By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stormy Daniels, a porn star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump, on Wednesday spoke with prosecutors investigating the former U.S. president’s role in a payment for her silence about the sexual liaison before the 2016 election, her lawyer said. Trump, who has …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress needs to act on bipartisan legislation strengthening banking industry controls, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday, amid global worries over the financial soundness of Credit Suisse and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. “We need strong legislation and hopefully we can put something together that’s …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans accused Democratic President Joe Biden of misleading Americans about his $6.8 trillion budget plan to reduce deficits and shore up Medicare in a debate that reinforced an increasingly risky standoff over spending and the country’s debt ceiling. At a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday with …
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(Reuters) – Most Republican members want answers from regulators as to why they were “asleep at the switch” over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and it is premature to discuss legislative solutions to banking problems, the U.S. Senate’s No. 2 Republican John Thune said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Richard Cowan in Washington; writing by …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a reduced charge for his role in a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing another victory to prosecutors who have viewed the scheme as domestic terrorism. Michigan prosecutors accused Brian Higgins, 54, of aiding the conspiracy by surveilling the …
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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jean Elliott has adopted a number of senior dogs over the years, the most recent being Auggie, a 12-year-old Pekingese relinquished at a shelter. When tests revealed Auggie’s cancer, Elliott found herself facing a $5,000 bill she could not cover. The charity Lizzy’s Fund stepped in to help, …
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(Reuters) – Short sellers may have raked in $2.29 billion in profit in the past three sessions, as they took advantage of a selloff in regional bank shares following the collapse of SVB Financial Group and Signature Bank, S3 Partners said. The S&P 500 regional banks index is down about 18% since Friday when the …
By Echo Wang, Niket Nishant and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -SVB Financial Group said on Tuesday that Goldman Sachs Group Inc was the acquirer of a bond portfolio on which it booked a $1.8 billion loss, a transaction that set in motion the failure of SVB. The loss on the portfolio was the reason …
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(Reuters) -Russia views the incident involving one of its Su-27 fighter jet and a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea as provocation, its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said in remarks published early on Wednesday. “The American UAV deliberately and provocatively was moving towards Russian territory with transponders turned off,” Antonov said …
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By Lananh Nguyen and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – Charles Schwab has ample liquidity, the chief executive of the bank and brokerage said on Tuesday, moving to allay concerns about a “doomsday scenario” that has weighed broadly on bank stocks after the failure of two U.S. lenders since Friday. “We have not raised capital …
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