Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump, IRS in talks to settle US president's $10 billion lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel April 17 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service are in talks to settle the U.S. president's $10 billion lawsuit against the tax collection agency for...
Apr 17, 2026
Cinemas see summer sizzle in 'Spider-Man' and 'Star Wars'
By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS, April 17 (Reuters) - A new Spider-Man adventure, a Steven Spielberg UFO movie and Baby Yoda's big-screen debut will light up movie screens this summer in what cinema operat...
Apr 17, 2026
White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid rising fear about Mythos model
By Bo Erickson and Jessica Koscielniak WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The Trump administration and Anthropic's CEO on Friday discussed working together for the first time since a dispute earlier thi...
Apr 17, 2026
Exclusive-Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026
By Katie Paul and Jeff Horwitz NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (Reuters) - Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later, three sour...
Apr 17, 2026
Actor Natalie Portman is pregnant with her third child
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 17 (Reuters) - Actor Natalie Portman is expecting her third child with her partner, French music producer Tanguy Destable, her representative confirmed to Reute...
Apr 17, 2026
Career US prosecutor removed from probe into ex-CIA chief Brennan, sources say
By Andrew Goudsward and Jana Winter WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - A career U.S. prosecutor who had been helping to lead a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan was removed fr...
Apr 17, 2026
Kanye West concert in Poland will be cancelled, venue says
WARSAW, April 17 (Reuters) - A Polish stadium said on Friday that it will cancel a concert by U.S. rapper Kanye West days after he postponed a show in France amid a furore over his past antisemitic co...
Apr 17, 2026
Tunisian comedian Abdelli sentenced in absentia, says ruling targets free speech
By Tarek Amara TUNIS, April 17 (Reuters) - Tunisian comedian and actor Lotfi Abdelli said on Friday a court in Tunisia had sentenced him in absentia to 18 months in prison over a play he performed yea...
Apr 17, 2026
Judge rejects US Justice Department effort to obtain Rhode Island's voter data
By Nate Raymond April 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to force Rhode Island to turn over non-public data on nearly 750,000 registered voters so t...
Apr 17, 2026
Air traffic control applicants top 8,000 in 13 hours, transportation secretary says
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - A record 8,000-plus people have applied for jobs in the troubled U.S. air traffic control system in the first 13 hours of a recruitment drive focusin...
Apr 17, 2026
