Author Archives: Caleb Kelch
Paramount extends deadline on hostile Warner Bros bid to February 20
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance on Thursday extended the deadline on its hostile tender offer for Warner Bros Discovery by about a month to February 20, buying more time to persuade investors th...
Jan 22, 2026 The Warner Bros logo is seen during the annual MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes, France, October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
US airlines issue travel waivers as winter storm threatens widespread disruptions
NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. airlines have rolled out sweeping travel waivers as a winter storm, forecast to spread heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice across two dozen states, threatened to disr...
Jan 22, 2026 People walk around the airport ahead of checking in for their flights at the airport ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
Trump touts 'total access' Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up
DAVOS, Switzerland/NUUK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have t...
Jan 22, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Illinois to withhold nearly $500M in spending, citing federal uncertainty
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker's office identified nearly $500 million in spending the state can hold in reserve for the current fiscal year amid federal funding uncertainty. The governor had direct...
Jan 22, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference at a farm in Central Illinois on Oct. 29, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois wage inequities improve slightly, persist despite transparency efforts: report
Article Summary A 2021 amendment to the Equal Pay Act mandates certain Illinois businesses to report biannual wage and demographic data to the Department of Labor. The first analysis, based on three y...
Jan 15, 2026 Jason Keller, assistant director of the Illinois Department of Labor, speaks at a seminar about recent findings of a report on pay equity in Illinois. The report is the first released since a 2021 amendment to the Equal Pay Act required certain business owners to report wage and demographic data. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit
Article Summary The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking access to the state's complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive data such as dates of birth, driver's license numb...
Jan 13, 2026 A voting booth is pictured in Sangamon County. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
US border agents shoot and wound two people in Portland
Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, who were taken to hospital, police said on Thursday while urging the city to remain calm after heightened tensions following ...
Jan 08, 2026 FBI agents work outside Adventist Hospital after U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/John Rudoff
Judge hesitant to grant dismissal of lawsuit over immigration agents' use-of-force tactics in Chicago
Article Summary A Chicago federal judge on Thursday declined to immediately grant a motion by protesters who sued the Trump administration over immigration agents' use-of-force tactics this fall after...
Jan 08, 2026 Several immigration enforcement agents push back media and protestors as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino makes his way out of the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago on Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pritzker signs major energy reform bill amid projected shortages
Article Summary The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act incentivizes battery storage among other measures aimed at bolstering grid reliability. It creates "virtual power plants" aimed at harvest...
Jan 08, 2026 An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressiona...
Jan 08, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth look on during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
