Articles filed under Politics
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GOP may pay a price for gambling on KavanaughSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Where do Republicans place a higher priority: on confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, or retaining their majorities in...
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Magazine of Jesuits urges withdrawal of Kavanaugh nominationSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - ROME - The magazine of the Jesuit religious order in the United States has publicly withdrawn its endorsement of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice following...
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Watch live: Senate Judiciary Committee to vote soon on Kavanaugh nominationSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. Watch the live proceedings. Read more at washingtonpost.com. ...
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Hawthorn District 73 keeping message to voters on tax requests simpleSep 27, 2018 5:33 am - With taxpayer decisions nearing on requests for tens of millions of dollars, Hawthorn Elementary District 73 is trying to keep its message as clear and simple as possibl...
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Silence on Wall Street. Tears in a retirement home. The country watches as Ford tells her story.Sep 27, 2018 1:00 am - LAKE WORTH, Fla. - "It looks like she's crying," Hilda Darkins said, as several retirees around her dabbed their own eyes. "Who can blame her?" At the Mid-County Senior ...
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Prospect Heights group forms to support home rule referendumSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - A group of citizens of Prospect Heights have formed a committee, Citizens of Prospect Heights for Home Rule, to advocate for a "yes" vote for home rule in the Nov. 6 ele...
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Kavanaugh circus includes plenty of sideshowsSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - If the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process has revealed anything, it is that there's an antidote for disaffection toward Republicans: Give Democrats the upper hand for ...
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Forgotten Iran-Iraq war was precursor to turmoil of todaySep 27, 2018 1:00 am - This week marked the anniversary of a war most Americans scarcely remember, but which definitively influenced our times. Most of the rest of the world has forgotten abou...
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Kavanaugh nomination: Third woman comes forward with sexual misconduct allegationSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A third woman came forward Wednesday to accuse Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying he was physically abusive toward gir...
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Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford releases sworn declarations from husband, three friendsSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers, have sent four sworn decla...