Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: As Trump claims political bias, lawyer calls prosecutor too independent
UPDATED 3:27 P.M. FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump's lawyer argued on Friday that the criminal case charging the former U.S. president with mishandling classified documents should be throw...
Jun 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Dunlap Schools eying $8.5M athletic training facility
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Dunlap School Board is looking at building an $8.5 million indoor training center for student-athletes. Dunlap District #323 Superintendent Scott Dearman presented plans for the fac...
Jun 21, 2024 (Dunlap School District)
Ukraine's use of US-supplied weapons in Russia not limited to near Kharkiv, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine can use U.S.-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces that are firing on Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border into Russia and not just in Russian territory near Ukr...
Jun 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen ride a pickup truck near the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
Trump campaign reports having more cash than Biden's campaign
(Reuters) -For the first time, Donald Trump's presidential campaign reported having more cash in its main account than President Joe Biden's re-election campaign had in its account, financial disclosu...
Jun 21, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/ File Photo
US deeply disappointed over Netanyahu's criticisms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House expressed deep disappointment over criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the United States on Thursday amid tensions between the two allies ...
Jun 20, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US sanctions Mexican cartel on fentanyl, Yellen issues new guidance to banks
ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday announced new sanctions on leaders of a Mexican drug cartel involved in trafficking fentanyl and its pre-cursor chemical...
Jun 20, 2024 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims fell in latest week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but overall strength in the jobs market persisted despite a gradual cooling. Initial claims f...
Jun 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
UPDATE: Just weeks before Republican National Convention, Illinois GOP chair announces resignation
UPDATED 9:55 A.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Halfway through the 2024 election cycle and just a few weeks away from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Illinois GOP Chair...
Jun 20, 2024 Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy rallies the party faithful at the 2023 Illinois State Fair. Less than a year later, Tracy announced his resignation, citing party infighting. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Undecided voters await Biden-Trump debate with eye on economy, border and age
(Reuters) - Gina Gannon, a retiree in the battleground state of Georgia, voted for Republican Donald Trump in 2016 before ditching him for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 - and is now looking to next week'...
Jun 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Russia's Putin in Vietnam calls for strengthening "strategic partnership"
HANOI (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday that strengthening strategic ties is "one of his priorities" as he continued a swing through Asia se...
Jun 20, 2024 Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to Vietnam's President To Lam during an official visit at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam June 20, 2024. NHAC NGUYEN/Pool via REUTERS
