A senior Biden administration official handling global energy policy recently held a high-level position at a Ukrainian state-run natural gas firm but resigned citing corruption.Amos Hochstein, who President Joe Biden appointed to be the State Department’s top adviser for energy security over the summer of 2021, was a member of the energy company Naftogaz’s supervisory board.…Continue Reading
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearings wrapped up on Thursday and all indications point to Jackson being confirmed, largely along partisan lines. She would be the first Black woman and first public defender to serve on the Court. Since Jackson’s confirmation is the expected outcome, the hearings – similar to past ones –…Continue Reading
Ethan Miller / Getty Images When it comes to the presidential primary calendar, it can feel like if you’re not first (or, at least, not living in one of the four states that get to vote early on), you’re last. For a long time now, that has meant that if you don’t hail from Iowa,…Continue Reading
Two years ago, when the pandemic first upended life as we knew it, many progressives believed Covid-19 would make a forceful case against the inhumane US health care system and galvanize support for Medicare for All. But after dominating the 2020 presidential primary, the idea of establishing a national, single-payer health insurance program has all…Continue Reading
In that pregnant moment, everybody who was watching got to see how power and privilege work. March 24, 2022 For me, it was the pause. I knew that the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson would produce a lot of insults and smears from Republicans trying to be racist enough for Fox News viewers to…Continue Reading
(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)The Biden administration is poised to put in place a formidable central banking operation — at the expense of personal liberty.Read Full Article »Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Madeleine Albright fled the Nazis as a child and climbed to the summit of diplomacy and foreign policy in the United States, breaking the glass ceiling as the first female secretary of state and setting the pace for other women to follow. “She has watched her world fall apart, and ever since, she has…Continue Reading
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune. Naperville is emerging from the challenging COVID-19 pandemic years with a strong foundation for a stable and sustainable future, according to Mayor Steve Chirico. In his annual State the City address to…Continue Reading
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune. It’s been a long winter for Hesed House Executive Director Joe Jackson, and not just because the Aurora homeless shelter was, even with its partially renovated facility across the road at 680…Continue Reading
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune. A proposed merger between two major railroads will lead to “disruptive” delays to Metra service and exacerbate safety issues for passengers, the commuter rail agency said in a recent federal filing. The…Continue Reading
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