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White House official not optimistic about averting partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House budget director Shalanda Young said Friday she is not optimistic about reaching a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. "I wouldn't say pessim...
Jan 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Trailing Trump in Iowa, Haley touts foreign policy views, electability
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Nikki Haley gave Iowa voters some tough talk on Friday over their scrambled eggs and sausage. It was Haley's first campaign stop of 2024 in Iowa with only 10 days to go be...
Jan 05, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley makes a campaign visit in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey
Peoria man sentenced for drive-by shooting incident in February that damaged a house and gas line
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday after a drive-by shooting incident from February of 2023. U.S District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Tajurie Amir Bennett, 20,...
Jan 05, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US job growth beats expectations in December; wages rise solidly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in December while raising wages at a solid clip, casting some doubt on financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve wou...
Jan 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US and Europe make new diplomatic push to stop Gaza war escalating
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Europe's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, were due in the Middle East on Friday to try to halt the spillover of the conflict in G...
Jan 05, 2024 A Palestinian man holds books as he walks out of a house damaged in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
UPDATED: Biden marks Jan. 6 with new warning Trump threatens US democracy
UPDATED 3:09 P.M. VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday marked three years since the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol with a warning to voters that Republican Donald Tr...
Jan 05, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech to mark the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol at a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College, in Blue Bell, near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
US readies aid as Japan earthquake death toll nears 100
WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -The United States said on Friday it is preparing military logistical support and aid for regions in Japan devastated by an earthquake that killed 94 people, forced about 33,00...
Jan 05, 2024 Smoke rises as firefighters put out fire on the burnt-down Asaichi-dori street, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
UPDATE: Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois minutes after filing his petitions
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. 1/5 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -Illinois is now among the growing list of states in which former President Donald Trump will have to fight to have his name appear on ...
Jan 04, 2024 The Illinois State Board of Elections building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
City of Washington forgives loan given to Five Points. Here's what we know
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington Mayor Gary Manier says Five Points is a "crown jewel" to the city. "It brings people here, it brings the arts alive and well in our community, with the theater, the Cater...
Jan 04, 2024 A memorial of the Washington tornado. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Coroner says Peoria shooting victim has died
UPDATED 9:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Peoria has recorded its first homicide of the year, just four days in. Harwood says a man in his 30's was pronounced dead late...
Jan 04, 2024 (25 News)
