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A US appeals court has ruled that President Barack Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel cannot run to be mayor of Chicago, reports say.

Rahm Emanuel officially announced Saturday what everyone has known since he quit his job as White House chief of staff, hugged President Barack Obama and returned to Chicago: He's in.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will step down Friday to run for mayor of Chicago, two sources told CNN Thursday.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement today that he would not seek a seventh term in 2011 immediately set off speculation that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would enter the race.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has publicly discussed his well-known political ambition: Being mayor of Chicago. Of course, 21-year incumbent Richard Daley will have to retire first. "I hope Mayor Daley seeks reelection; I will work and ...