By Susan Heavey, Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has set an initial trial date of Aug. 14 in Florida on former President Donald Trump’s federal charges of willful retention of classified government records and obstruction of justice, according to a court order on Tuesday. The Justice…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to shield the federal government from lawsuits over errors related to credit reports in a case involving a dispute between a Pennsylvania man and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The justices took up…
By David Brunnstrom, Yew Lun Tian and Martin Quin Pollard WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The first trip to China by a U.S. secretary of state in five years may have eased tensions that many saw escalating to dangerous levels, but the lack of progress on core issues means the relief will likely only be temporary. The…
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – At least one person died and about two dozen people were injured overnight after a tornado hit central Mississippi, health authorities said. The tornado struck the town of Louin, about 70 miles east of Jackson, late on Sunday, the National Weather Service said, adding that multiple tornadoes could have hit…
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -David Weiss, the top federal prosecutor in Delaware, wrapped up the most closely watched investigation of his career on Tuesday when U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax crimes. Weiss, 67, who was appointed to his post by Republican then-President Donald Trump, agreed to stay…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has produced few benefits, Rome’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday, as his country faces a decision on whether to pull out of the deal. Italy in 2019 became the first and so far only G7 nation to have joined the hugely…
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s bid to oust the judge overseeing the criminal case against him over a hush-money payment to a porn star should be rejected, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said in a filing on Tuesday. Trump has a “history of baselessly accusing state and federal judges around the country of…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dozens of U.S. President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats urged him on Tuesday to raise human rights issues with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington this week, according to a letter sent to Biden. Modi left for Washington on Tuesday for a visit projected as a milestone…
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department antitrust division plans to expand the scope of its bank merger review process, the department’s chief said on Tuesday, in a sign the agency may get tougher when scrutinizing such deals. Jonathan Kanter, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for antitrust, said the agency’s guidelines, which were…
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday he was sticking for now with the government’s forecast of 1% economic growth for 2023. “I confirm the growth forecast for 2023,” Le Maire told France 2 television. “I am lucid about the economic environment with several of our neighbours in recession…so we…
