Articles filed under Politics
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Hastert fighting to get his teacher pension backNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is challenging a decision by the Teachers' Retirement System to terminate his pension and go after a refund of $222,808, arguing...
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More people are Googling the Ku Klux KlanNov 20, 2016 6:18 am - Americans have never been more interested in looking up the Ku Klux Klan online than they are right now, according to search data from Google Trends. Google doesn't publ...
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Editorial: Credibility and the news mediaNov 19, 2016 1:00 pm - One of the calls we received shortly after the recent election was from a pleasant woman who noted our keepsake Donald Trump headlines of "Stunning Victory" on Nov. 9 an...
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What could an iPhone cost in Donald Trump's America?Nov 19, 2016 6:20 am - Businesses and policymakers are bracing for what could happen under President-elect Donald Trump's trade agenda. Trump has promised to slap a tax on Chinese goods, possi...
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Q&A: Facebook fake-news writer thinks he helped Donald Trump get electedNov 19, 2016 6:19 am - What do the Amish lobby, gay wedding vans and the ban of the national anthem have in common? For starters, they're all make-believe - and invented by the same man. Paul ...
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A look at Twitter's suspension of alt-right accountsNov 19, 2016 6:16 am - Ever since alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulous sent actress Leslie Jones a string of deeply offensive tweets, insulting the comedian's race and intelligence, Twitte...
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Alabama's Jeff Sessions said to be Trump's pick for attorney generalNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, according to two people familiar with the matter. It wasn't immediately c...
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Lester: Consultant turns post-election blues into help for female candidatesNov 17, 2016 4:30 am - Among those lamenting Hillary Clinton's loss last week to Donald Trump, one woman noticed a common theme in Facebook and Twitter posts. "I kept seeing people say, 'I do...
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Constable: In our red-and-blue state, identifying 'pod people' is trickyNov 15, 2016 4:00 am - "At first glance, everything looked the same. It wasn't. Something evil had taken possession of the town," explains Dr. Miles J. Bennell, the chisel-jawed movie characte...
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People donating to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence's nameNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - While President-elect Donald Trump's views on abortion weren't always crystal clear, those of his vice president-elect, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, have never wavered. He s...