By Jeff Mason and Makini Brice DETROIT (Reuters) -Seeking to revive his struggling reelection campaign, President Joe Biden held a rare rally in Detroit on Friday, telling a cheering crowd he wasn’t going to leave the race and warning that Republican Donald Trump poses a serious threat. Biden, 81, is trying to shift the conversation…
By Joey Roulette and Akash Sriram WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket relied upon by the global space industry….
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A set of conservative policy proposals known as Project 2025 has become a lightning rod for opponents of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as they seek to highlight what they say are the dangers of him retaking the White House. Trump has recently tried to distance himself from Project…
By Alexandra Alper and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers asked the Biden administration for an intelligence assessment of Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in UAE-based artificial intelligence firm G42 over concerns about transfer of sensitive technology and G42’s historic ties to China. Representative Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and John Moolenaar,…
ROME (Reuters) – Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies on Thursday denounced Israel’s move to expand its settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying it was “counterproductive to the cause of peace”. Israel announced last month that it was going to legalise five outposts in the West Bank, establish three new…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday it is seeking to determine when structural damage occurred to the rudder system on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX that rolled in May. The roll is one of a series of recent serious safety incidents involving Southwest flights that are…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman kicked off fundraising for a new U.S.-listed closed-end fund on Tuesday, an effort people familiar with the matter say could bring in as much as $20 billion, more than double his assets under management, some of that from retail investors. Last month, Ackman sold 10%…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday accused Tehran of trying to take advantage of Gaza-related protests in the U.S. and described such behavior as unacceptable, following a warning by the top U.S. intelligence official that Iran was trying to stoke discord in American society. The warning, issued earlier on Tuesday by Director of…
By Jaspreet Singh and Foo Yun Chee (Reuters) – Apple said on Friday it has approved Epic Games’ games marketplace app on iPhones and iPads in Europe, after the “Fortnite” maker escalated its feud with the technology giant, accusing it of hindering its efforts to set up a games store on the devices. Apple said…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Mark Warner is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask Joe Biden to exit the presidential race after last week’s debate performance, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing two unidentified people with knowledge of the effort. Warner, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, earlier this…
