By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some senior White House officials have been second-guessing their messaging to voters around abortion in recent weeks, sources familiar with the matter said, as forecasts turned in Republicans’ favor in the run up…
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward making challenges to FTC and SEC easier
(Refiles to delete extraneous words in paragraph 1) By Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared inclined to make it easier to challenge the regulatory power of federal agencies in disputes involving …
Donald Trump appeals New York court order for watchdog at company
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge’s order to install a watchdog at the Trump Organization before a civil fraud case by the state’s attorney general goes to trial. Manhattan-based Justice Art…
U.S. Powerball jackpot soars to record $1.9 billion
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) – Americans on Monday were lining up yet again to buy Powerball tickets, dreaming of winning a $1.9 billion lottery jackpot that had jumped to a record high after repeated drawings failed to produce a winner. Saturday’s …
Oath Keepers founder denies plan to storm U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the U.S. far-right Oath Keepers group, told a jury on Monday he never ordered members to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and he thought it was “stupid” that some of them dec…
COP27: What are they saying at the climate summit?
(Reuters) – World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Here are some of the latest comments by th…
Exclusive – COP27: IMF chief says $75/ton carbon price needed by 2030
By Simon Jessop, Seham Eloraby and Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – The price of carbon needs to average at least $75 a ton globally by the end of the decade for global climate goals to succeed, the head of the International Monetar…
Twitter owner Musk throws weight behind Republicans in U.S. midterms
By Susan Heavey and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, threw his weight behind Republicans ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, saying they could use control of Congress to act as a balance against President Joe Biden’s Democr…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Bristol Myers cancer-drug patent fight with Gilead
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by Bristol Myers Squibb Co’s Juno Therapeutics Inc to reinstate a $1.2 billion award it won in its patent fight with Gilead Sciences Inc subsidiary Kite Pharma Inc …
Schools in Canadian province of Ontario to remain shut as strike grinds on
(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of striking teachers and education sector employees in the Canadian province of Ontario will be off the job again on Monday, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said on Sunday. Some 55,000 workers in the educatio…