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U.S. Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch - Officials said the businesswoman could be trying to further Beijing's interests, people familiar with the matter say - WASHINGTON - U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son US officials warned Kushner about friendship with Wendi Deng Murdoch: report - last year that his friend, Chinese-American businesswoman Wendi Deng Murdoch, could be taking advantage of her close friendship with Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump - , to promote China's business interests, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
In this Jan. 3, 2018 photo, Democratic Illinois gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy, left, gathers with community leaders to discuss gun violence in Chicago at a press conference accompanied by, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, center, and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in Chicago. Few people running for public office have been more personally affected by gun violence than Chris Kennedy.
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A group of Democratic politicians from Midwestern states is calling on the party to change or face a minority for years to come. "The number of Democrats holding office across the nation is at its lowest point since the 1920s and the decline has been especially severe in rural America," Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, a Democrat, wrote in a new report .
Trump's contemptuous description of an entire continent startled lawmakers in the meeting and immediately revived charges that the president is racist. The White House did not deny his remark but issued a statement saying Trump supports immigration policies that welcome "those who can contribute to our society."
A new searchable map of government bloat shows there are almost as many federal government employees in Illinois as there are state employees, and their benefits are generous. OpenTheBooks.com 's latest project, "Mapping The Swamp: A Study of the Administrative State," allows visitors to search their ZIP code to find out how many federal employees are in their backyard.
State lawmakers are unclear what the U.S. Department of Justice's threats Thursday to enforce federal marijuana prohibition on states with legal pot sales will mean for Illinois. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, and reports from Washington suggest that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions intends to give district prosecutors more discretion to enforce cannabis prohibition at the state level.
On Jan. 3, 1868, Japan's Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of the emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns; the upheaval paved the way for Japan's drive toward becoming a modern power. In 1911, the first postal savings banks were opened by the U.S. Post Office.
Inside a classroom at a community college in Dallas, about two dozen women took turns sharing their names, hometowns and what they hoped would be their future titles. It was part of a training held by EMILY's List, an organization dedicated to electing women at all levels of government who support abortion rights.
With three candidates who are cancer survivors, health care issues are personal for several of the seven Democrats hoping to earn their party's nomination to face incumbent Republican Rep. Peter Roskam next November in the 6th Congressional District. Candidates Amanda Howland, Kelly Mazeski and Becky Anderson Wilkins each told a crowd of 800 at a recent forum in Carol Stream the basics of their cancer survival stories as they explained why affordable health care matters.
All statewide offices will be on the ballot on Nov. 8, but no contest will be as fevered i 1 2 or costly i 1 2 as the governor's race. Already, the candidates are raising and spending money at a pace that could make this the most expensive governor's race in U.S. history.
Our representative in Congress, Adam Kinzinger, recently had the courage to visit a Braidwood high school, even as he continues to avoid actual interactions with real voters. He won't do a real town hall and he's literally run away from constituents attempting to speak to him.
It was a big year in the Illinois statehouse with lawmakers ending an historic budget impasse and approving an income tax hike, overhauling how public schools get funding and allowing automatic voter registration. The laws cover numerous topics, including the expansion of taxpayer-funded abortions, celebrating Barack Obama's presidency, allowing tax credits for private school scholarships, criminal justice reforms and a circus-related ban.
AP photo Illinois Assistant Attorney General John Wolfsmith argues in Sangamon County Circuit Court in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, against a lawsuit challenging a law allowing publicly financed abortions set to take effect Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Wolfsmith said the plaintiffs in the case, 11 Christian and conservative groups and a dozen state legislators, were trying to stall for time by delaying implementation of the law to June 1. A judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying the plaintiffs' arguments are "political questions" best left to the General Assembly.
Since his death December 3, former Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois has been lionized in the national press as one of the last politically influential liberal Republicans. The white-haired Anderson's quixotic bid for his party's nomination in 1980 has been the topic of numerous articles and televised panels - as has his subsequent run as an Independent that fall against Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter .
Union members listen in as protesters fill the Kentucky Capitol rotunda to speak in protest of Kentucky House Bill 1 on Jan. 7 in Frankfort, Ky. The bill makes it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job.
Dr. John E. Warren says that African Americans should be focused on "voter registration" and not candidate endorsements at this stage of the game. The African Americans who have convinced themselves that one vote doesn't matter, should take a very close look at what happened during the recent special election in Alabama.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, accompanied by Rep. Kevin McCarthy , and Rep. Steve Scalise , speaks at a news conference following a closed House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 19, 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news conference about the Republican led tax reform bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 19, 2017.
President Donald Trump is a political lightning rod. Even his staunchest supporters accept this reality - some seem to embrace it, actually, as it speaks to their belief he can disrupt a stagnant political establishment.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a Democratic party leader on efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, announced Tuesday he won't seek re-election next year after 13 terms. "This is my time to move on," the congressman said at a Chicago news conference.