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By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a fund to pay for damage caused by climate change. Chief U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes in Syracuse, New York sided with 22 Republican state attorneys general, as […]

By Sheila Dang HOUSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil major, was among a group of companies planning to do business in Venezuela. Exxon declined to comment. Any entrance into the South American country would mark a stunning reversal nearly two decades after the company exited following the nationalization of its assets. The oil producer operates the prolific Stabroek Block […]

SAO PAULO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government issued on Monday new regulations governing ticket sales, resales and access to cultural events, requiring transparency during online purchases and prohibiting automated bulk acquisitions by bots. • President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed the regulatory decrees during a ceremony. • According to one rule, consumers must be informed before purchase about all fees and ticket prices charged and whether sales are […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out. The decision replaces a temporary order from Chief Justice John Roberts previously issued hours before a lower-court decision halting the work would have gone into effect. The lawsuit will return to lower courts, but documents say that key portions of the project could be […]

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Apple to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its maps app, his administration’s interior chief said Monday, days after signing an executive order over the body of water now in the spotlight amid his escalating trade war with Canada. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox’s “Mornings with Maria” program that Trump “reached out to Apple directly.” He […]

A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said Monday. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said at a news conference in Winston-Salem that the girl, whose name was not mentioned during the news conference, was arrested last week. […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Multiple lawmakers and rights advocates condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s ally Laura Loomer on Monday over her racist comments attacking Democratic socialist Florida State Representative Angie Nixon, as well as other prominent Black U.S. politicians and a Supreme Court justice. “Angie Nixon is a ghetto, black, communist,” Loomer, a right-wing blogger, conspiracy theorist and Trump ally, said on X on Monday, while […]

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 31 (Reuters) – The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield on Monday spiked above 4.75% for the first time since January last year, part of a worldwide bond selloff, which weighed on stock markets, as investors digested an escalation in the U.S.-Iran war and the oil price rising back above $90 a barrel. If you have more time to read, here are a few articles […]

By Sabrina Valle NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase has hired investment banker Ward Jones as head of Mid-Cap Basic Materials Investment Banking, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Jones will focus on building products, building products distribution, and paper and packaging companies from New York, the memo said. He will report to Joe DeBarbrie and Dave Khalsa, co-heads of mid-cap diversified industries investment banking, the […]