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Who's to blame for possible government shutdown?
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Congress and the White House have until October 1 to get a budget signed and passed to avoid a government shutdown. But, if the shutdown occurs, who's to blame for the situati...
Sep 27, 2025 A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
United Nations arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the U.N. Security Council vote against a resolution that would permanently lift U.N. sanctions on Iran at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
ICE arrests Des Moines public schools superintendent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration officials on Friday arrested the superintendent of the public schools system in Des Moines, Iowa, acting on what authorities said was a prior deportation order. ...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts speaks during the Standing Up For Public Education Rally at Goodrell Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., May 1, 2025. Lily Smith/The Register/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS/File photo
FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has fired a group of its agents photographed kneeling on the street in an attempt to de-escalate tensions during a racial justice protest in Washington in 2020 in the af...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Bureau Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
UN sanctions on Iran loom after vote to delay fails
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi, Rodrigo Campos and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions on Iran are set to be reimposed on Saturday, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Friday af...
Sep 27, 2025 Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities
CHELSEA, Massachusetts/BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration officer shoving a woman in a New York City courthouse to the floor. Protesters dispersed with tear gas outside a Chicago detent...
Sep 26, 2025 Children react after seeing their mother detained during an immigration enforcement raid in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., September 26, 2025. Their mother was released at the scene because she is reportedly a legal U.S. resident and she was taken to the hospital for evaluation. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
As Illinois congressional delegation seeks answers, ICE cancels meeting
Article Summary Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Chicago canceled a meeting with Illinois Democratic members of Congress that was scheduled for Friday. Members of the state's congressi...
Sep 26, 2025 U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, a Chicago Democrat, is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in 2022, when she served as a state representative. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fis...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Peoria man sentenced for attempting to distribute methamphetamine
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend more than a decade in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine. The US Department of Justice says 40-year-old Matthew Miller was sentenced Wednesday to 200...
Sep 26, 2025 courtroom gavel
Sinclair to end boycott of Kimmel show on its ABC stations Friday
(Reuters) -Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair's nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. Sinclair ...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
