Representative George Santos was released on a $500,000 bond after being arrested on fraud and money-laundering charges, as the embattled Republican from New York comes under increasing pressure to resign — and snubbed those demands in defiant remarks outside court after his arraignment.
JetBlue Airways Corp. orchestrated a campaign to flood the government with thousands of online comments from employees in favor of the airline’s bid to merge with Spirit Airlines Inc.
The biggest US business lobby group urged Washington to take “targeted and responsible steps” to restrict Chinese access to sensitive technologies that could undermine national security, yet cautioned not to see all interactions as a threat.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed with regional state premiers to speed up asylum proceedings to facilitate the deportation of illegal migrants and enable more successful integration of those allowed to stay.
France extended its lead over major European rivals in an annual ranking of destinations for foreign investment, giving President Emmanuel Macron a boost as he tries to emphasize his economic achievements after a politically damaging struggle to reform the pension system.
A two-day meeting on the Black Sea grain deal between United Nations officials and deputy defense ministers from Turkey, Russia and Ukraine started in Istanbul, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Pakistan’s prime minister said in a televised speech that protesters are committing an “act of terrorism” when they damage public and private property, condemning the violence after former premier Imran Khan’s arrest Tuesday.
Protesters rallied outside the Pakistani Embassy in London to call for Imran Khan’s release, as the former prime minister’s arrest reverberated across the country’s large overseas population.
President Joe Biden said a US default would drag the country into a recession and have devastating repercussions across the global economy as he sought to ramp up pressure on Republicans to strike a deal to raise the US debt limit.
Atlanta-area prosecutor Fani Willis has backed off her effort to disqualify a lawyer from representing alternate electors pledged to former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election as he tried to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia.
