Author Archives: Julia Bradley

Appeals court will not delay Donald Trump civil fraud trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday refused to delay Donald Trump's scheduled Oct. 2 civil fraud trial, after the former U.S. president accused the trial judge of wrongly refusin...
Julia Bradley Sep 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the Pray Vote Stand Summit, organized by the Family Research Council in Washington, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

UPDATE: Ford, UAW clash as union expands strikes
UPDATED 2:44 P.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley on Friday accused United Auto Workers leaders of holding up a new U.S. labor agreement and halting production at several fact...
Julia Bradley Sep 29, 2023 Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery

Hardline Republican holdouts push U.S. government closer to shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government was two days from a partial shutdown on Friday, as a handful of hardline House Republicans refused to support a bipartisan stopgap spending bill mean...
Julia Bradley Sep 29, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters as the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/ File Photo

Effort underway to unionize workers at Rivian plant in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - A union with almost 600,000 members is seeking to expand its ranks by organizing thousands of workers who build electric vehicles and Rivian Automotive in Normal. The unioniza...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 (25 News)

Trump says UAW talks don't matter because EV shift will kill jobs
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it mattered little whether striking union autoworkers secured a favorable deal in talks with America's biggest carmakers because the shi...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses auto workers as he skips the second GOP debate, in Clinton Township, Michigan, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

US soldier Travis King arrives in Texas after release from North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Private Travis King landed at a U.S. military base in Texas early on Thursday after being expelled from North Korea following his surprise dash across the heavily mili...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

UPDATE: Republicans open Biden impeachment inquiry with focus on son's business dealings
UPDATED 2:19 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans leading an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden detailed foreign payments to members of his family in their first hearing on Thursday, but di...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks as his aides hold boxes of what he said were thousands of pages of Biden family bank records subpoenaed by the committee as Chairman James Comer (R-KY) looks on during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Joe Biden, focused on his son Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

No one wins Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball numbers were not an exact match for any of the millions of tickets sold ahead of Wednesday night's drawing. Fox News reports that there were four tickets sold that missed...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 (Powerball)

Takeaways from the second 2024 Republican presidential debate
SIMI VALLEY, California (Reuters) -The seven Republicans on stage at their party's second 2024 presidential primary debate aimed on Wednesday to convince voters they could be a viable alternative to f...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pose at the start of the second Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. September 27, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson

US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, as calls for his resignation from his fellow Democrats esca...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive at Federal Court for a hearing on bribery charges in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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