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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday said they planned to hold a hearing in the coming days in relation to luxury trips taken by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas which were funded by a Republican donor, ProPublica reported. The lawmakers wrote a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts asking for an investigation into the reported trips, ProPublica said. The media outlet reported on Thursday that […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes clawed back from steep losses to end mixed on Monday as investors digested Friday’s employment report and prepared for an eventful week of inflation data and bank earnings. Megacap momentum stocks dragged the tech-heavy Nasdaq lower, while industrials helped boost the blue-chip Dow into green territory. The bellwether S&P 500 ended the session nominally higher. Economically sensitive transports, semiconductors, small-caps and industrials outperformed […]

By Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday appealed a Texas judge’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of a key abortion drug, saying the ruling endangered women’s health by blocking access to a pill long deemed safe. In a filing with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Department of Justice called Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision on the drug mifepristone “especially […]

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street traded flat and the dollar rose on Monday after strong jobs data last week indicated the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in May, while the yen weakened after Japan’s new central bank governor vowed to maintain ultra-loose policy. Gold prices slipped below the key $2,000 level due to a resurgent dollar, while Treasury yields edged higher on growing market expectations […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday appealed a Texas judge’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of a key abortion drug, saying the ruling endangered women’s health by blocking access to a pill long deemed safe. In a filing with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Department of Justice called Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision on the drug mifepristone “especially unwarranted” because it […]

By Amy Tennery (Reuters) – Striker Mallory Swanson is in a “good place” even though uncertainty surrounds her World Cup participation after she tore a patella tendon during Saturday’s 2-0 win over Ireland, United States head coach Vlatko Andonovski said. While the rest of the American team will continue their World Cup build-up by facing Ireland for the second time in four days, the absence of their talismanic striker continues […]

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -A number of masked people attacked a police vehicle with petrol bombs and other objects at a parade opposing the Good Friday peace accord in Londonderry, police said on Monday, a day before U.S. President Joe Biden visits Belfast. A Reuters photograph showed four young people in the mainly Irish nationalist area of Creggan throwing petrol bombs at an armoured police vehicle, which was covered in […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis, including ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, marched to an evacuated Jewish outpost in the West Bank on Monday in support of settlements viewed as illegal under international law. As tensions mounted between Israelis and Palestinians, Israelis from across the country travelled to the outpost of Evyatar while waving Israeli flags and chanting religious songs and slogans during the holiday week of […]

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc has put up five proposals for vote at its annual shareholder meeting on May 16, including the nomination of co-founder JB Straubel to the electric-vehicle maker’s board. The proposals – disclosed in a filing on Thursday – also contain one investor resolution for the preparation of a key-person risk report from the company whose reliance on CEO Elon Musk has raised concerns. Tesla shareholders usually vote […]