Author Archives: Caleb Kelch
Rubio says not concerned about escalation with Russia over Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday told reporters that the United States is not concerned about an escalation with Russia when it comes to Venezuela, as Presi...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds his end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Trump, nine pharmaceutical companies strike deal to cut prices
Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government's Medicaid program and...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTES/Evelyn Hockstein
TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investor-led venture
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, signed binding agreements with three major investors to sell just over 80% of the company's U.S. assets to American and global investo...
Dec 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Update: Gunman in Brown University shooting found dead, linked to MIT killing
Updated at 4 a.m. BOSTON/PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with investigators ce...
Dec 18, 2025 A member of the FBI returns equipment to their vehicle at a storage facility where the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, took his own life, in Salem, New Hampshire, U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/CJ Gunther
16-year-old arrested in connection with Peoria carjacking spree
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have arrested two additional juveniles in connection with a December 6th crime spree that involved stolen vehicles, carjackings at gunpoint, and dangerous high-speed chase...
Dec 18, 2025
Seven dead in fatal plane crash including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Seven people were killed Thursday in the crash of a Cessna 550 business jet in Statesville, North Carolina, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, NASCAR said. The plane crashe...
Dec 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Driver Greg Biffle poses for photographs in front of the new 2013 Ford stock car after an announcement during the NASCAR Media Tour in Concord, North Carolina, January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Keane/File Photo
The Kennedy Center is adding 'Trump' to its name, White House says
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which President Donald Trump filled with allies during a broad takeover earlier this year, has decided t...
Dec 18, 2025 People walk along the front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, after White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt announced that the Kennedy Center board decided to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls
Story Summary The Trump administration is seeking access to the state's complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive information such as voters' dates of birth and partial Soc...
Dec 18, 2025 IMAGE: The Paul Findley Federal Courthouse is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Hannah Meisel)
US House passes bill to speed energy infrastructure permits despite environmental concerns
Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday that would streamline environmental reviews and speed permitting for large energy infrastructure projects, data cent...
Dec 18, 2025 The U.S. Capitol building at dusk in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Trump expected to sign $1 trillion annual defense bill
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to sign into law a nearly $1 trillion annual defense policy bill, despite its provisions providing new aid to Ukraine and r...
Dec 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Pentagon, in Washington D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
