US Senator Warren presses federal housing director to cooperate with probeDemocratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday pressed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, an ally of President Donald Trump, to cooperate with a congressional watchdog's inquiry into his criminal referrals of alleged mortgage fraud.Reuters1d agoWhole story →BuildJusticefhfa probe
Texas AG Paxton probes Fruit of the Loom, Hanes over potential toxic chemicals in children's underwearTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes use toxic chemicals in producing children's underwear.Reuters1d agoWhole story →HealthCommercetexas toxic chemicals probe
Disney lawyer says US seeks to censor, control ABC broadcastsA lawyer for Walt Disney urged a US judge on Tuesday to block the Federal Communications Commission's early review of licenses for its eight company-owned ABC TV stations, saying President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to censor and punish the company for airing content it does not like.Reuters2d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentfcc license review dispute
Indonesian parliament agrees higher severance benefits in new labour lawIndonesia's parliament passed a bill aimed at strengthening worker protections into law on Tuesday, providing higher severance benefits for terminated employees and unwinding some of the pro-business reforms introduced by the previous government.Reuters2d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyindonesian labour law passage
Police break up Indian opposition protest seeking resignation of election chiefIndian police broke up an opposition sit-in on Tuesday and briefly detained Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and other lawmakers, after they had demanded the election chief's resignation over claims that voter lists were revised to favour the government.Reuters2d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticeindian election protest
FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAIThe Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on Wednesday.Reuters7d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomyftc ai probe
US inflation rises less than expected in August; consumer spending surgesU.S. inflation increased less than expected in August, which could see financial markets further reduce the odds of another interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve next month.Reuters7d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomyinflation report
Iran appeals to US voters as American troops leave IraqThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps urged Americans to vote out Donald Trump's allies in Congress as U.S. forces were due to withdraw from their remaining bases in neighbouring Iraq in a departure celebrated by Tehran.Reuters8d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentDonald Trumpus iraq withdrawal
