Reuters US Domestic

Trump’s former lawyer Giuliani stumbles in bid to appeal defamation ruling

14 May 2024

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to appeal a $148 million defamation judgment won by former Georgia election workers, saying Donald Trump’s former lawyer should focus on his own stalled bankruptcy case. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane agreed with creditors, including defamed election workers …

Trump’s former lawyer Giuliani stumbles in bid to appeal defamation ruling Read More »

US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022

14 May 2024

By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that set the amount of biofuels that oil refiners were required to blend into the nation’s fuel mix from 2020 through 2022, rejecting a challenge by oil refiners to the mandates. The U.S. Court of Appeals …

US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022 Read More »

Lidar maker Hesai sues US government, denies alleged link to China’s military

14 May 2024

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -China-based Hesai Group sued the U.S. government on Monday for adding the maker of lidar light sensors to a list of companies allegedly working with Beijing’s military. Hesai, whose lidars help self-driving cars and driver-assistance systems gain a three-dimensional map of the road, was added to the list by the U.S. Department of …

Lidar maker Hesai sues US government, denies alleged link to China’s military Read More »

US Senator Robert Menendez goes on trial for corruption, no jurors chosen

14 May 2024

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury selection began in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez on Monday, with a judge excusing dozens of prospective jurors in a case that could affect the Democrat’s political future and the makeup of the U.S. Senate. Menendez, who is New Jersey’s senior senator, faces 16 criminal …

US Senator Robert Menendez goes on trial for corruption, no jurors chosen Read More »

Missouri man pleads guilty to crashing truck into White House security barriers

14 May 2024

(Reuters) – A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into metal barriers surrounding the White House in May 2023, admitting that he had been “fueled by the ideology of Nazi Germany” and hoped to overthrow the U.S. government. Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, and a citizen of India, pleaded guilty to …

Missouri man pleads guilty to crashing truck into White House security barriers Read More »

Ex-fixer Michael Cohen testifies Trump signed off on hush money payment to porn star

14 May 2024

By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors on Monday that the Republican presidential candidate personally approved a hush money payment to bury a porn star’s story of a sexual encounter before it could derail his 2016 campaign. “Just do it,” Cohen said Trump told him, …

Ex-fixer Michael Cohen testifies Trump signed off on hush money payment to porn star Read More »

Collapsed Baltimore bridge blasted into pieces in effort to clear wreckage

14 May 2024

(Reuters) -U.S. crews in Baltimore set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March. The detonations were meant to break the bridge’s truss into small sections, enabling salvage crews to …

Collapsed Baltimore bridge blasted into pieces in effort to clear wreckage Read More »

US overhauls electric grid to make way for more renewables

14 May 2024

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new interregional lines to move more clean energy to meet growing demand amid the explosion of electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence. Approved in …

US overhauls electric grid to make way for more renewables Read More »

Abuses documented in FDIC sexual misconduct report unacceptable, Yellen says

13 May 2024

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said abuses documented in a report on workplace problems at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation were totally unacceptable and not in line with the Biden administration’s core values. Yellen did not reply when asked after an event in Fredericksburg, Virginia if FDIC …

Abuses documented in FDIC sexual misconduct report unacceptable, Yellen says Read More »

RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference

13 May 2024

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a super PAC supporting him filed a lawsuit on Monday against Facebook parent Meta Platforms, alleging the tech giant interfered in the election after it blocked a political advertisement. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco by …

RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference Read More »

Close Bitnami banner
Bitnami