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.Reuters20h agoWhole story →GovernmentBuildfhfa 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.Reuters20h agoWhole story →CommerceHealthtexas 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.Reuters1d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyfcc license review dispute
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.Reuters1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeindian election protest
Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources sayThe Federal Bureau of Investigation removed an Accenture contractor on Monday over their role in a damaging data breach that exposed sensitive personal details of thousands of bureau employees, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.Reuters1d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologyfbi data breach
US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suitsMonday's arguments mark the latest example of energy-sector companies asking the justices to block climate-related liability or limit federal environmental regulation.Reuters3d agoWhole story →JusticePlanet
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 →CommerceTechnologyftc 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
