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Blinken postpones Middle East trip amid ‘uncertainty,’ Axios reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to the Middle East, delaying his planned Tuesday departure, Axios reported ahead of planned Gaza ceasefire talks this week. The top U.S. diplomat’s travel was delayed over “uncertainty about the situation,” Axios said, citing two unnamed sources. On Tuesday, Hamas fired two …

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Rambling Trump, Musk interview marred by tech issues

By Richard Cowan and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat Monday for a friendly two-hour interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Musk’s social media platform X, after technical problems delayed the start of the event for more than 40 minutes. Musk, who has endorsed Trump, blamed the difficulties on a …

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FBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. FBI said on Monday it was investigating after Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said its internal communications were hacked and the campaign blamed the Iranian government. The former president said on Saturday that Microsoft had informed his campaign that Iran had hacked one of its websites. Trump said Iran was “only able …

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Trump says he will go back to Butler, where he was shot, in October

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he will go back in October to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt on July 13, the former U.S. president told billionaire Elon Musk in a social media discussion. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

Biden supports cutting taxes on tips, White House says

By Costas Pitas and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden supports the idea of eliminating taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers, the White House said on Monday. “Absolutely,” said White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, asked at a briefing if Biden would sign legislation doing so were it passed by Congress. …

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Biden allows more solar cell imports to avoid Trump-era tariffs

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday more than doubled the volume of solar cells that are allowed to be imported tariff-free to help domestic panel producers that rely on components made overseas. According to a White House proclamation released late on Monday, the so-called tariff-rate quota on solar cells will increase to 12.5 …

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Seismic data indicates huge underground reservoir of liquid water on Mars

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An immense reservoir of liquid water may reside deep under the surface of Mars within fractured igneous rocks, holding enough to fill an ocean that would cover the entire surface of Earth’s planetary neighbor. That is the conclusion of scientists based on seismic data obtained by NASA’s robotic InSight …

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