Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Rivian announces layoffs of salaried employees
NORMAL, Ill. - Some workers at Rivian, including those at the electric vehicle plant in Normal, are receiving layoff notices. According to Rivian, approximately one percent of Rivian's employees compa...
Jun 28, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Trump victorious again as U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on the last day of rulings for its current term gave Donald Trump his latest in a series of victories at the nation's top judicial body, one that may make ...
Jun 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen the morning before justices are expected to issue opinions in pending cases, in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
U.S. Senate rejects bid to curb Trump's Iran war powers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. Senate rejected a Democratic-led bid on Friday to block President Donald Trump from using further military force against Iran, hours after the president s...
Jun 27, 2025 A view shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a building on Monday, after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Unemployment rate down in all Illinois metro areas
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria metro area's unemployment rate was 3.8 percent May, down from 4.6 percent in May, 2024. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the unemployment rate decr...
Jun 26, 2025 Midwest Communications
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker kicks off re-election campaign
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In a hot gymnasium on Chicago's South Side, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday morning he's running for a potentially historic third term as governor. In his a...
Jun 26, 2025 (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
JD Vance says U.S. at war with Iran's nuclear program, not Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the U.S. was not at war with Iran but at war with its nuclear program, adding the program had been pushed back by a very long time due to ...
Jun 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
U.S. strikes against Iran not aimed at regime change, Pentagon chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were not a preamble to plans for regime change, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that private messa...
Jun 22, 2025 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon, after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, during the Israel-Iran conflict, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 22, 2025 in this still image taken from handout video. Reuters TV/U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS
Pope Leo urges international diplomacy to prevent "irreparable abyss"
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Sunday said the international community must strive to avoid war that risks opening an "irreparable abyss", and that diplomacy should take the place of conflict. U....
Jun 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Sport, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
Area congressmen's reactions to U.S. attack on Iran differ
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two congressmen representing Central Illinois have opposing views on President Donald Trump's decision to join Israel's war against Iran. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) praised t...
Jun 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. September 14, 2024. U.S. Air National Guard/Master Sgt. Patrick Evenson/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Stocks on edge after U.S. attacks Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for a knee-jerk selloff in stock markets on Monday after the weekend's U.S. attack on Iran raised the specter of retaliation and higher oil prices. The Middl...
Jun 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/ File Photo
