Articles filed under Politics
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Riots in Congress bring state Capitol security concerns into focusJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Just two days after hundreds of rioters broke through police barricades and vandalized the halls of Congress, Illinois lawmakers will return to the state's...
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How Capitol riots brought high school history curricula to lifeJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Tim McCoskey was just weeks into his first job at Neuqua Valley High School on Sept. 11, 2001, so he's used to seeing history play out before his and his students' very ...
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Images: Violent protests at the United States CapitolJan 06, 2021 12:00 pm - See images of protesters supporting President Donald Trump violently clashing with law enforcement outside of the United States Capitol. ...
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Bid to oust Madigan as speaker might not be decided on first voteJan 06, 2021 4:30 am - A number of suburban Democratic lawmakers say they are willing to prolong the vote for Illinois House speaker in their effort to replace Michael Madigan, setting the Hou...
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Media capture unprecedented storming of U.S. CapitolJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK - The storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump played out on television in searing fashion Wednesday, with stunning pictures of guns...
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'This is a coup attempt': What Republican and Democratic reps from Illinois said about Capitol attackJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - As a violent mob laid siege to and then occupied the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, members of Illinois' congressional delegation tweeted eyewitness accounts of the historic...
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Willis also challenging Madigan for House speakerJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Reps. Kathleen Willis and Ann Williams have launched bids to replace Michael Madigan as Illinois House speaker. They, along with state Rep. Stephanie...
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Pritzker calls for Trump's removal from officeJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is calling for President Donald Trump to be impeached over Wednesday's forcible occupation of the U.S. Capitol by angry Trump supporters. "Two weeks,"...
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Illinois congresswoman quotes Hitler to crowd outside U.S. CapitolJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - A newly minted Illinois congresswoman with suburban roots quoted Adolf Hitler during prepared remarks Tuesday to supporters of President Donald Trump on the lawn of the ...
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Editorial: We see where cynicism leads; let's show instead the true face of AmericaJan 05, 2021 10:00 pm - "Remember this day forever." We read those words from a President Donald Trump tweet Wednesday with shivers and something like horror. The president, who started the day...