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DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump, the latest instance of the president using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his 2020 loss. Trump has championed the case of Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind […]

By Matt Tracy WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings has changed its ratings outlook to negative for Goldman Sachs’ private credit fund, Goldman Sachs BDC, the ratings agency said on Friday. In its post-market close announcement, Fitch maintained its current lower-investment grade rating of Goldman Sachs BDC but could downgrade the fund if it doesn’t increase its asset cushion. “Fitch believes the asset coverage cushion is low given GSBD’s […]

By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, May 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks Chinese President Xi Jinping is seriously considering releasing a detained pastor in China but that the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai “is a tough one.” “I think he’s giving very serious consideration to the pastor,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to the United States […]

May 15 (Reuters) – Arm Holdings is facing an antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the British chip designer’s licensing of its semiconductor technology, part of ongoing global scrutiny of the business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The FTC is investigating whether Arm is trying to illegally monopolize parts of the semiconductor market. It is looking to assess if Arm will reject or downgrade the licensing agreements […]

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive a voting map designed to help their party wrest control of the U.S. House of Representatives from President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in November’s midterm elections. The justices declined to halt a ruling by Virginia’s top court that blocked a voter-approved pro-Democratic map for the midterms, denying a […]

By Suzanne McGee and Isla Binnie PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 15 (Reuters) – Private credit pioneer Ares Management disclosed a wide array of new or increased stakes in alternative asset vehicles including several direct lending funds in its quarterly 13-F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Ares, an alternative asset manager that said this month  it raised a record $30 billion during the first quarter, revealed […]

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Friday targeted the leader of Hamas ’ military wing, Israeli officials said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed or injured. Hamas did not immediately acknowledge or comment on the strike. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said an airstrike carried out by the military Friday evening targeted al-Haddad, the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn, (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on Friday in the shooting death of Young Dolph during a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery, marking an end to courtroom battles stemming from the rapper and music label owner’s shocking killing in his hometown more than four years ago. Cornelius Smith Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Memphis courtroom under an agreement with prosecutors that dropped […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pick one up. Be seduced by its glossy cover. Gaze upon the impossibly muscular body clad in a skin-tight suit. Our hero or heroine will surely be soaring, shouting, blasting a villain into next week. They are ridiculous. They are addictively great. Comic books, of the superhero variety, are 100% American. Compare the thin comic book to Europe’s graphic novels, and they come off looking flimsy, […]