Articles filed under Politics
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Analysis: What Apple's Supreme Court loss could mean for Silicon ValleyMay 18, 2019 6:09 am - Apple's loss in a high-stakes Supreme Court case on Monday unsettled Silicon Valley, threatening a wave of new consumer lawsuits and other legal salvos that could challe...
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Analysis: Democratic presidential field oversaturatedMay 17, 2019 11:00 pm - Can you name them? Can you name even half of them? Do you know where they come from or what they do or have done? Do you know what they stand for or how they differ? "Th...
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Analysis: Proposed Huawei sanctions underscore US dependency on China techMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. suppliers to China-based Huawei would be affected quickly if a ban on exporting hardware and services proposed by the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday goes int...
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Trump's 'America First' philosophy has created a less stable worldMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Donald Trump has seemed largely uninterested in foreign policy. He got excited briefly when he thought he could win a Nobel Peace Prize and hyped the danger of an immine...
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A primer on the surge in abortion billsMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - The rush of Republican-controlled states to mount a challenge to the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationwide has sparked confusion abo...
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Gas tax hike, other fees would fund Pritzker's $41.5 billion 'Rebuild Illinois' capital planMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday briefed lawmakers on a proposed capital improvements plan that calls for spending $41.5 billion on transportation, ...
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Biden faces difficult challenge to stir passion in old themesMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Every so often, America's party of the left is seized by the fear that its platform of anti-militarism, sweet reason and communal progress just can't compete with the ri...
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Bill to ban private immigrant detention centers sent to PritzkerMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- A bill that would ban for-profit immigrant detention centers in Illinois is now on its way to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Illinois Senate voted 34-to-14 on Th...
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House GOP releases one-page state budget proposalMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans called a news conference Thursday to unveil a "fiscal year 2020 balanced budget proposal" in the form of a one-page document det...
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Joe Biden and restoring the old (pre-Trump) orderMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic preside...