By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump travels to South Carolina on Wednesday to bolster Republican Darline Graham in a surprisingly competitive Senate race, even as his recent moves toward Russia have put him at odds with the sister of his…
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will highlight his administration’s efforts on Wednesday to crack down on foreign criminal networks that lure Americans into fraudulent crypto investments, a White House official told Reuters, as part of a broader event about…
By Joseph Ax Oct 21 (Reuters) – At President Donald Trump’s urging, Republicans pursued an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting campaign ahead of November’s midterm elections, redrawing dozens of US House of Representatives districts in an effort to preserve their narrow majority. With less than two weeks…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is offering to loan up to nearly a third of the 1-million-barrel US emergency heating oil reserve, the Department of Energy said on Wednesday, in a bid to tame prices, which have surged on…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (Reuters) – EU tech regulators will investigate whether online hotel reservation website Booking.com is doing enough to weed out fraudulent listings and phishing scams to comply with EU online content rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The…
By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – For right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, his biggest strength is also his greatest weakness: the Bolsonaro family name. While supporters across Brazil consider him a more moderate iteration of his father’s powerful conservative brand, many…
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – As OpenAI executives step up their public calls for federal AI safety rules, a political group the company’s president helped fund is spending millions to elect members of Congress who oppose restrictions on the technology. OpenAI’s safety practices…
By Maria Tsvetkova and Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – To observers, the horse-drawn carriages driven by coachmen in black top hats, ferrying passengers through Central Park and nearby Manhattan streets, can seem like relics from another time. They soon may be. The…
FRANKFURT, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The euro zone economy has weathered this year’s energy shock better than expected, with lower dependence on fossil fuels, stronger fiscal support and an AI investment boom helping sustain growth, European Central Bank economists said on Wednesday. The assessment, published…
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Pope Leo returned to St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, waving to pilgrims and blessing babies from his open-air popemobile as he held his first general audience at the Vatican since undergoing lung cancer surgery eight days…
