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US Senate confirms Trump nominee Gabbard as intelligence chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was confirmed as the top U.S. spy on Wednesday, as Republicans lined up behind a nominee once se...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Pritzker emerging as one of Trump's most vocal Democratic critics
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker made a "special announcement" on Friday: Illinois is renaming Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois" and annexing Green Bay, Wisconsin, "to protect itself against" th...
Feb 12, 2025 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Pritzker was considered as former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate but wasn’t selected. The speech allowed Pritzker to introduce himself to a national audience. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man charged in connection to January shooting in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - The man who allegedly shot an individual in the leg last month, at the Lexington Hills Apartment Complex, will remain in jail until his trial. According to the Peoria County State's Atto...
Feb 12, 2025
Israeli military calls up reservists as concern over Gaza ceasefire mounts
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel's military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli ho...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, on a rainy day, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
US consumer prices increase more than expected in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in January, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's message that it was in no rush to resume cutting interest rates amid growing unce...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An employee checks pears at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Trump readies reciprocal tariffs as trade war fears mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's trade advisers were finalizing plans on Wednesday for the reciprocal tariffs the U.S. president has vowed to impose on every country that charges duties on U.S. im...
Feb 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Welding robots work on a Volkswagen production line for the Golf VIII and Tiguan cars at the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
With Musk at his side, Trump orders US agencies to plan for 'large-scale' staff cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies on Tuesday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk's effort to shrink the federal workforce by identifying government employees wh...
Feb 12, 2025 Elon Musk speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria council approves boost to officers' pay
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have a new union contract with raises the city manager says will compete with salaries offered in comparable cities, and to increase pay for new officers. City Council vot...
Feb 12, 2025 MWC-PPD
Lawsuits with Trump administration stretching Illinois attorney general's resources
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined yet another multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time over its ...
Feb 11, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured on the Illinois House floor in May 2023. He told Capitol News Illinois he plans to brief the General Assembly about the cost of the state’s ongoing lawsuits against Trump administration policies. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Trump presses Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza; king opposes displacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan's King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president's plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza S...
Feb 11, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Jordan's King Abdullah, as Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein sits, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
