Category Archives: Chicago's Election Headquarters
Prominent GOP donor pledges to withhold donations until candidates support weapons legislation
[van id=”politics/2018/02/19/gop-donor-al-hoffman-jr-withhold-donations-ban-assault-weapons-sot-nr.cnn”] By Alessia Grunberger A top Republican donor vowed on Saturday to stop cutting chec...
Feb 19, 2018
Biden, in public and private, tiptoes toward a 2020 run
By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime f...
Feb 19, 2018
Can a middle-class candidate defeat millionaires in Illinois?
By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - In an Illinois governor race that includes a couple millionaires and a billionaire, Daniel Biss likes to tell people he’s given his campaign just...
Feb 17, 2018
Special counsel issues indictment against 13 Russian nationals over 2016 election interference
[van id=”politics/2018/02/16/mueller-13-russian-nationals-indictment-wolf.cnn”] By Manu Raju, David Shortell and Veronica Stracqualursi Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russi...
Feb 16, 2018
Romney announces US Senate run
[van id=”politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-utah-senate-run-ad-announcement-haberman-sot-newday.cnn”] By Maeve Reston Mitt Romney said in a video announcement Friday that he will run for the ...
Feb 16, 2018
Trump to meet with those affected by Florida shooting Friday
By Jeremy Diamond President Donald Trump said Friday he will head to Florida later in the day to meet with those affected by the school shooting that left 17 dead in southern Florida. “I will be...
Feb 16, 2018
Senator on Florida shooting: Congress ‘responsible for a level of mass atrocity’ in US
[van id=”politics/2018/02/14/senator-chris-murphy-school-shooting-sot.cnn”] By Andrew Dunn Sen. Chris Murphy said Wednesday that Congress bears responsibility for the “epidemic of ma...
Feb 14, 2018
Clock ticking as senators search for an immigration plan that can pass
By Lauren Fox The Senate will embark on a free-wheeling immigration debate this week, testing the limits of whether there is still a political center on the contentious issue in the era of Pres...
Feb 13, 2018
Dow rebounds, up 400 points at mid-day
By Matt Egan, Jethro Mullen and Danielle Wiener-Bronner The beaten-down stock market is back on the upswing. The Dow climbed about 400 points, almost 2%, by Monday afternoon in a rebound from t...
Feb 12, 2018
Senator seeking admin records on Trump’s sale of Palm Beach mansion to Russian
By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen A senator is asking the Treasury Department to turn over records of a lucrative real estate sale Donald Trump made to a Russian billionaire as the Senate Finance ...
Feb 11, 2018
