LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it was “cautious” on Turkish banks heading into the May 14 election, with lenders more vulnerable than the country’s other stocks to a potential post-vote rate hike following years of unorthodox monetary policy. Polls show President Tayyip Erdogan risks losing the landmark election largely due to a…
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had counted on a productive state legislative session this spring to turbocharge his coming 2024 presidential bid. Things haven’t quite worked out that way. As the two-month session draws to a close this week, DeSantis is arguably in worse political shape than he was when…
By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It is the one topic that everyone on Capitol Hill is talking about and yet hundreds of miles away, on the plains of Iowa and the hills of New Hampshire, none of the Republicans vying for the 2024 presidential nomination have even mentioned it. The U.S….
By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – State legislatures are wrestling with how much to restrict or expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Here is a snapshot of pending and passed legislation seeking to restrict or protect access in 2023, including details on a law that…
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in North Carolina said on Tuesday they had reached agreement on a plan to limit most abortions to the first trimester of pregnancy, a sharp drop from the state’s current limit of 20 weeks gestation. If passed, the proposed legislation would reverberate beyond North Carolina, limiting options for…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former FBI agent has been arrested for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and charged with four misdemeanor counts, including unlawfully entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct, according to court filings. Jared Wise, 51, who served as an FBI agent…
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee said on Tuesday it would hear from former top officials at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, as well as top U.S. banking regulators at separate hearings later this month. Gregory Becker, the former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, and Scott Shay and…
(This May 1 story has been refiled to say ‘call’ in the headline) ASUNCION (Reuters) – Supporters of a right-wing candidate who came third in Paraguay’s presidential election clashed with police outside the electoral court on Monday, amid complaints of fraud in a vote that the ruling Colorado Party won comfortably. Police put up fences…
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are gearing up for their first fundraising events as soon as next week to help kick off their 2024 reelection campaign, according to people briefed on the plans. Some of the events being planned for Biden include a reception and dinner…
By Lucinda Elliott ASUNCION (Reuters) – News of Santiago Pena’s election victory in Paraguay will be cheered by officials in Taiwan, which faces an uphill battle against China’s economic muscle to keep its remaining 13 allies worldwide, including its last in South America. Pena, who scored a sizeable win in Sunday’s presidential ballot, pledged throughout…
