Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Update: Two dead in attack near UK synagogue, suspect shot by police
Updated at 6:53 a.m. MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Two people were killed after an assailant reportedly drove a car into pedestrians and a stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester in n...
Oct 02, 2025 Emergency personnel work at the scene following an incident outside a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target ...
Oct 02, 2025 The U.S. Capitol dome is reflected in the Library of Congress glass door, with the sign reading "Entrance closed" in the foreground, on the first day of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Stratton aims to bring Pritzker administration policies to national stage
Article Summary Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton released her economic agenda for the 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. It focuses on mirroring several of the Pritzker administration's achievements in...
Oct 01, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association’s annual brunch in August 2025 at the Bank of Springfield Center. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump bid to fire Fed's Cook; leaves her in job for now
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will hear arguments in January over Donald Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, leaving her in the post for now and teei...
Oct 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
15-year-old dead after shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating an apparent homicide that happened Wednesday morning in the area of N. Sheridan and McClure. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to a ...
Oct 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pfizer does deal with Trump on prescription drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pfizer and President Donald Trump on Tuesday said they had cut a deal in which the U.S.-based drugmaker agreed to lower prescription drug prices in the Medicaid program to what i...
Oct 01, 2025 A Pfizer logo is shown at a research facility in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, U.S., September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Semi trailer fire shuts down westbound I-74 for four hours
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters responded to a semi trailer on fire on westbound I-74 Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Maroney said the fire was reported around 10 p.m. near the Knoxville Avenue o...
Oct 01, 2025 An Amazon Prime delivery truck caught on fire on I-74 Tuesday night near the Knoxville Avenue on-ramp. (25 News)
US government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what...
Oct 01, 2025 A U.S. flag is illuminated in a doorway of the otherwise empty rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in the hours before a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Hegseth slams 'fat generals,' says U.S. officers should resign if they don't support his agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives that he said led to decades of decay in the military and told a rare gathering of commanders ...
Sep 30, 2025 U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, U.S., September 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
Government shutdown nears with no deal in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington braced for a fast-approaching government shutdown on Tuesday, as Republicans and Democrats appeared unlikely to reach an agreement that would extend funding past a mid...
Sep 30, 2025 The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol dome, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump met with top congressional leaders from both parties, just ahead of a September 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
