By Aram Roston and Joseph Tanfani BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) – Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch’s money into American political campaigns. One recipient of Parnas’ donations — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — has said he was barely an…
By Elizabeth Piper and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Wednesday he expected to secure almost $7 billion in aid, after telling a London conference Russia’s war meant Kyiv was facing the largest reconstruction project in Europe since World War Two. At the conference Britain, the United States, the European…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks softened on Tuesday, closing in negative territory as investors began the holiday-shortened week by taking profits in the wake of a sustained rally amid signs of weakening global demand. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony Wednesday could be a potential market mover. All three major…
By Aram Roston and Joseph Tanfani (Reuters) – After Ron DeSantis, an avid golfer, moved into the Florida governor’s mansion in 2019, workers installed a golf simulator worth tens of thousands of dollars in the private pool cabana so he could practice his game. But DeSantis did not pay for the simulator. Neither did the…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that claims to teach “orgasmic meditation,” plans to challenge a federal criminal charge that she surveilled group members and withheld promised wages, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Reid Weingarten, a lawyer for Nicole Daedone, told U.S. District Judge Diane Gujarati…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase said the U.S. Virgin Islands gave Jeffrey Epstein more than $300 million in tax incentives and waived sex offender monitoring requirements, shielding the disgraced late financier as he gave cash and gifts to top officials. In a Tuesday night court filing, the largest U.S. bank also described…
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A lawyer who argued on the losing side of the U.S. Supreme Court case that ended the national right to abortion won confirmation on Tuesday to a seat on a federal appeals court. The U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman, a top lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, to the…
BANGKOK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s defense ministry and two banks used by the ruling military junta to buy arms and other goods from foreign sources. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement the military has relied on foreign sources, including Russian entities under sanctions, to purchase and import…
PARIS (Reuters) – The headquarters of the Keneo sports consulting agency have been searched by French police in the course of investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympics, a judicial source said on Wednesday. Officials at Paris 2024 and Keneo did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment on Wednesday. The judicial…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Months before cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase became the biggest target of the U.S. crackdown on digital assets, the company launched an unusual legal offensive, recruiting top lawyers to try to shape court rulings in other cases. Before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Coinbase on June 6, the company had…
