Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US pushes to widen talks with Iran beyond nuclear issue
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Feb 4 - Meaningful talks between the United States and Iran will have to include Tehran's missile arsenal and other issues, U.S. Secretary of State Marco R...
Feb 04, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
Trump to 'draw down' 700 immigration agents in Minnesota
By Maria Tsvetkova and Jonathan Allen FORT SNELLING, Minnesota, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will reduce the number of federal immigration enforcement agents in Minne...
Feb 04, 2026 A protester faces law enforcement officers after federal immigration agents raided a home in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans
Trump signs spending bill that ends four-day government shutdown
By David Morgan, Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a spending deal into law that ends a partial U.S. government shutdown and giv...
Feb 04, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump signs a bill to end the partial government shutdown, while U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) stand by his side, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria High basketball coach placed on unpaid leave following arrest
By Imani McClay PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria High School basketball coach Daniel Ruffin will stay in jail and has been placed on unpaid leave following his arrest Monday morning on charges of solic...
Feb 04, 2026 Daniel Ruffin mugshot (Peoria County Jail Records)
'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Article Summary Marimar Martinez, who was shot five times by immigration agents last year, testified at a public forum on immigration agents' use of force in D.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Panelists and mem...
Feb 04, 2026 Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who federal immigration agents shot five times last
October, speaks Washington, D.C. forum on Tuesday. (Screenshot from Senator Richard
Blumenthal livestream.)
'Ludicrous': Peoria asks judge to halt new Par-A-Dice development
By Gianna Njau and Lizzie Seils PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The City of Peoria is asking a judge to stop an upcoming vote from the Illinois Gaming Board as it mulls whether to allow a proposed land-based...
Feb 04, 2026 (25 News)
PPD squad car involved in crash Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A crash in downtown Peoria Tuesday morning involved a police cruiser. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth said the accident happened at the intersection of Monroe and Fayette Streets around...
Feb 03, 2026
UPDATE: Trump signs spending bill that ends four-day government shutdown
UPDATED 3:53 P.M. WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a spending deal into law that ends a partial U.S. government shutdown and gives lawmakers time to negotiat...
Feb 03, 2026 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA ) speaks with reporters as he departs meeting with members of the House Rules Committee, at the U.S. Capitol on day three of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago
Child care funding freeze could worsen shortage in Illinois, providers say
Article Summary If the courts allow the Trump administration's freeze on federal child care funding to happen, a Springfield provider said she'll likely have to close her 30-year business. A recent re...
Feb 03, 2026 Pamela Franks is a home child care provider in Springfield who relies on money from federal child care and family services programs that are under threat from the Trump administration. (photo submitted by SEIU Healthcare Illinois)
Judge in Charlie Kirk case to consider bid to disqualify prosecutors
By Andrew Hay Feb 3 (Reuters) - Lawyers for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk will urge a judge on Tuesday to dismiss the prosecution team due to alleged conflict of ...
Feb 03, 2026 Fourth District Court Judge Tony Graf presides over a hearing for Tyler Robinson, suspect in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, in Provo, Utah, U.S., on January 16, 2026. Bethany Baker/Pool via REUTERS
