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☆ North Korea fires two missiles after U.S. submarine arrives in S.Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. military said it was aware of the missile launches and was consulting closely with its allies and partners. The firing comes nearly a week after North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile, a launch Pyongyang said was a warning to the United States and other adversaries. Also on Tuesday, a U.S. soldier facing disciplinary action fled across the inter-Korean border into North Korea. The soldier is believed to be in North Korean custody, Washington said, creating a fresh crisis between the two foes. North Korea "undoubtedly opposes" a new U.S.-South Korea nuclear war planning group that met for the first time on Tuesday, as well as the visit of the U.S. nuclear ballistic missile submarine, he said.

Persons: Yasukazu Hamada, Washington, Leif, Eric Easley, Rami Ayyub, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Nobuhiro Kubo, Josh Smith, Doina Chiacu, Eric Beech, Sandra Maler, Sonali Paul Organizations: Japanese Defence Ministry, Korea's, Chiefs of Staff, Pacific Command, Japanese Defence, Japan, North, Ewha University, U.S, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, North Korea, Japan's, South, Korean, U.S, United States, Pyongyang, North, American, Seoul . North Korea, Korea, Washington, Tokyo, Seoul

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russia is far from a failure, but the fight ahead will be long and bloody, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday, even as casualties on both sides mount and the front lines have moved only incrementally. The United States and other allies have spent months building Ukraine a "mountain of steel" of weaponry and training Ukrainian forces in combined arms techniques to help Kyiv pierce formidable Russian defenses during its counter-offensive. Asked whether the counter-offensive was a failure, at least so far, General Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said: "It is far from a failure. Moscow says the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed. Six weeks since Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in the east and south, Russia is mounting a ground offensive of its own in the northeast.

Persons: Mark Milley, Milley, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Doina, Chris Reese, Leslie Adler Organizations: Joint Chiefs, Staff, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Russia, United States, Ukraine, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Moscow, Kupiansk

☆ North Korea fires ballistic missile, Japan says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 19 (Reuters) - North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile early on Wednesday, the Japanese prime minister's office said, and South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the projectile landed in the sea. The apparent missile firing comes nearly a week after North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile, a launch Pyongyang said was a warning to the United States and other adversaries. Wednesday's launch came a day after a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine visited South Korea for the first time since the 1980s. Also on Tuesday, a U.S. soldier facing disciplinary action fled across the inter-Korean border into North Korea. The soldier is believed to be in North Korean custody, Washington said, creating a fresh crisis between the two adversaries.

Persons: Yonhap, Washington, Rami Ayyub, Doina Chiacu, Eric Beech Organizations: Korea's, Chiefs of Staff, North, Thomson Locations: North Korea, Japan, Pyongyang, United States, South Korea, U.S, North, Washington

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday added two European-based surveillance firms to its economic trade blacklist as part of the Biden administration's efforts to counter the misuse of commercial spyware. The department added Cytrox, a Hungary-based surveillance company and Greek firm Intellexa, another cyber-surveillance firm and two related entities in Ireland and Macedonia. Attempts to reach representatives from Cytrox and Intellexa were not immediately successful. The journalist's allegation came as the European Union (EU) was beginning to follow the United States in taking a harder look at spyware merchants and the use of powerful surveillance software. Reuters reported in 2020 that Intellexa was working with intelligence agencies in Southeast Asia and Europe.

Persons: Biden, Intellexa, Tal Dilian, Cytrox, Jarrett Renshaw, David Shepardson, Karen Freifeld, Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing, Doina Chiacu, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: U.S . Commerce Department, Reuters, Intellexa, The Commerce Department, European Union, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Cytrox, Greece, United States, Southeast Asia, Europe

Asked whether the counter-offensive was a failure, at least so far, General Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said: "It is far from a failure. Speaking after another round of talks on arms for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's now nearly 17-month invasion, Milley said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will be slow. Moscow says the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed. Six weeks since Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in the east and south, Russia is mounting a ground offensive of its own in the northeast. Oleksiy Reznikov, Ukraine defence minister, said after the Tuesday talks that "supply of weapons and equipment urgently needed" is a priority for Ukraine.

