Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. Justice Dept will not publicly release all of Special Counsel's report on Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland does not plan to publicly release a portion of Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigative report related to President-elect Donald Trump's r...
Jan 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause hush money case ahead of sentencing
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a New York state court from sentencing him for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from ...
Jan 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump attends a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a stable labor market at the start of the year though some lai...
Jan 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO:m Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo
Peoria County man sentenced for hate crime
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A Bellevue man has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars for shouting racial slurs and threatening to kill his Black neighbors last summer. 47-year-old Charles Gathard pleaded ...
Jan 08, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Harris, lawmakers pay tribute to US President Jimmy Carter at Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. leaders on Tuesday paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter -- who had the longest and most admired post-presidency in history -- as he laid in state at the U.S. Capito...
Jan 08, 2025 US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy at the Lying in State Ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, U.S., January 7, 2025. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
Lawmakers advance 'Karina's bill' to remove guns from domestic violence situations
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- It's been 18 months since Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on Fourth of July weekend at their Chicago home, allegedly by...
Jan 08, 2025 Manny Alvarez, son of Karina Gonzalez, hugs
Rep. Edgar Gonzalez Jr., D-Chicago, in the Illinois House on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
Gonzalez, the namesake of the legislation, was shot and killed by her husband in
Chicago in 2023 after receiving an order of protection. (Capitol News Illinois photo by
Andrew Adams)
Las Vegas Cybertruck suspect used ChatGPT to plan blast, police say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The suspected driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day used popular chatbot ChatGPT to plan the blast, o...
Jan 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 1, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump to meet with congressional Republicans as lawmakers joust over his agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump and Republican colleagues in Congress will begin trying on Wednesday to chart a path to enacting more tax cuts, border controls and fossil fuel prod...
Jan 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political se...
Jan 08, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters at an event in Normal on Tuesday, criticizing House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch for not calling a bill to regulate “intoxicating” hemp products. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded 'public office' for 'private gain'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Over the last 2 months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial has heard the longtime Democratic leader's voice dozens of times ...
Jan 08, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 7, 2025, after testifying for the first time in his trial. The move came as a surprise and is expected to further extend the trial that began in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
