Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US Senate confirms Trump nominee Gabbard as intelligence chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was confirmed as the top U.S. spy on Wednesday, as Republicans lined up behind a nominee once se...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Israeli military calls up reservists as concern over Gaza ceasefire mounts
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel's military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli ho...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, on a rainy day, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
US consumer prices increase more than expected in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in January, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's message that it was in no rush to resume cutting interest rates amid growing unce...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An employee checks pears at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Trump readies reciprocal tariffs as trade war fears mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's trade advisers were finalizing plans on Wednesday for the reciprocal tariffs the U.S. president has vowed to impose on every country that charges duties on U.S. im...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Welding robots work on a Volkswagen production line for the Golf VIII and Tiguan cars at the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
With Musk at his side, Trump orders US agencies to plan for 'large-scale' staff cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies on Tuesday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk's effort to shrink the federal workforce by identifying government employees wh...
Feb 12, 2025 Elon Musk speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria council approves boost to officers' pay
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have a new union contract with raises the city manager says will compete with salaries offered in comparable cities, and to increase pay for new officers. City Council vot...
Feb 12, 2025 MWC-PPD
Tazewell County plows ready for Wednesday's snowstorm
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - With several inches of snow expected to fall in the Peoria area Wednesday, the Tazewell County Highway Department is preparing now for the storm. Tazewell County Highway Depart...
Feb 11, 2025 (Tazewell County)
Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall funding case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon pleaded guilty in New York state court on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to his fundraising campaign for the U.S. president's wall along...
Feb 11, 2025 Steve Bannon, former advisor of U.S. President Donald Trump, walks on the day of a pre-trial conference hearing in his fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall, at the New York Criminal Court, in New York City, U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
US homeland chief seeks to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to deputize some Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators and other Treasury Department personnel to perform immigration en...
Feb 11, 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington, U.S. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
One dead, four injured after business jets collide at Arizona airport
(Reuters) -At least one person was killed on Monday after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing at the Scottsdale, Arizona, municipal airport and collided with another jet that w...
Feb 11, 2025 Emergency crews respond after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing and collided with another jet that was parked at the municipal airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Machowicz
