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Obama ends meeting after GOP proposes short-term debt-ceiling fix

August 23, 2021 at 1:00 a.m.

President Obama abruptly left debt negotiations with congressional leaders Wednesday after a top Republican said there was no longer time to engage in the large-scale deficit reduction discussions the White...

Obama announces drawdown of forces from Afghanistan, saying ‘tide of war is receding’

August 23, 2021 at 12:48 a.m.

The U.S. will withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan this year and bring another 23,000 home by the end of summer in 2012, President Obama said, using a prime-time address to...

Chicago to host global summits next year

August 22, 2019 at 5:12 a.m.

World leaders will gather in Chicago next spring to assess the situation in Afghanistan and discuss the future of the war effort there, President Barack Obama will announce in an...

Obama hasn’t let Chicago parade slight pass

August 23, 2021 at 12:36 a.m.

DUBLIN - It has been eight years since Barack Obama was relegated to the back end of the St. Patrick's Day parade through downtown Chicago but he still remembers it....

Obama hasn’t let Chicago parade slight pass

May 23, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

DUBLIN — It has been eight years since Barack Obama was relegated to the back end of the St. Patrick's Day parade through downtown Chicago but he still remembers it....

Bulls star Rose to attend Obama campaign event

August 23, 2021 at 8:26 a.m.

Bulls star Derrick Rose will attend one of President Barack Obama's three fund-raising events in Chicago on Thursday, a Democratic official said today. Two high-dollar events are planned at Chicago...

Obama returning to Chicago April 14

August 23, 2021 at 8:20 a.m.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will head home to Chicago to attend an April 14 fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, officials familiar with his plans said Thursday.They spoke on...

Bomb plot becomes historic jigsaw puzzle

August 22, 2021 at 11:21 p.m.

While Chicago synagogues may not have been the principal target of last week's foiled package bomb plot, U.S. officials now think that terrorists used addresses of Jewish organizations in an...

Jewish community carries on among terrorist allegations

August 22, 2021 at 11:19 p.m.

Members of Chicago's Jewish community carried on with their weekend services, undaunted by news that two Jewish houses of worship on the North Side may have been the targets of...

First lady comes home for Democrats

August 22, 2021 at 11:12 p.m.

First lady Michelle Obama returns to Chicago on Wednesday to campaign for Alexi Giannoulias, the Democrat seeking her husband's old Senate seat. But while President Barack Obama and his team...

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