President Donald Trump says he’s finished taking

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump stated he’s completed taking his routine of hydroxychloroquine, a debatable drug he’s promoted as a remedy for the coronavirus regardless of warnings from his personal U.S. Food and Drug Administration and scientific execs about its effectiveness and doubtlessly bad unintended effects. “Finished, just finished,” Trump stated in an interview with Sinclair Broadcast’s program Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson that aired on Sunday. “And by the way, I’m still here. To the best of my knowledge, here I am.” The president has promoted hydroxychloroquine, an FDA-approved drug used to regard malaria in addition to autoimmune stipulations akin to lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, as a “game-changer.” There is little proof that hydroxychloroquine has been efficient to

Dick President Trump faucets Normal, Illinois Mayor to Amtrak

President Donald Trump on Monday tapped Chris Koos, the mayor of downstate Normal, for the Amtrak board of administrators, with the transfer coming after Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., advisable him for the location. Many different Trump nominations have stalled as a result of ongoing partisan battle. Having the toughen of Durbin and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., manner the Senate Democrats won't block his appointment as soon as Trump officially sends his nomination to the Senate for affirmation. Trump additionally picked Sarah Feinberg for the Amtrak Board. When ex-Mayor Rahm Emanuel used to be White House leader of workforce for former President Barack Obama, Feinberg used to be his spokeswoman and adviser. Feinberg is the period in-between president of New York

Chicago police union chooses new president in runoff

Rank-and-file Chicago cops have selected John Catanzara as the brand new president in their union for the following 3 years, changing incumbent Kevin Graham in a runoff election. Two months after an election wherein no candidate won no less than 50% reinforce, Catanzara received 54.9% of the vote within the runoff, notching 4,709 votes to Graham’s 3,872, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 introduced Friday night. Thursday used to be the final day for officials to forged in-person ballots on the union’s West Loop headquarters, even though maximum votes had been mailed in. “Kevin Graham would like to Congratulate the new head of The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7, President John Catanzara,” a union remark learn. Graham assumed union

President Obama endorses Joe Biden

Former President Barack Obama counseled Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, announcing in a video, with the U.S. grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden “has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery.” Obama stated of his vice chairman, “Joe gets stuff done” and that “choosing Joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend. And I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now.” Obama, in his endorsement, reached out to Bernie Sanders supporters with lavish reward for the Vermont senator whilst sizzling Republicans. He didn't point out

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle touts ‘arduous

The Cook County Board overwhelmingly accepted a virtually $6.2 billion price range Thursday, over the objections of 1 holdout commissioner who warned that “rate of growth and spending is not sustainable for the long term fiscal health” of the county. The price range was balanced with no layoffs or tax will increase and even added some workers engaged on taxpayer appeals of property assessments and expunging previous hashish convictions. But the spending blueprint did minimize 638 vacant well being care positions, regardless of an emergency nurse’s warning that these cuts “hurt my patients.” Despite the ripples of dissent, the board voted 15-1, with one absence, to approve its fiscal plan for subsequent yr. Preckwinkle mentioned it

Gary City Council President Ron Brewer arrested for

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — Police in northwestern Indiana have arrested the Gary City Council president on allegations he fired a gun at two youngsters he suspected of stealing his automotive and taking one in every of them again to Gary. An lawyer for Ron Brewer says his actions have been a authorized citizen’s arrest. East Chicago Police Lt. Jose Rivera tells The (Northwest Indiana) Times that Brewer was arrested Sunday evening on possible trigger for legal recklessness and kidnapping. Rivera mentioned Brewer apparently tracked his stolen automobile to East Chicago with a cellphone app and fired photographs throughout a confrontation with the youngsters inside it. Rivera says Brewer wrongly took the regulation into his personal palms

When a president makes overseas coverage an arm of his

This we all know for certain: A president of the United States ought to by no means strong-arm a overseas authorities into digging up grime on a political opponent. That’s placing uncooked self-interest above what’s greatest for the nation. That’s an impeachable offense. Yet we've got each cause to imagine President Donald Trump has performed simply that. In the approaching days, Trump’s defenders, of their determined denial, will try to spin this in any other case. Don’t be taken in. There is way we've got but to study a grievance filed in August by an nameless whistleblower. But the gist of the allegation, submitted to the intelligence group’s inspector common, seems to go