Articles filed under Politics
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Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown - the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporar...
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Katz Muhl gains Pritzker endorsement for 57th House District seatSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - Tracy Katz Muhl of Northbrook, running to represent Illinois' 57th House District in 2024, gained a key endorsement. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Sept. 19 endorsed Katz Muhl fo...
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US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption caseSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for...
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A look at other Americans who have entered North Korea over the yearsSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has expelled a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July. Pvt. Travis King's case comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean...
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Russia accuses Ukraine's Western allies of helping attack its Black Sea Fleet headquartersSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine's Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week's missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters on the ...
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Azerbaijan arrests the former head of separatist government after recapturing Nagorno-KarabakhSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Azerbaijan said it arrested the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist government as he tried to cross into Armenia on Wednesday along with...
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U.S. secures the release of the soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months agoSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. has secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he is on hi...
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The GOP's Pied PiperSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump "deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long," Peyton Reffitt, 18, told The Washington Post. Her father, Guy, was sente...
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What we can do about McHenry County's mental health crisis?Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - When it comes to mental health, stigma and shame force many to hide their struggles. But what happens when the struggles in McHenry County are too great to hide? Shortly...
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In a landmark court case, 6 young climate activists take on 32 European nationsSep 27, 2023 1:00 am - STRASBOURG, France - Six young adults and children argued that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from climate change at the European Court ...