Persons: Mark Milley, Russia's, Milley, Reznikov, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Doina, Lidia Kelly, Chris Reese, Leslie Adler, Michael Perry Organizations: Joint Chiefs, Staff, Kyiv, European Union, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Russia, United States, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Moscow, Kupiansk, Reznikov, Melbourne

☆ Pentagon's Austin: Tuberville must lift holds on U.S. military
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. military is dealing with challenges including providing support to Ukraine and working to keep balance in the Indo-Pacific, Austin said in an interview with CNN. This is a national security issue. The Pentagon chief said he last spoke to Tuberville in March but will engage with him again. Asked what his message will be, Austin replied, "He needs to lift the holds." President Joe Biden last month criticized Tuberville for holding up some 200 Pentagon nominees over the Defense Department abortion policy.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Tommy Tuberville's, Austin, Joe Biden, Tuberville, I've, Biden, Biden's, Charles, CQ, Brown, Doina, Frances Kerry Organizations: Republican, Pentagon, Defense Department, CNN, Armed Forces, Air Force, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Thomson Locations: Alabama, U.S, Ukraine

HELSINKI, July 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects Republicans to stand up against what he called Senator Tommy Tuberville's "ridiculous" block of top U.S. military appointments over the Pentagon's abortion policy. It was bizarre and irresponsible to inject a domestic social debate into fundamental foreign policy, Biden said in Helsinki after meeting with Nordic country leaders. I expect the Republican Party to stand up, stand up and do something about it," Biden told reporters. "I'm confident that the mainstream Republican Party no longer, does not support what he's doing, but they've got to stand up and be counted. Biden said he would be willing to talk to Tuberville if there were any possibility of changing the senator's "ridiculous position."

Persons: Joe Biden, Tommy Tuberville's, Biden, they've, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Tuberville, Biden's, Charles, CQ, Brown, David Berger, Doina Chiacu, Steve Holland, Patricia Zengerle, Frances Kerry Organizations: Pentagon, Defense Department, Republican Party, CNN, Austin, Armed Forces, Air Force, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Armed Services Committee, Marine Corps, Thomson Locations: HELSINKI, Helsinki, Alabama, Washington

☆ Nassar, disgraced doctor who abused US gymnasts, is stabbed in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 10 (Reuters) - Larry Nassar, the disgraced doctor of USA Gymnastics who was convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts, has been stabbed multiple times by another inmate in prison and was in stable condition on Monday, U.S. media reported. Since the Nassar scandal, USA Gymnastics has overhauled its leadership and filed for bankruptcy, saying at the time it was staggering under the weight of lawsuits filed by hundreds of women who were sexually abused by the former team doctor. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million settlement. In September 2021, Biles and Maroney were among the high profile Olympic gymnasts who gave heart-wrenching testimony before a U.S. Senate panel about the sexual abuse they endured for years under Nassar's care. At that hearing, the gymnasts blasted the FBI for its mishandling of the investigation, with Biles accusing the bureau of turning a blind eye to all of Nassar's victims.

Persons: Larry Nassar, Penitentiary Coleman, Benjamin O'Cone, O'Cone, Nassar, Joe Rojas, Rebecca Cook, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, unflinchingly, General Michael Horowitz, Biles, Maroney, Rami Ayyub, Frank Pingue, Doina Chiacu, Alistair Bell Organizations: USA Gymnastics, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S, Penitentiary, FBI, CNN, Associated Press, USA, REUTERS, Michigan State University, Olympic, Paralympic, Senate, Biles, Thomson Locations: Florida, Eaton, Charlotte , Michigan, U.S

Senator Tim Kaine and Representative Barbara Lee raised concerns on Sunday over the decision by President Joe Biden's administration to send cluster bombs to Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion. "Cluster bombs should never be used. That's crossing a line," she told CNN on Sunday, adding the United States risked losing its "moral leadership" by sending cluster bombs to Ukraine. He added that Russia is using cluster munitions in Ukraine and "indiscriminately killing civilians," while the Ukrainians will be using them to defend their own territory. U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, said Ukraine's counteroffensive was going slowly and that the cluster bombs could be a "game changer" for the Ukrainians.

Persons: Gabriel Jenko, Tim Kaine, Barbara Lee, Joe Biden's, Antonio Guterres, Kaine, Biden, Lee, John Kirby, Kirby, Michael McCaul, McCaul, Kanishka Singh, Joey Roulette, Doina Chiacu, Scott Malone, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Munitions, U.S . Army, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Democratic U.S, United, United Nations, Fox News, Senate Armed Services Committee, White, Cluster Munitions, CNN, White House, Democratic, Republican, U.S, Representatives Foreign, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Hovey, South Korea, Handout, Ukraine, Russian, United States, Russia, United

