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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and top lawmakers met face-to-face on Tuesday as a deadlock over raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit threatened to push the country into an unprecedented default in as soon as three weeks if Congress does not act. Biden, a Democrat, told reporters he would not make comments as House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, sat in the Oval […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of jury deliberations. Jurors rejected Carroll’s claims that she was raped, but […]

(Reuters) – Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv and paraded troops across Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War Two, pared back amid shortages of manpower and weaponry at the front after a failed winter campaign in Ukraine. SYMBOLIC DAY * President Vladimir Putin said Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one […]

(Reuters) – Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv and paraded troops across Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War Two, pared back amid shortages of manpower and weaponry at the front after a failed winter campaign in Ukraine. SYMBOLIC DAY * President Vladimir Putin said Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one […]

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Here are six notable moments from Donald Trump’s civil trial which ended on Tuesday with a jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed magazine writer E. Jean Carroll and awarding her $5 million in damages. – U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan took the unusual step of keeping jurors anonymous from both the public and lawyers to shield them from potential harassment by Trump supporters. “If […]

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Here are six notable moments from Donald Trump’s civil trial which ended on Tuesday with a jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed magazine writer E. Jean Carroll and awarding her $5 million in damages. – U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan took the unusual step of keeping jurors anonymous from both the public and lawyers to shield them from potential harassment by Trump supporters. “If […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An auto trade group warned on Tuesday that aggressive U.S. targets for reductions in vehicle emissions may rely on a too rapid transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and pose challenges with manufacturing and supply chains. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) has proposed sharp emissions cuts that it estimates would result in 60% of new vehicles by 2030 being electric and 67% by 2032. The Alliance for […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An auto trade group warned on Tuesday that aggressive U.S. targets for reductions in vehicle emissions may rely on a too rapid transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and pose challenges with manufacturing and supply chains. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) has proposed sharp emissions cuts that it estimates would result in 60% of new vehicles by 2030 being electric and 67% by 2032. The Alliance for […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s executive secretary of the Finance Ministry, Gabriel Galipolo – who is due to be nominated for a key role at the country’s central bank – said on Tuesday he has good relations with central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto but does not always agree with him. Speaking to reporters, Galipolo also said everyone wants interest rates to be reduced. “I am convinced that the entire board of […]