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Pence attacks Trump as he challenges his ex-boss in 2024 White House race
(Reuters) -Former Vice President Mike Pence, who loyally served Donald Trump for four years, on Wednesday blasted his former boss for the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as he launched his campaign fo...
Jun 08, 2023 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is greeted by supporters as he arrives with his wife Karen to make a U.S. presidential campaign announcement kicking off his race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at a Future Farmers of America "enrichment center" in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S. June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Hollywood actor becomes latest arrested in Jan 6 Capitol assault
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Hollywood actor who has appeared on such TV shows as "Arrested Development" and the cartoon hit "Bob's Burgers," was arrested on Wednesday for his role in the U.S. Capitol ri...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Trump lawyers notified that he is the target of classified documents probe
(Reuters) -Federal prosecutors have notified former U.S. President Donald Trump's attorneys he is the target of an investigation into his handling of classified materials, a person familiar with the m...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
House Republicans cancel vote to hold FBI director in contempt
(Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have abandoned plans for a vote on Thursday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress over agency documents related to ...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s proposed budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson
Wrestling's 'The Iron Sheik' has died
FAYETVILLE, Ga. - One of the best "bad guys" in professional wrestling history has died. His family announced on Twitter that Hossein Khosrow Ali Varizi -- better known as "The Iron Sheik" -- died Wed...
Jun 07, 2023 Russell Bernice / CC
Peoria man convicted of 2021 murder
UPDATED 6:08 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury reportedly took just a short period of time to convict a Peoria man of murder Wednesday -- the second of two trials going on this week in county c...
Jun 07, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Jury deliberating in case of Peoria's first 2022 homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A jury is now deciding the fate of a Peoria man, charged with committing the city's first two homicides of 2022, but has been on trial for the first of them. Deliberations started Wedne...
Jun 07, 2023 Robert White (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
Pritzker puts final stamp on $50.4 billion state spending plan
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Wednesday, marking the first spending plan of his second term as governor. The $5...
Jun 07, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker signs the Fiscal Year 2024 state budget into law Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Gordon-Booth took lead budget negotiator role; Republicans react to just-signed spending plan
CHICAGO, Ill. - A Peoria lawmaker had more of a hand in the coming fiscal year's state budget than just wanting some things funded. State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth was the lead "budgeteer" -- ...
Jun 07, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Stolen vehicles found unoccupied in Peoria early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Two vehicles reported stolen were found unoccupied in Peoria early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police responded to the area of Knoxville and Lyndale Road just before 3:00 A.M. on reports ...
Jun 07, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
