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President Biden says he will run again in 2024 -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he plans to run for reelection in 2024 but was not prepared to announce it yet. "I plan on running ... but we're not prepared to announce...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Morrisville, North Carolina, U.S., March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Pfizer, hundreds of US drugmakers call for reversal of Texas abortion pill ruling
(Reuters) -Over 300 biotech and pharmaceutical industry executives, including Pfizer Inc CEO Albert Bourla, signed an open letter on Monday calling for reversal of a federal judge's decision to suspen...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pack of birth control pills is displayed in this illustration picture taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/Illustration
UPDATE: Trump appeals order requiring Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe -source
UPDATED 12:46 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge's order requiring his former vice president, Mike Pence, to testify in the special counsel probe into effort...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stand while making remarks about early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Bill aims to limit excessive school district cash reserves
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The overall financial health of Illinois school districts has been improving in recent years, according to a recent state report, but a bill moving through ...
Will Stevenson Apr 10, 2023 Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D-Shorewood, is pictured on the Senate floor in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
TN Democratic lawmakers expelled over gun control protest hope to reclaim seats
(Reuters) - Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they ...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2023 Former lawmaker Justin Pearson attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
Juvenile injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting Saturday afternoon that left a juvenile injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m., when officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in ...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Intel leak has U.S. officials bracing for impact at home and abroad
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. national security community is grappling with fallout from the release of dozens of secret documents, including the impact on sensitive information-sharing within the go...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2022, more than a week after Russia invaded Ukraine. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Golf-Rahm claims Masters title for second major victory
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Spaniard Jon Rahm won the Masters at Augusta National by four shots over LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson on Sunday to claim his second major title. Rahm, who w...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2023 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 9, 2023 Spain's Jon Rahm after putting for par on the 11th hole during the final round REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Cleaning up -- and giving thanks -- on Easter Sunday in Bryant
BRYANT, Ill. - The cleanup continues almost a week after an EF-3 tornado carved a path of destruction through parts of Fulton County. Bryant -- population 300 -- was one of the hardest hit areas. The ...
Will Stevenson Apr 09, 2023 (25 News)
China simulates striking Taiwan on second day of drills
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island's defense ministry reporting multiple air force sor...
Will Stevenson Apr 09, 2023 Soldiers stand on the deck of a Chinese warship as it sails during a military drill near Fuzhou, Fujian Province, near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands that are close to the Chinese coast, China, April 8, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter