Author Archives: Caleb Kelch
US House to vote on Democratic effort to reinstate healthcare subsidies
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday was poised to advance Democratic legislation that would reinstate expired healthcare subsidies, as th...
Jan 07, 2026 U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer speaks following Senate votes on competing healthcare plans, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
White House says Greenland purchase is an active discussion, Trump is committed to NATO
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump remains committed to the NATO alliance even as he and his national security team are holding active discussions about a U.S. purchase of Greenland,...
Jan 07, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump sits to sign an executive order recommending loosening the federal regulations on marijuana, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Nick Reiner's high-profile lawyer quits as public defenders take over; arraignment postponed
LOS ANGELES, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A high-profile defense lawyer representing the son of slain Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner against charges that he murdered his parents abruptly withdrew from the case o...
Jan 07, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner, attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ''Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'' at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
US federal agent fatally shoots driver in Minneapolis amid immigration enforcement surge
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest...
Jan 07, 2026 A member of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) restrains a protester trying to block vehicles from leaving the scene after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans
Trump freezes $10B in social service, child care funding for Illinois, 4 other blue states
Article Summary The Trump administration has frozen distribution of about $10 billion in federal funding for five Democratic-led states, including about $1 billion for Illinois. States covered by the ...
Jan 07, 2026 Children play outside at Our World of Learning Child Development Center in Alexander County in December 2024. (File photo by Julia Rendleman)
Exclusive-In post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put Venezuela's hardline interior minister on notice that he could be at the top of its target list unless he helps Interim Presi...
Jan 06, 2026 Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello attends the swearing-in ceremony of Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela’s interim president at the National Assembly, after the U.S. launched a strike on the country and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Hilton drops Minneapolis hotel over cancelled ICE bookings
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Hilton Worldwide Holdings has removed from its system a Minneapolis hotel that has refused to accept the bookings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the hotel o...
Jan 06, 2026 The logo of Hilton hotels group is pictured in central Brussels, Belgium August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
Peoria man indicted for first-degree murder in strangulation, stabbing case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County Grand Jury has indicted a 62-year-old man on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a man found in a North Valley garage the day before Thanksgiving...
Jan 06, 2026 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Illinois House speaker calls Bears stadium ask 'insensitive' amid budget pressures
Article Summary Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch said the Chicago Bears' request for new money for a stadium is "insensitive" as lawmakers are trying to make life more affordable for Illin...
Jan 06, 2026 Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, speaks at a news conference at the Illinois Capitol in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland; US military always an option, White House says
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing options for acquiring Greenland and the use of the U.S. military in furtherance of the goal is "always an option,"...
Jan 06, 2026 An aerial view shows a fjord in western Greenland, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
