Author Archives: Caleb Kelch
Local organizations launch major efforts to combat food insecurity this holiday season
Peoria, Ill. - As the holidays near and families throughout the region are struggling with increasing needs, two Central Illinois organizations are increasing efforts to combat food insecurity. The Co...
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Lawyer for FBI ex-chief and Trump critic James Comey argues to have charges tossed
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey renewed their bid to get federal criminal charges against him tossed out on Wednesday, arguing in court that President Donal...
Nov 19, 2025 Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to the media after giving a private deposition to the House Judiciary and House Government and Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
US Congress approves release of Epstein files, putting matter before Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a...
Nov 19, 2025 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs the House floor, following the vote of the U.S. House of Representatives, which passed the bill seeking to release files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US House takes step toward ending longest government shutdown in history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House of Representatives took a procedural step toward ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Wednesday, advancing a stopgap funding package to restart dis...
Nov 12, 2025 U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks surrounded by the media, as members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington after a 53-day break, for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US flight cancellations fall as air traffic control absences shrink
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. flight cancellations have fallen sharply over the last day as air traffic control absences shrank just hours before the House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill on ...
Nov 12, 2025 A U.S flag flies outside as passengers wait at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US Supreme Court extends pause on order requiring Trump to fully fund food aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on a judge's order that required President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Ameri...
Nov 11, 2025 A worker sorts fresh fruit and vegetables at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US airlines cancel 1,200 flights Tuesday as shutdown continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Airlines canceled 1,200 flights on Tuesday as air traffic control staffing improved significantly ahead of an expected end to a record-setting government shutdown as soon as Wedn...
Nov 11, 2025 A plane approaches Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Stocks rise, dollar dips with focus on labor market, US government reopening
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -MSCI's global equities index rose modestly on Tuesday as investors looked forward to an end to the U.S. government shutdown, while the dollar dipped on concerns about U.S. l...
Nov 11, 2025 A man walks past a brokerage house, as an electronic board displays stock index information graph, in the Central Business District (CBD) in Beijing, China, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Trump says US faces 'economic disaster' if Supreme Court rules against tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States faced an economic and national security disaster if the Supreme Court ruled against his use of an emergency powers la...
Nov 10, 2025 A U.S. flag flies in front of cranes at the Conley Container Terminal, as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider the legality of U.S. President Donald Trump's global tariffs, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Darren Bailey to stay in race for Governor after tragic helicopter crash
After the loss of his son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren in a helicopter crash in Montana around two weeks ago, former state senator and state representative Darren Bailey alongside his wife ...
Nov 10, 2025 Darren Bailey Facebook Page
