Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and Illinois Manufacturers’ Association business day in Springfield on Wednesday, May 1. At another event this week, he said “I feel pretty good about where we are” when asked about the state’s April revenue performance. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Democrats flex muscle to kick off final month of session as revenues remain on track

• Candidates feel ‘cheated, violated, robbed’ after Pritzker enacts law ending slating

• Former state trooper who caused fatal crash halts effort to get driving privileges restored

• Measure creating 'Small Business Truth in Lending Act' heads to Illinois House

• Lawmakers pitch sweeping changes to energy industry and Chicagoland transit system

• Illinois quick hits: Cameras used to catch suspected cop killer

NYPD law enforcement officials hold a perimeter of closed streets surrounding Columbia University in a comprehensive operation to clear the campus of students who barricaded themselves in a building on campus and established an encampment while protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

Drones above, police at the gates: Columbia protest camp's final moments

• Amid protests and police raids, US schools try to keep the peace at graduation

• Exiled Chinese businessman's chief-of-staff pleads guilty in US to fraud

• Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin pleads guilty in US, TASS reports

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump line up ahead of a Trump campaign event in Freeland, Michigan, U.S. May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan

• Biden campaign rolls out new abortion ads aimed at Latino men

• Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers

• Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid

• US lawmaker Cuellar hit with bribery charges tied to Azerbaijan, Mexican bank

A firefighter works at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 4, 2024. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

Russian drones injure 6 in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Dnipro regions

• NATO drills show it is preparing for potential conflict with Russia, Moscow says

• Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present

  • Qatar considers future of Hamas office in Doha, and whether to keep mediating

• Bodies found in Mexico where Australian, US tourists went missing

• Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link

• French police evacuate pro-Palestinian students from Sciences Po after overnight sit-in

• Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing