Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: US Senate will stay in session until debt ceiling bill passed -Schumer
UPDATE: 10:49 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will stay in session until it passes a bill to lift the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sai...
Jun 01, 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives for his news conference after the weekly Senate Democratic caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Former NJ governor Chris Christie to announce run for president -source
PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) -Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who advised Donald Trump's White House campaign in 2016 only to become a vocal critic of the former president in recent mont...
May 31, 2023 Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at the Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Two people still missing from Iowa building collapse
(Reuters) -Two people still counted as missing after the partial collapse of an Iowa apartment building on the weekend were likely inside at the time, officials said on Tuesday, but the structure was ...
May 31, 2023 Davenport police officers form a line opposite protesters that are advocating for search efforts to continue near the site of an apartment building that partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. May 30, 2023. Joseph Cress/USA Today Network via REUTERS
UPDATE: US debt ceiling bill advances toward tight vote in House
UPDATED 4:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bill to suspend the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default cleared a key procedural hurdle in the House of Representativ...
May 31, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) returns to his office from the House floor at the U.S. Capitol ahead of an expected vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a bill raising the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, in Washington, U.S., May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
Man arrested in connection with Sunday carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested Sunday night for an alleged carjacking in Peoria. Police spokesperson Semone Roth says around 6:40 p.m., officers were called to W. Willow Wood, near N. Teakwood Cou...
May 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Putin says Ukraine drone strikes on Moscow aim to scare and provoke Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's biggest ever drone strike on Moscow was an attempt to scare and provoke Russia, and air defenses around the capital would be s...
May 30, 2023 A view shows a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
U.S. holiday air passenger travel tops 2019 pre-COVID levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. holiday air passenger travel topped 2019 pre-COVID levels over the Memorial Day weekend, which typically marks the start of the busy U.S. summer air travel season, figures f...
May 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Travelers wait at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
U.S. debt ceiling deal to face its first test in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan deal to raise the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling faces its first test in Congress on Tuesday, setting up what could be a nail-biting week of voting before the Uni...
May 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., after the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
DeSantis to mount first campaign swing through key 2024 states
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, following his presidential campaign debut online, will dive into old-school retail politicking in key early voting states this week, his fir...
May 30, 2023 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pauses as he speaks during the Florida Family Policy Council Annual Dinner Gala, in Orlando, Florida, U.S., May 20, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
UPDATE: Peoria shooting leaves one dead, one injured
UPDATED 4:14 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in the city's eighth homicide of the year has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Rick Ransom, 30, indicates he suffered...
May 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
