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Trump threatens to withhold food aid as cities, nonprofits ask judge to intervene
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance aid for millions of Americans will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, as lawyers for cities and no...
Nov 04, 2025 Volunteers place food items in vehicles during a mobile food distribution at Cedar Creek High School, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, in Cedar Creek, Texas, U.S., November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee
Shutdown may force US to close some air space next week, official sees 'mass chaos'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that if the federal government shutdown continues another week it could lead to "mass chaos" and could force him to close ...
Nov 04, 2025 U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holds a press conference on the impact of the government shutdown on air travel, at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Trump's agenda faces early test in elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia
(Reuters) -Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors on Tuesday in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's mood after President Donald T...
Nov 04, 2025 Voters arrive at a polling site early on Election Day in Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops are coming to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in the spring. The Peoria Civic Center has announced the show is scheduled for Friday, M...
Nov 04, 2025 The Temptations and The Four Tops will make a tour stop in Peoria on May 8, 2026. (Peoria Civic Center)
US government shutdown ties record, as congressional inaction takes toll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown on Tuesday entered its 35th day, matching a record set during President Donald Trump's first term for the longest in history, as Republicans and Demo...
Nov 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People visit the Washington Monument, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Greater Peoria Honor Flight makes a fifth and final trip of the year to D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - 70 local veterans and their guardians are headed to the nation's capital Tuesday morning with the Greater Peoria Honor Flight's fifth trip of the year. Organizer Luke Rosenbaum tells WM...
Nov 04, 2025 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Dick Cheney, powerful former US vice president who pushed for Iraq war, dies at 84
(Reuters) -Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 who was considered by presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history has died at a...
Nov 04, 2025 Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada February 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Becker
Resident arrested after apartment fire in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A resident was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly starting a fire in their apartment, which also damaged three other units in downtown Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston s...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first glimmers toward ending a near-record long federal government shutdown were seen in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, as leading Senate Republicans and Democrats talked of a p...
Nov 04, 2025 People walk along the National Mall, in view of the U.S. Capitol building, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
El Paso man accused of threatening President Trump to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - An El Paso man federally charged with allegedly threatening President Trump must remain in jail until his trial. 25 News reports 27-year-old Derek Lopez was detained in a court hearing ...
Nov 03, 2025 (El Paso Police Department)
