Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: More elections are not the answerJun 19, 2019 11:00 pm - John D'Astice is a good man with a bad idea. D'Astice, a Rolling Meadows alderman, lost the race for Rolling Meadows mayor in April, finishing second among four candidat...
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Departing state senator will become a judge FridayJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - John Mulroe is trading his state Senate seat for a judicial bench. After serving more than eight years in the General Assembly, the Chicago Democrat will b...
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5 takeaways from Trump's 2020 campaign launch speechJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Midway through the speech officially launching his 2020 reelection campaign Tuesday night, President Donald Trump joked about his campaign staff. "They cost a fortune, a...
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As Trump's defense pick withdraws, he addresses violent domestic incidentsJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the months that he has served as President Donald Trump's acting secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan has worked to keep domestic violence incidents wi...
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Fact-checking President Trump's reelection campaign kickoffJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Here we are again, four years later, fact-checking a campaign kickoff speech by Donald Trump. The fact-checkable claims were different this time around, but history repe...
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Wings still flying over HaitiJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - Jonathan Nash Glynn - artist, pilot and philanthropist - never envisioned himself as a missionary, but, absent religion, that's what he has become...
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Three reasons Trump-Russia hasn't turned into WatergateJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Why haven't efforts to impeach President Trump gained Watergate-style momentum? The lack of energy has created a sense of bafflement and disappointment among some of the...
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If appointed to open legislative seat, Rosemont mayor says he would keep both positionsJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens has put his name up for consideration for the legislative seat vacated by Michael McAuliffe and says even if he were chosen, he would remain...
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Medicaid legislation generates optimism for reformJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers took several steps this legislative session to increase efficiencies in the state's Medicaid managed care system, which has been widely...
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Gillibrand's malicious misrepresentation of pro-life viewsJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - By MICHAEL GERSON One measure of the seriousness of a Democratic candidate for president is his or her understanding of the importance of religion in our common life. I ...