By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing is in talks with the U.S. Defense Department over how the planemaker’s planned guilty plea could affect its extensive government contracts, a person briefed on the matter said. Late on Sunday, the Justice Department said in a court filing that Boeing had agreed to plead guilty to a criminal…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing number of Democrats in the U.S. Congress are calling on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid after the 81-year-old incumbent’s halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump. Here is a list of lawmakers who have publicly called for Biden to not run again….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden again called his debate against Republican opponent Donald Trump “a bad episode,” suggesting in an interview with ABC News on Friday that his shaky performance was due to poor preparation, exhaustion and illness. “No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted. I didn’t listen to my instincts in…
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Friday from a conservative group’s sweeping plans for the next Republican presidency, days after its leader claimed a second American Revolution was underway that would “remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” The Republican presidential candidate renounced any connection…
By Stephanie Kelly and Nandita Bose (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has defiantly rejected calls that he step aside from the presidential race against Republican opponent Donald Trump, presenting a challenge to fellow Democrats who are concerned his age will dissuade voters. “I am running and gonna win again,” Biden, 81, told supporters in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will no longer speak at gathering of the largest U.S. teacher’s union on Sunday, the White House said after the union’s staff announced a strike. The National Education Association Staff Union said it would strike on Friday, urging supporters to join them on a picket line outside the…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying “all indications” show his delay was a mistake. In a late Wednesday night filing in Manhattan…
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If President Joe Biden is going to survive pressure to abandon his re-election campaign after a poor showing in his debate with Donald Trump, he needs to ace a gauntlet of events in coming days. As calls grow from some of his own Democrats to step…
(This story contains offensive language in paragraph 3) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump falsely claimed to have driven Democratic President Joe Biden out of the White House race and disparaged Vice President Kamala Harris in a video published by the Daily Beast, which drew a sharp rebuke from the Biden campaign….
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -World equities rose while the U.S. dollar fell on Wednesday following soft labor market data that buoyed investor expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts later this year. U.S. Labor Department data on Wednesday showed that initial claims for unemployment rose 238,000 the week that ended June 29, slightly…
