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No matter how my father fades, he’s still my dad. And Joe Biden is not just a man, but an idea.
The court overturned another decades-old precedent, the Chevron deference. Opponents of all kinds of regulations meant to protect ordinary Americans will now be able to tie up proposed rules in court for years.
Harmon came under attack by Democratic allies during the spring legislative session. He worked things out without looking to retaliate.
“And I know like millions of Americans know — when you get knocked down, you get back up,” President Joe Biden said Friday at a campaign gathering in North Carolina after his dismal performance in his debate with Trump.
Six law enforcement agencies statewide will share more than $11 million to help prevent the crimes.
Donald Trump is a convicted felon who lied more than 30 times in 90 minutes during Thursday’s debate. Biden must step aside for the good of America.
Each of the candidate stretched the truth to various degrees, according to an Associated Press fact check.
Biden lost ground not so much by what he said as the two exchanged verbal punches during Thursday’s historic presidential debate, but by showing his age.
Over 80 first-time young voters and future voters from around the country gathered at the McCormick Foundation Center in Evanston to watch the unprecedented early presidential debate.
A coalition of community organizations says the policy still fails to draw a line between crowds protected under the First Amendment and those engaged in illegal activity such as looting.
Out of 114 “hate incidents” reported from Jan. 1 through June 13, only 17 were deemed “bona fide,” 83 were “unfounded” and 14 were listed as “undetermined.” Ald. Debra Silverstein, who pushed to create the new category, said the low numbers show more public education is needed.
Quinn Keen pleaded guilty, but the feds say he has since disputed his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
Pat Cleary, president of Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2, predicted “hundreds” of members would participate in the two-hour march on Michigan Avenue on July 6.
The media keeps calling what transpired Thursday night “a debate.” If only ...
With property tax bills set to hit mailboxes next week, the median bill jumped a record high 19.9% across the southern portion of the county, including bills that more than doubled in Dixmoor and Phoenix.
Reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ groups won a permit for a 1-mile march Aug. 18 past the Bean, Millennium Park and hotels where DNC delegates will be staying.
A defense attorney predicted one of Chicago’s high-stakes public corruption cases, the ComEd bribery case, will get a new trial. Michael Madigan’s trial is set for October but could be delayed.
After a nearly three-hour meeting, members were no closer to consensus on how Mayor Brandon Johnson should solve the city’s $35.4 billion pension crisis or generate $800 million in new revenue for “investments in people.”
The term “double haters” burst into the political lexicon this year to describe voters who dislike both Biden and Trump. But that’s the choice before the nation.