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Politics
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Constable: Flag Day has rules, which we have the freedom to ignore
Jun 13, 2019 5:32 AM - The one-time Batavia resident credited with first celebrating Flag Day might not have anticipated the reactions Old Glory inspires today. Our flag has been burned, hugged, worn, stood on, saluted and waved, and it still works.
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Watchdog recommends Kellyanne Conway be removed from office for Hatch Act violations
Jun 13, 2019 12:36 PM - The agency said that because Conway was a "repeat offender," it was recommending that she be removed from federal office.
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Threatened by Trump, Mexico is trying to reinforce southern border. Wide gaps remain.
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Five men outlaw abortion in a Texas town, declaring a 'sanctuary city for the unborn'
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House Intelligence panel subpoenas Gates and Flynn, 2 key witnesses in Mueller probe
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Visual shortcuts, the 'angry mob' and the power of editorial cartoons
Jun 13, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: A picture, we all know, is worth a thousand words. But which thousand is often up to the individual viewer.
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Increasing government brings increased conflict
Jun 13, 2019 5:01 PM - Columnist Walter E. Williams: We are living in a time of increasing domestic tension. Some of it stems from the presidency of Donald Trump. Another part of it is various advocacy groups on both sides of the political spectrum demanding one cause or another.
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Photographer snapped image of Trump's alleged Mexico deal. Here's what it says.
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Trump asserts executive privilege to shield documents on Census citizenship question
Jun 12, 2019 10:14 AM - President Donald Trump on Wednesday asserted executive privilege to shield documents about the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a move meant to try to undercut an expected vote by a House panel to hold his attorney general and commerce secretary in contempt for failing to turn over the materials to lawmakers. -
Sun-Times: Pritzker signs abortion law
Jun 12, 2019 10:58 AM - Bucking neighboring states, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday sent a big signal by signing a law to protect Illinois' abortion rights should Roe v. Wade be overturned, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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