By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will end its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travelers and federal workers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the White House said on Monday. In February, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to lift the requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated…
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will not block a court auction of shares in oil refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp’s parent, Justice Department officials told a federal court, paving the way for a potential seizure by creditors of Venezuela’s most-prized foreign asset. The U.S. Treasury Department since 2020 has protected Citgo from creditors with claims against Venezuela,…
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government could delay a decision on giving electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers tradable credits under a renewable fuel scheme, due to concern about legal challenges to the plan, two sources familiar with the matter said. The plan would have given EV automakers such as Tesla…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No. 2 U.S. Senate Republican John Thune on Monday said the news that the federal government could no longer be able to pay its bills as soon as June 1 was an urgent signal that Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy need to begin talks on raising the…
(Reuters) – The U.S. federal government is ticking closer to its “x-date,” when it will no longer be able to pay its bills and risk a default that would shake the world economy. Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed legislation that would pair a $1.5 trillion increase in the debt ceiling with $4.8…
(This April 28 story has been refiled to remove repeated word in paragraph 1) By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers’ plans for regulating artificial intelligence technologies such as ChatGPT. The bloc’s 108-page proposal for the AI Act, published two…
By David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration outlined efforts this week to address growing U.S. national security concerns on foreign companies’ handling of Americans’ data. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at a U.S. Senate hearing the department is working “to secure our communications and technology networks and we are right…
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve is planning new steps to ensure officials and top staff are complying with financial trading and ethics rules put in place last year, it said in a report on Monday. The report, released Monday by the central bank’s in-house watchdog, the Office of the Inspector General, or…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine how difficult it should be for financial whistleblowers to win retaliation lawsuits against their employers as the justices took up a long-running case involving Switzerland’s UBS Group AG. The justices will hear an appeal by Trevor Murray, a former UBS bond strategist,…
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without requiring greater environmental study. The lawsuit comes 11 days after SpaceX made good on a new FAA license to send…
