Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US Congress lines up stopgap bill to avert partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress unveiled a stopgap measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies funded through March 14, which would avert a partial government ...
Dec 18, 2024 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters following a House Republican conference meeting with U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT), Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Explainer-Who are the immigrants who could be targeted in Trump's mass deportation plans?
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and with temporary protections once he takes office...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Members of California national guard stand near the wall on the United States and Mexico border, in San Diego, California, U.S. December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Repeat drug, weapons offender from Peoria receives lengthy sentence
PEORIA, Ill. - What started with a pair of ShotSpotter alerts in the East Bluff last March, has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for a Peoria man. 43-year-old Terrance Shaw was sentenced to 8 yea...
Dec 18, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
US Congress negotiators reach deal on stopgap funding bill, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional negotiators on Tuesday reached a tentative deal on a stopgap funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown, provide about $100 billion in fresh disaster...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Police search for motive in Wisconsin school shooting
(Reuters) - Police in Wisconsin on Tuesday were interviewing friends and family and examining the online presence of a 15-year-old girl to determine what drove her to open fire in a school classroom, ...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Children prepare to board a bus bound for the reunification center where they'll meet their parents after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Cullen Granzen/File Photo
Motor vehicles, online purchases boost US retail sales in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November amid an acceleration in motor vehicle and online purchases, consistent with strong underlying momentum in the economy a...
Dec 17, 2024 A woman looks at holiday ornaments at a pop-up Holiday shop in New York City, U.S., November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US Senate advances massive defense bill, despite transgender provision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Monday voted overwhelmingly to advance an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon toward passage as soon as Tuesday, which would send it to the White...
Dec 17, 2024 A couple walks with a dog near the U.S. Capitol building, in Washington, U.S. October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling recognizing immu...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Outreach groups worried about fires, cold weather as Peoria's camping ban approaches
PEORIA, Ill. - Leaders of Outreach organization LULA Peoria are worried about people living outdoors as the weather gets colder, and they struggle to stay warm. Recently, fires broke out in a homeless...
Dec 17, 2024 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
'You won't spend a day in jail': Madigan attorney hammers Solis' agreement with feds
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The day after Christmas 2018, then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis signed an agreement with federal prosecutors, with whom he'd spent the last 2 years working as a secret co...
Dec 04, 2024 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for bribery, racketeering and extortion in a case partially built on secret recordings made by former Chicago alderman-turned-FBI mole Danny Solis, who wrapped up his time on the witness stand Tuesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel, inset by Andrew Adams)
