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Reagan 1987 address was defense of free but fair trade
(Reuters) -The 1987 radio address by the late former U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the center of a new U.S.-Canada row was a defense of free but fair trade in which he explained his decision to put ...
Oct 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of a painting of former U.S. President Ronald reagan, attends an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Experts Testify on Fourth Day of Sean Grayson Murder Trial
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The fourth day of testimony in the Sean Grayson murder trial brought several law enforcement witnesses to the stand Thursday. Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deput...
Oct 23, 2025 Macon County Sheriff's Office
With East Wing nearly demolished, White House looks for more donors to help fund ballroom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is looking for more donors to help fund President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom. The president's team has released a list of companies and wealthy individu...
Oct 23, 2025 A demolition crew takes apart the facade of the East Wing of the White House, where President Trump's proposed ballroom is being built. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Fate of Illinois' first-in-the-nation credit card 'swipe fee' ban awaits judge's ruling
Article Summary A federal judge this week heard oral arguments in a case challenging Illinois' first-in-the-nation law prohibiting financial institutions from charging fees on the tip and tax portions...
Oct 23, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents
Article Summary JB Pritzker signed an executive order creating a new commission to document unlawful actions by federal agents. The commission has three primary goals: Creating a public record of abus...
Oct 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs an executive order in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 23, creating the Illinois Accountability Commission to document abuses by federal agents. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Trump calls off federal agent deployment to San Francisco
WASHINGTON/OAKLAND (Reuters) -Donald Trump will not deploy federal agents to San Francisco, the U.S. president and the California city's mayor said in separate social media posts on Thursday, a surpri...
Oct 23, 2025 Canada geese fly overhead while people hold placards as they protest against the arrival of federal agents at the Coast Guard base in Alameda, California, U.S, October 23, 2025. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo
Peoria Heights Names New Interim Fire Chief
The Village of Peoria Heights has appointed a new interim fire chief. 25 News reports that Austin Szentez, 34, is stepping into the role after serving as deputy chief. He joined the department on a pa...
Oct 23, 2025 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
New teachers union leaders in Illinois call for tax shift to fund K-12, higher education
Article Summary Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union and a close ally of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, has been elected president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. The uni...
Oct 23, 2025 New leaders at the Illinois Federation of Teachers include, from left: Pankaj Sharma, secretary-treasurer; Stacy Davis Gates, president; Cyndi Oberle-Dahm, executive vice president, and John Miller, membership secretary.
Putin says Russia will never bow to US pressure, warns on missiles
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other foreign power, and cautioned that it would deliver an "overwhelm...
Oct 23, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists to comment on new U.S. sanctions targeting two major Russia's oil producers, as well as other international issues, in Moscow, Russia, October 23, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Oil surges 5% after US sanctions Russian firms Rosneft, Lukoil
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices surged around 5% to a two-week high on Thursday after the U.S. imposed sanctions on major Russian suppliers Rosneft and Lukoil over Moscow's war in Ukraine, prompting en...
Oct 23, 2025 A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo
