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Rubio warns of risk of China shutting down Panama Canal in any conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he had "zero doubt" that China has a contingency plan to shut down the Panama Canal in the event of a conflict with the U.S. and ...
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship sails towards the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the entrance to the Panama Canal, after newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks during his inauguration speech, when he vowed that the United States would take back the canal, in Panama City, Panama January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo
North America braces for new Trump tariffs as Saturday deadline nears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies, consumers and farmers across North America braced on Friday for U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports within hours, moves ...
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event to sign the Laken Riley Act, legislation requiring the detention of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are accused of theft, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Trump FBI nominee Patel questioned on Capitol riot, retribution claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, vowed on Thursday to protect FBI employees against "political retribution" even as the Trump administration has beg...
Jan 31, 2025 Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US official vows to 'fix' FAA after fatal collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating collision betw...
Jan 31, 2025 Secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation Sean Duffy addresses the media, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into Potomac River, U.S. January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Ray LaHood speaks on Wednesday night crash in Washington D.C
PEORIA Ill. - A local, former U-S official, speaks to the deadly plane crash on Wednesday in Washington D.C, that has left more than 60 people dead. Former Illinois Congressman and U-S Transportation ...
Jan 30, 2025 1470 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Illinois lawmakers revive push to create prescription drug affordability board
SPRINGFIELD - With prescription drug costs soaring, Illinois lawmakers announced legislation this week reviving efforts to create a prescription drug affordability board with the goal of capping the g...
Jan 30, 2025 State Rep. Nabeela Syed speaks to members of the media at the Illinois Capitol about the proposed Illinois prescription drug affordability board on Jan. 29, 2025. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
UPDATED: ISP hours-long incident ends on interstate in Logan County
UPDATED: 5 A.M. 1/31 LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. - A stretch of I-155 North in Logan County was closed for nearly 21 hours, beginning Wednesday night, due to an ongoing incident. Illinois State Police say arou...
Jan 30, 2025
More than 60 dead in Washington after jet hits helicopter, crashes into river
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 60 people were dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac ...
Jan 30, 2025 Bodies lie on the ground next to emergency vehicles, near the site of the crash after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, outside Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Trump names acting FAA administrator after fatal collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration administrator. The ...
Jan 30, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump listens to questions as he speaks to reporters about Wednesday's deadly midair collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle flight 5342 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Prosecutor calls Madigan, McClain 'grand masters of corruption' as case goes to jury
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's record 36 years in power that while others in the state's political realm were mer...
Jan 30, 2025 Longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2023 and 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
