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If Trump wins, he plans to free Wall Street from “burdensome regulations”

12 Apr 2024

By Lawrence Delevingne and Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A second Trump White House would seek to sharply reduce the power of U.S. financial regulators, according to a review of public documents and interviews with people allied with the former president. In the wake of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Congress dramatically …

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US Supreme Court lets broad array of transport workers sidestep arbitration

12 Apr 2024

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for more truck drivers and other transportation workers to file employment-related lawsuits in court rather than private arbitration, ruling that an exemption from arbitration extends to workers outside of the transportation industry. The justices, in a 9-0 ruling, threw out a lower …

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Section 702: Why America’s warrantless spy law is drawing bipartisan ire in Congress

12 Apr 2024

By Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has failed three times in the past five months to reauthorize a provision of a key spy power known as Section 702, with lawmakers citing reservations over how the authority empowers warrantless domestic surveillance. Here’s a look at what Section 702 …

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Despair makes young US men more conservative ahead of US election, poll shows

12 Apr 2024

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A large global survey issued on Friday showed a surge in despair and disillusionment with established politics, particularly among young American men, the only U.S. population group to turn more conservative over the past decade. The study by the international research agency Glocalities, shared with Reuters, offered context for November’s …

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Explainer-Trump says migrants are fueling violent crime. Here is what the research shows

12 Apr 2024

By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) -Donald Trump is blaming migrants in the U.S. illegally for fueling violent crime as part of his campaign to win back the White House, repeating rhetoric used during his previous run for the presidency. But studies show immigrants are not more likely to engage in criminality. WHAT IS TRUMP …

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Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

12 Apr 2024

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land. South Dakota on Thursday became the eighth state to find highly pathogenic avian …

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Japanese interpreter charged with stealing $16 million from MLB star Shohei Ohtani

12 Apr 2024

By Steve Gorman and Julia Harte LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter was charged with bank fraud on Thursday in federal court and accused of stealing $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers power-hitting pitcher to cover gambling debts. According to a 36-page criminal complaint and affidavit filed in U.S. District …

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US Senate panel chair issues subpoena in Supreme Court ethics probe

12 Apr 2024

By Kanishka Singh and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the Democratic-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena on Thursday to influential conservative legal figure Leonard Leo as part of an ethics inquiry spurred by reports of undisclosed largesse directed to some conservative Supreme Court justices. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The Supreme Court …

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Explainer-US limits on PFAS in drinking water could fuel litigation

11 Apr 2024

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the first federal regulations on toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water, setting tight limits that essentially require public water systems to all but eliminate their presence in American tap water. The highly anticipated rules target six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, that …

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