By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A growing number of Democrats in Congress are publicly calling on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid after the 81-year-old incumbent’s halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump. While many lawmakers have expressed unease with Biden’s continued candidacy – and others have steadfastly backed the incumbent’s…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has not seen a shift from previous U.S. elections in Russia’s preference for the winner of the 2024 presidential vote, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday, indicating that Moscow favors Republican Donald Trump. The official, briefing reporters on U.S. election security, did not name the former president and presumptive…
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is “no longer an overheated economy” with a job market that has “cooled considerably” from its pandemic-era extremes and in many ways is back where it was before the health crisis, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in remarks to Congress that suggested the case for…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO has placed an order for Stinger anti-aircraft missiles worth almost $700 million in the name of several member states, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. “Just today, the (NATO procurement agency) NSPA signed a new multinational contract for Stinger missiles worth almost $700 million,” he told a gathering of defence…
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…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the presidential race on Monday, saying he is confident the average voter still wants him on the Democratic ticket. “I am not going anywhere,” Biden told MSNBC after calling into the network’s Morning Joe program. He urged anyone who wants him to step aside…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – ASML shares briefly crossed the 1,000 euro ($1,084.30) mark for the first time on Monday, an all-time high, following positive research notes on top customer TSMC ahead of both companies’ earnings. ASML is the world’s biggest vendor of chipmaking equipment and Europe’s third most valuable company with a market capitalisation of 390…
TORONTO (Reuters) – TD Bank’s chief compliance officer has left the bank, according to a memo sent internally, at a time the Canadian lender faces U.S. regulators and the Justice Department in a probe related to its anti-money laundering program. Monica Kowal, who joined the bank in 2017, left the company this week, and will…
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…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese tech companies, from industry giants to ambitious startups, converged at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week to showcase their latest innovations and express strong support for the country’s artificial intelligence sector even as it faces U.S. sanctions. More than 150 AI-related products and solutions are being exhibited at the…
