Articles filed under Politics
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Opinion: Death wish crosses line of acceptable political hyperboleNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - Political discourse in the era of Donald Trump has plunged to new lows. And when you think you've seen the bottom, someone in government manages to take it lower. But t...
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Mueller's team investigating candidate Trump's late-night calls to mentor StoneNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - The calls almost always came deep into the night. Caller ID labeled them "unknown," but Roger Stone said he knew to pick up fast during those harried months of the 2016 ...
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Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Trump real estate deal in RussiaNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to lying to Congress about a Moscow real estate project that Trump an...
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It's the law. Why not build a border barrier?Nov 29, 2018 12:00 am - The news is filled with images of migrants massing at the U. S-Mexico border in California. Why haven't they been able to enter the United States? Because a physical bar...
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Trump on climate change evidence: 'People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we're not necessarily such believers.'Nov 28, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a landmark report compiled by 13 federal agencies detailing how damage from global warming is intensifying throu...
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Bipartisanship, thy name is WomanNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - As newly elected congresswomen are poised to color this city blue, one wonders what effect they'll realistically have on the gridlock known as the House of Representativ...
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Two dozen vying for Lake County judicial postNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - Two dozen attorneys have applied for a vacant associate judge's position in Lake County, according to officials in the 19th Judicial Circuit. In coming weeks, the applic...
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Pelosi nominated by Democrats to be speakerNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Nancy Pelosi was nominated by fellow House Democrats to be speaker on Wednesday, but she still faces a showdown vote when the full House convenes in Ja...
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Black education: what makes sense?Nov 28, 2018 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Fact-checking President Trump's interview with The Washington PostNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - In his interview with The Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey on Nov. 27, President Trump made a number of false or misleading claims, including many that we...