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Ultimatum to federal workers raises tensions between Musk, White House staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's top aides are struggling to contain disputes at the White House and across the administration following billionaire Elon Musk's ultimatum to federa...
Feb 27, 2025 Elon Musk speaks during the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US Attorney General hopes to release Epstein-related flight logs, names on Thursday
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department hopes to release on Thursday flight logs and "a lot of names" related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier accused of sex trafficking who socialized with Wall...
Feb 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead at home; cause of death under probe
UPDATED 10:31 P.M. SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, died of unknown causes at home, along with his wife, pian...
Feb 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Gene Hackman poses during the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. January 19, 2003. REUTERS/Andy Clark/File Photo
Pritzker says federal funds still being withheld; warns of further spending cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker accused the Trump administration this week of continuing to withhold nearly $1.9 billion from Illinois state agencies, nonprofits and small...
Feb 26, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks with reporters during a news conference at University of Chicago Medicine Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man arrested at Peoria house on drug and weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested early Wednesday morning at a Peoria East Bluff house on weapons and drug charges. Peoria Police says its Special Investigations Division and SWAT executed a search wa...
Feb 26, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Illinois schools continuing DEI initiatives despite federal funding threats
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Education is not telling schools to stop any diversity, equity and inclusion lessons or programs, the state's education chief to...
Feb 26, 2025 Illinois Superintendent Tony Sanders participates in a previous Illinois State Board of Education meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actor, dead at 39
(Reuters) - Michelle Trachtenberg, an American actor known for her roles in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gossip Girl," died on Wednesday, according to her public relations tea...
Feb 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Actress Michelle Trachtenberg poses at the 4th annual Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, California June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
Israel mourns Bibas family as Hamas signals breakthrough on hostages
RISHON LEZION, Israel/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israelis mourned the family that symbolised the trauma their country suffered in the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agree...
Feb 26, 2025 A woman holds a cut-out picture of hostages Shiri Bibas, 32, with Kfir Bibas, 9 months old, who were kidnapped from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and then killed in Gaza, on the day of their funeral procession, at a public square dedicated to hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem
Ukraine set to sign minerals deal, Trump confirms Zelenskiy visit
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Wednesday it was set to approve a framework minerals deal with the United States but that its success would depend on talks with President Donald Trump. The deal, under...
Feb 26, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a press conference, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Peoria County election head reflects on primary turnout and what's next for consolidated elections
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria County Election Commission says Tuesday's primary was a "smooth" day. Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says turnout for the primary was close to 18%. "Not wher...
Feb 26, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
