WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee called on U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to provide details about the top court’s ethics practices, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday after the chief justice declined to attend a hearing on reports that raised questions about potential conflicts of interest. Roberts has declined a request to…
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy minister on Thursday said “conditions were being established” to develop lithium mining projects in the country, a week after Chile launched a plan to boost state control of the industry. “A window of opportunity has opened and we want to take advantage of it,” said Economy Minister Alex Contreras, saying…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. ethanol industry is lobbying the Biden administration to ensure lower-carbon aviation fuel made from ethanol will qualify for subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act, arguing such provisions are crucial to meeting U.S. climate goals. The campaign reflects the ethanol industry’s desire to expand into aviation following…
By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch WORCESTER, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets appeared in federal court on Thursday, where a judge expressed concern the 21-year-old’s knowledge of classified material might be valuable to a foreign government. “Some of the information he” is accused of taking “he…
By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will ramp up deportations while also expanding legal pathways for would-be migrants as it braces for a possible spike in illegal border crossings when COVID-19 restrictions are set to end next month, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The U.S. will double or triple the…
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate showed no sign of moving to avoid a looming debt-ceiling crisis on Thursday, as Republicans rejected calls to raise the $31.4 trillion limit without conditions and Democrats dismissed the idea of talks. A day after the House of Representatives approved a Republican package…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld several Republican-backed voting restrictions in Florida, overruling a lower court judge who had found the laws intentionally discriminated against minority voters. In a split 2-1 decision, a panel of judges at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the evidence did not…
LONDON/BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s incoming finance minister Ricardo Bonilla and President Gustavo Petro sought to calm the market on Thursday as the peso currency, bonds and the stock exchange fell following the surprise ouster of Bonilla’s predecessor. Petro named Ricardo Bonilla to the post in a Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, replacing Jose Antonio Ocampo. The currency…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German media group ProSiebenSat.1 said on Thursday it was replacing its chief financial officer and proposing slashing this year’s dividend as it announced a nearly 20% drop in operating profit in 2022 to 678 million euros ($747.56 million). The board will propose to the annual general meeting (AGM) a dividend of 0.05…
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal rights for women in the Constitution, a century after a guarantee of gender equality was proposed in Congress. With a 51-47 vote in favor, Senate Democrats and supporters were nine votes shy of the 60…
