BlackRock adds Treasuries as debt ceiling jitters intensify
By Davide Barbuscia CHICAGO (Reuters) – BlackRock has been buying U.S. Treasuries in anticipation of an economic slowdown and a…
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Ex-US appeals judge says Supreme Court needs stronger ethics code
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Former U.S. appeals court judge and prominent conservative J. Michael Luttig on Wednesday said he…
Biden says after 2024 launch that Trump is danger to democracy
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden suggested on Wednesday that he could defeat Donald…
Biden administration urges appeals court to overrule abortion pill ban
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday urged a U.S. appeals court to overrule a conservative Texas-based…
Biden will veto US House Speaker McCarthy’s debt bill if it passed Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If U.S. President Joe Biden were to be presented with Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s…
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson formally announces White House bid
By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Former Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson formally launched his 2024 presidential bid on Wednesday, in…
No near-term solution for US debt ceiling adds economic headwind -PIMCO
By Davide Barbuscia CHICAGO (Reuters) -A U.S. default is highly unlikely, but negotiations around the debt ceiling are expected to…
Exclusive-US allowed JPMorgan payment route for Russian grain export
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The United States gave JPMorgan permission to process payments for agricultural exports via the Russian Agricultural Bank, but…
US prepares for more migrant crossings as border restrictions set to end
By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration is devising a strategy for the possible arrival…
New migrant caravan heads for Mexico City to speed up legal route to US
By Lizbeth Diaz TAPACHULA (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, formed a new caravan in…