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POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by CVS Health Good Wednesday morning, Illinois. Another national moment has reminded us that we're all in this together. TOP TALKER George Floyd, as well as reminders that problems persist in the criminal justice system. “Today...

© Getty Images At first glance, Scranton-born Joe Biden seems to resemble the fictional, mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, Clark Kent, without the black-rimmed glasses. But while not possessing superpowers, Kent’s alter ego, Superman, may be a better fit. The president’s “American Jobs Plan” is a supersized effort that, if successful, could surpass FDR’s New Deal and LBJ’s Great Society in overall impact on the nation. Of course, 50 Senate Republicans will do their Kryptonite best (or worst) to prevent that from happening. Regarding Biden's troop withdrawal...

While America has unquestionably had deep racial problems and an agonizing history of oppressing Black people through slavery, Jim Crow, and other outrages, it seems that there are some among us who do not ever want to see the problems solved—or to admit progress in any form. There are those who make enormous profits, both monetarily and socially, by perpetuating the friction caused by America’s racist past, in contrast to Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope of a color-blind society. Now comes word of a new “devotional” by a professor at a once-Baptist college. This “devotional,” a bo...

Biden’s Mideast drawdown poses perils Vice Adm. John W. Miller (ret.) 7 hours ago The setting sun silhouettes a Sikorsky UH-53 helicopter preparing to lift off from Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Biden administration is making a critical mistake by moving vital military assets away from the Middle East. Drawing down America’s posture in the Middle East sends the wrong message as the administration simultaneously pursues nuclear negotiations with Iran, the region’s most dangerous aggressor. To prevent Iran and its proxies from taking advantage of the resultin...

Hoosiers awaiting vaccine react to news of Johnson & Johnson single-dose being halted Rashika Jaipuriar, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT While America woke up to the news of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine being halted out of an "abundance of caution," the Indianapolis Motor Speedway raced to switch gears and get Moderna shots into Hoosier arms. The Speedway was initially offering the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in a series of mass clinics throughout April with hopes of inoculating over 96,000 Hoosiers. But because of updated guidance from the FDA and CDC th...