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Pritzker 'all in' for Biden following visit to White House last week
Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he is "all in" for President Joe Biden after visiting the White House last week with other Democratic governors. He headed to Washington, D.C., to meet with the president...
Jul 09, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker tells reporters he is “all in” for President Joe Biden at an unrelated news conference in Chicago on Tuesday. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Sen. Menendez's defense says focus on gold belies lack of bribery evidence
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bob Menendez's defense lawyer on Tuesday said prosecutors at the senator's corruption trial focused on "provocative" images of cash and gold bars found at the home the New Jersey D...
Jul 09, 2024 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, (D-NJ) arrives at Federal Court, for his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J. Edwards
Three new programs at Illinois Central College to address job gaps in region
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College will introduce three new program offerings for the fall semester, with the intent to help address gaps in employment in the region. The new programs announced b...
Jul 09, 2024 Illinois Central College President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey announces three new programs to start in the fall of 2024, at a press conference on July 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tentative deal reached between Morton District #709 and teachers union
MORTON, Ill. - A tentative deal for a new contract has reportedly been reached between Morton School District #709 and its teachers union. In a joint statement from the district and the Morton Educati...
Jul 09, 2024 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Ukraine's Zelenskiy to deliver address at Washington's Reagan Institute on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will deliver an address on Tuesday evening at the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington, the institute said in a statement, as the Ukrain...
Jul 09, 2024 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (not pictured) attend a joint press conference at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki/File Photo
Hunter Biden withdraws motion for new trial in federal gun case
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Hunter Biden withdrew his motion seeking a new trial on federal gun charges after government prosecutors said his motion was based on a misunderstanding of appellate p...
Jul 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives with his wife Melissa Cohen Biden at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
James Inhofe, former senator and leading US conservative, dies at 89
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, a mainstay of the ideological right in the U.S. Congress and champion of American military strength who derided as a hoax the notion that human...
Jul 09, 2024 Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) speaks after the Republican caucus policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
UPDATE: US Congress Democrats still divided over defiant Biden's viability
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress remained deeply divided on Tuesday over whether to fall in line behind President Joe Biden's wounded reelection campaign or urge ...
Jul 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. President Joe Biden listens as Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during their debate in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder//File Photo
Trump holds rally in Florida as running mate suspense builds
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally at his golf club near Miami on Tuesday, with just days left before he must select a running mate to take the stage...
Jul 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign event, in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. June 28, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Russia says one dead, energy facilities on fire after Ukraine's drone attack
(Reuters) -One person was killed, while two power substations and an oil depot caught fire, after Ukraine launched tens of drones in attacks on several regions, Russian officials said on Tuesday. The ...
Jul 09, 2024 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
