Category Archives: Chicago's Election Headquarters
The dramatic return of John McCain
[van id=”politics/2017/07/25/mccain-return-senate-health-care-vote-zeleny-ac.cnn”] By Stephen Collinson It will take more than a devastating diagnosis to keep John McCain out of the heat o...
Jul 25, 2017
Durbin eager to question Manafort
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says that as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he is looking forward to questioning President Trump’...
Jul 25, 2017
Kushner confirms Russia meetings, says ‘all of my actions were proper’
[van id=”politics/2017/07/24/kushner-white-house-russia-collusion-statement.cnn”] By Jeremy Diamond and Pamela Brown Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law and senior adviser, mad...
Jul 24, 2017
Trump plans to nominate non-scientist to head science at USDA
By Miranda Green President Donald Trump plans to nominate his longtime campaign aide Sam Clovis to head science at the US Department of Agriculture, despite the fact that Clovis lacks a background in ...
Jul 22, 2017
Christie urges Trump, Congress not to ban internet gambling
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A close political ally of President Trump is urging him and Congress not to ban internet gambling in the United States. New Jersey Gov. Chri...
Jul 22, 2017
White House says Mueller should focus on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is reinforcing President Donald Trump’s statements that special counsel Robert Mueller should keep his investigation focused on Russian interference in the 2016...
Jul 21, 2017
Jeff Sessions: ‘I plan to continue’ as attorney general
By Miranda Green Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he plans to continue in his job despite President Donald Trump’s comments that he’d have picked someone else had he known Sessions woul...
Jul 20, 2017
Sen. John McCain had aggressive brain tumor surgically removed
By Susan Scutti Sen. John McCain, 80, has been diagnosed with a primary glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor, Mayo Clinic doctors directly involved in the senator’s care told CNN exclusive...
Jul 19, 2017
Trump says GOP health care bill will get better
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says a bill to overhaul the Obama health care law will “get even better” during a White House lunch with Republican senators. Trump is hosting Repu...
Jul 19, 2017
Russian lawmaker attacks US media over reporting
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Russian lawmaker is dismissing media reports of an undisclosed conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump as sensationalist. The W...
Jul 19, 2017
