Author Archives: Julia Bradley
'Make it a federal court suit': Jurors hear wiretap of McClain describing subcontracts alleged to be bribes
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - For nearly eight years, former Chicago Ald. Frank Olivo had a monthly ritual. The retired politician would sign an invoice for $4,000 - always identical but for the d...
Nov 15, 2024 Fidel Marquez, a former Commonwealth Edison executive-turned-cooperating witness, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse with his attorney on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after his fifth day of testimony in the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump picks ex-congressman Doug Collins for veterans affairs secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he intends to nominate former Representative Doug Collins for secretary of veterans affairs. "We must take care of our brave me...
Nov 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) attends a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Macon, Georgia U.S., November 3, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
Peoria-based organization continues sending ambulances to war-torn Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. - To date, 83 ambulances, fire trucks and SUVs have been sent to Ukraine through donations to U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine. The organization is headed up by OSF HealthCare's VP of Governme...
Nov 15, 2024 (Courtesy of US Ambulances for Ukraine.org)
Judge weighs whether to acquit ex-AT&T boss after hung jury in corruption case
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Paul La Schiazza, the ex-boss of AT&T Illinois accused of bribing a powerful politician, could be a free man next month. After three hours of oral arguments on Th...
Nov 15, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse during his September trial that ended in a mistrial. A jury eventually deadlocked in deciding whether La Schiazza was guilty of bribing longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan via a no-work contract for the speaker’s political ally. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump picks North Dakota Governor Burgum for interior secretary
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a wealthy former software company executive, will be his pick for interior secretar...
Nov 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum speaks with the media ahead of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Israel hits Beirut suburb after US delivers truce proposal
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike flattened a building near one of Beirut's busiest traffic junctions on Friday, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel kept up its intensified bombardment of Hez...
Nov 15, 2024 Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on a building in Tayouneh neighborhood, near a central park, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin
Pressure mounts for release of Matt Gaetz congressional ethics report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, faced growing scrutiny from his fellow congressional Republicans on Thursday, with one saying he "absolut...
Nov 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Henderson, Nevada U.S. October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims fall; unemployment rolls shrink
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting the labor market continued to chug along and that the abrupt slowdown in job...
Nov 14, 2024 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/Fie Photo
'You agreed to wear wires against your ComEd family': Star witness in Madigan trial grilled on cross-examination
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Before the sun rose on a cold Wednesday morning in January 2019, Fidel Marquez agreed to a life-altering assignment as a cooperating witness in a criminal case the go...
Nov 14, 2024 Fidel Marquez, a former Commonwealth Edison executive-turned-cooperating witness, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse with his attorney on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after his fifth day of testimony in the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Israel hits Beirut again, ceasefire terms in focus
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A senior Lebanese official has signaled that Hezbollah is ready to pull its forces away from the Lebanese-Israeli border in any ceasefire, while rejecting Israel's demand f...
Nov 14, 2024 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
