By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former U.S. President Donald Trump when he buys the social media platform, the clearest signal of Musk’s intention to cut moderation of the site. Musk, the world’s richest person and chief executive of Tesla Inc, has inked a $44-billion …
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By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure to tame high inflation, told Americans on Tuesday that he understands what they are grappling with and that he and the U.S. Federal Reserve are working to solve the top issue weighing on his administration. “They’re frustrated,” Biden said of Americans …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday he would not vote for Donald Trump in 2024 if the Republican former president runs again, saying Trump lacked integrity and would not put the United States ahead of his own personal interests. Asked if he would vote for Trump in 2024, Esper told …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional Democrats agreed to rush $39.8 billion in additional aid for Ukraine, two sources familiar with the proposal said on Monday, easing fears a delayed vote could interrupt the flow of U.S. weapons to the Kyiv government. The House of Representatives could pass the plan, which exceeds President Joe …
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(Reuters) – Police in Atlanta arrested rapper Young Thug, who won a Grammy for his co-written hit “This Is America” in 2019, on Monday on charges including participation in criminal street gang activity, police records showed. The hip hop artist, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was also charged under Georgia state’s “Conspiracy To …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A British man has been criminally charged in New York with stealing money from investors’ accounts by hacking into email servers and computers belonging to U.S. banks and brokerages, causing more than $5 million of losses. According to a 10-count complaint made public on Tuesday, Idris Dayo Mustapha, …
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By Grant Segall and Dietrich Knauth CLEVELAND (Reuters) -A lawyer for two Ohio counties said on Monday that CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Walmart Inc should fund an $878 million plan to address the opioid crisis there, as a first-of-its-kind trial got underway to determine the pharmacy chains’ contribution. A federal jury …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The New York Times won three Pulitzer Prizes and was named as a finalist five more times on Monday, while its rival the Washington Post took the public service award and Reuters claimed the prize for feature photography. The journalists of Ukraine were also awarded a special citation for coverage …
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(Reuters) -An escaped murder suspect and the female corrections officer who allegedly helped him break out of an Alabama jail were taken into custody on Monday in Indiana after a car chase, authorities said. The officer, who suffered an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, was taken to hospital and later died, they said. Casey White, the …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Three small beds, two dressers and baskets full of clothes and other items cram a bedroom shared by three of Dontrael Starks’ children in the family’s Denver, Colorado, home. Another child, who is autistic, has her own bedroom. “We are pretty much on top of each other. We’ve …
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