Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit
By Karen Sloan April 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies in state court over climate change, ci...
Apr 15, 2026
OpenAI CEO Altman seeks dismissal of sister's punitive damages claims in sexual abuse lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel April 15 (Reuters) - Sam Altman is seeking the dismissal of punitive damages claims in his sister's civil lawsuit accusing the OpenAI co-founder and chief executive of repeated sex...
Apr 15, 2026
US Senate Republicans back Trump military sales to Israel
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked two resolutions that would have stopped the sale of some $450 million in bombs and bulldozers to Israel, as P...
Apr 15, 2026
US Supreme Court's Sotomayor apologizes to Justice Kavanaugh for 'hurtful' comments
By Andrew Chung April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an apology on Wednesday for her recent criticism leveled at fellow Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an unusual public mea...
Apr 15, 2026
Trump ally John Eastman is disbarred over bid to overturn 2020 election
By David Thomas April 15 (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court stripped conservative attorney John Eastman of his law license on Wednesday over his efforts to overturn U.S. President Donald Trump's...
Apr 15, 2026
Mamdani, Hochul propose tax on New York second homes worth more than $5 million
(Corrects figure in headline to $5 million from $5 billion) By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - New York State Governor Kathy Hochul proposed on Wednesday a new tax on second homes worth...
Apr 15, 2026
Justice Jackson says US Supreme Court's use of emergency docket is 'corrosive'
By Jan Wolfe April 15 (Reuters) - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court for increasingly deciding cases on an emergency basis witho...
Apr 15, 2026
Trump issues several pipeline permits for US-Canada oil transportation
By Ismail Shakil April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump issued several pipeline permits on Wednesday, including one for the construction of a new pipeline, to facilitate the transportation o...
Apr 15, 2026
World Bank launches 'Water Forward' programme to tackle global water stress
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - The World Bank and other top development lenders launched a new global initiative dubbed Water Forward on Wednesday, aimed at improving secure water access for a billion p...
Apr 15, 2026
Ticketmaster and Live Nation hold illegal monopolies, jury finds
By Jody Godoy April 15 (Reuters) - Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation illegally monopolized U.S. live event markets, a New York jury found on Wednesday, after a trial on the company's tac...
Apr 15, 2026
