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U.S. Congress certifies Biden win hours after harrowing Capitol Hill assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on Thursday formally certifie...
Jan 07, 2021 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the protests taking place in and around the U.S. Capitol in Washington as the U.S. Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results, at a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rep. LaHood votes to certify Biden victory
WASHINGTON -- 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood voted Wednesday night to certify the Presidential Election victory of Joe Biden. He issued this statement following his vote: This evening, the United Sta...
Jan 06, 2021 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Ill. officers pushing back on controversial reforms bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A proposed amendment to a pending Illinois House bill is drawing ire and worry within the law enforcement community. In a letter to sheriffs throughout the state, Illinois Sheriff...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. lawmaker draws up impeachment papers on Trump after mobs storm capital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic congresswoman on Wednesday said she was drawing up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after mobs broke into the U.S. Capitol following Trump's ur...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Eric Miller/File Photo
Gov. JB Pritzker calls for impeachment of President Trump
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After riots broke out in Washington, D.C. Wednesday during the certification of the Electoral College, Gov. JB Pritzker has called on Congress to impeach and remove President Dona...
Jan 06, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Rep. LaHood sounds off on Capitol riots
WASHINGTON -- 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood has released a statement regarding Wednesday's events at the Capitol: This afternoon, I was in the United States Capitol as rioters broke into the buildin...
Jan 06, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
'It's insurrection,' Biden says, as Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With drawn guns and teargas, police sought to clear the U.S. Capitol building of hundreds of protesters who stormed the building and sought to force Congress to undo President Do...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Democrats win control of U.S. Senate as they take second race in Georgia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday completed a sweep of the two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in runoff elections in the state of Georgia, giving the party control of the chamber and boost...
Jan 06, 2021 Jon Ossoff for Senate/Handout via REUTERS
Local COVID roundup 1/6: Still meeting all criteria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported 212 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the tri-county of Peoria, Woodford and Tazewell. In addition, six deaths were also repo...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pro-Trump protesters swarm Capitol amid challenge to his election loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters supporting Donald Trump swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, putting it on lockdown, as Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the president's demand to overturn his los...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
