after a feud with Congress stalled his agenda, President Barack Obama is laying down a three-item to-do list for Congress that seems meager when ...
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Goel shows big early fundraising in 8th DistrictOct 18, 2013 5:30 am - Republican Manju Goel of Aurora has gotten off to a quick fundraising start in her campaign to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates. Goel rais...
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Kane’s Lauzen wants fewer involved in his hiringOct 17, 2013 3:28 pm - Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen on Thursday called for a more streamlined and confidential process for hiring senior-level county staff members. The pending pla...
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With debt deal sealed, Hultgren 'had nothing to lose' with 'no' voteOct 17, 2013 11:00 am - U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren's decision Wednesday to buck House GOP leadership and be the only Illinoisan to vote against a deal to end the government shutdown could insulat...
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Report: NSA and CIA collaborate on drone strikesOct 17, 2013 10:23 am - WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has been extensively involved in the U.S. government’s targeted killing program, collaborating closely with the CIA in the use ...
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Obama lashes Republicans as government reopensOct 17, 2013 9:58 am - WASHINGTON — In withering day-after criticism, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that the 16-day partial government shutdown was a Republican-provoked spectacle t...