Category Archives: Chicago's Election Headquarters
Trump signals no end to shutdown: ‘You have to have a wall’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Do...
Dec 27, 2018
Trump: Government stays closed as long as Dems reject wall
[van id=”politics/2018/12/25/trump-border-wall-completion-date-sot-nr-vpx.cnn”] By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says parts...
Dec 25, 2018
Mulvaney says ‘very possible’ shutdown stretches into 2019
[van id=”politics/2018/12/14/mick-mulvaney-acting-white-house-chief-of-staff-acosta-sot-tsr-vpx.cnn”] By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP...
Dec 23, 2018
Santorum: Trump’s base may not support his decision on Syria
[van id=”politics/2018/12/23/rick-santroum-rand-paul-trump-syria-policy-bts-sotu-vpx.cnn”] Former Senator Rick Santorum tells CNN’s Jake Tapper he does not think most of President Do...
Dec 23, 2018
Dems would OK money for border security, not wall
[van id=”tv/2018/12/23/ip-shutdown.cnn”] WASHINGTON (AP) – A Democratic senator is making clear that Democrats have no intention of giving President Donald Trump the billions ...
Dec 23, 2018
Justice Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths
[van id=”politics/2018/12/21/ruth-bader-ginsburg-surgery-sanjay-gupta-pamela-brown-nr-vpx.cnn”] By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery ...
Dec 21, 2018
Trump, Democrats dug in as government heads for shutdown
[van id=”politics/2018/12/21/trump-chances-shutdown-probably-sot-crn-vpx.cnn”] By LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Racing toward a partial gov...
Dec 21, 2018
Trump tells GOP leaders he won’t sign bill to avoid shutdown
By LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lashed by rare criticism from conservatives, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he would not sign a bill to ...
Dec 20, 2018
Vallas ridicules Bill Daley claim he’d be different mayor than his brother
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Paul Vallas is attacking Bill Daley. Vallas is trying to attach the universally hated parking meter deal and Meigs Field demolition Mayor ...
Dec 20, 2018
USDA moves to tighten restrictions on food stamps
[van id=”politics/2018/12/20/trump-administration-food-stamps-vpx.cnn”] By JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is setting out to do what this year...
Dec 20, 2018