☆ Israel, Saudi normalization a long way off, Biden says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Israel and Saudi Arabia are a long way from a normalization agreement that would involve a defense treaty and a civilian nuclear program from the United States, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a CNN interview broadcast Sunday. "We're a long way from there. Israel’s religious-nationalist government has acknowledged setbacks in the normalization efforts, amid Saudi censure of its policies toward the Palestinians. And it depends upon the conduct and what is asked of us for them to recognize Israel," Biden said in the interview. Israel, which is outside the voluntary Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has no nuclear energy, is widely believed to have atomic weaponry.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Fareed, Eli Cohen, ”, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Dan Williams, Andrea Ricci, William Maclean Organizations: CNN, Fareed Zakaria's GPS, Israel’s Army, Israel Football Association, Saudi, U.S, Washington, Thomson Locations: Israel, Saudi Arabia, United States, U.S, Saudi, Riyadh, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Libya

☆ Netanyahu: Israel to work to prevent collapse of Palestinian Authority
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 9 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet on Sunday decided that Israel would work to prevent the collapse of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA), but did not offer any concrete steps to do so. Israel has been stepping up military operations against armed groups in the occupied West Bank, where the PA has limited autonomy. The volatility has laid bare the weakness of the PA in the face of hundreds of Palestinian militants and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Netanyahu's office said his security cabinet had decided to act to prevent the collapse of the PA, though it was not a unanimous decision. The statement said Netanyahu and his defense minister would bring forward "steps to stabilize the civil situation in the Palestinian arena," but did not give any specifics.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Joe Biden, it's, Ari Rabinovitch, Hugh Lawson, David Holmes Organizations: Sunday, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, CNN, Thomson Locations: Israel

☆ Biden's junk fee crusade turns to short-term health insurance plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday announced new steps to crack down on short-term health insurance plans and surprise medical bills, stepping up his war against so-called junk fees to lower healthcare costs. The Obama administration in 2016 limited short-term insurance plans to three months to try to get more people on year-round plans, but regulations adopted by the Trump administration in 2018 allowed people to stay on such plans for 12 months and renew them for three years. "These plans leave families surprised by thousands of dollars in medical expenses when they actually use health care services like a surgery," the White House said on Friday. Surprise bills can occur when people are taken to the nearest hospital for emergency care or when someone goes to an in-network hospital but one of the doctors who treat them there is out-of-network, leading to surprise bills, the White House said. Reporting by Nandita Bose; additional reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Sonali Paul and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joe Biden, Neera Tanden, Obama, Trump, Biden, Tanden, Nandita Bose, Doina Chiacu, Sonali Paul, Mark Potter Organizations: White, Biden, Reuters, Thomson

☆ UN aid chief to Russia: Don't 'chuck away' Black Sea grain deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"The world has seen the value of the Black Sea Initiative ... this isn't something you chuck away," the U.N.'s Martin Griffiths told reporters. Zelenskiy said the Black Sea deal was important to help the world fight hunger. Russia has described the Black Sea deal and the agreement to facilitate its own exports as a single package. The Black Sea deal allows for ammonia exports - a key ingredient in nitrate fertilizer - but none has shipped. As the expiration date looms, the Black Sea grain deal is grinding to a halt.

Persons: Martin Griffiths, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Zelenskiy, Griffiths, Michelle Nichols, Elaine Monaghan, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Doina Chiacu, Grant McCool Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, U.N, United Nations, Black Sea Initiative, United, Zelenskiy, Russian Federation, Russian Agricultural Bank, International Energy Agency, Sezer, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, Odesa, United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Istanbul, Russian, United, United States, European Union, Britain, Togliatti, Washington, Kyiv

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, has been voted out of the hardline House Freedom Caucus group after clashing with a fellow lawmaker, a caucus member said. "A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she's done," Republican Representative Andy Harris told Politico, adding that Greene's support for House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy may have also contributed to her ouster from the group. In a statement to the media on Thursday evening, Greene did not directly address her Freedom Caucus membership but said: "In Congress, I serve Northwest Georgia first, and serve no group in Washington." A spokesperson for the House Freedom Caucus, founded in 2015, said in an email: "HFC does not comment on membership or internal process." In 2021, when Democrats controlled the House, they stripped Greene of her committee assignments for incendiary remarks that included support for violence against political opponents.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, firebrand Greene, Lauren Boebert, Joe Biden, Andy Harris, Kevin McCarthy, Harris, Greene, Trump, Politico, McCarthy, Biden, Kanishka Singh, David Morgan, Doina Chiacu, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Caucus, Democratic, House, Politico, Northwest, Republican, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Northwest Georgia, Washington, America

☆ Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene removed from US House Freedom Caucus, Politico reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, has been voted out of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus group in the House of Representatives, Politico reported on Thursday. "A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she's done," Republican Representative Andy Harris was quoted as saying by the political news outlet. A House Freedom Caucus spokesperson said in an email: "HFC does not comment on membership or internal process." The formal vote came shortly after reports that Greene and fellow caucus member Representative Lauren Boebert got into a heated clash on the House floor last month, with Greene hurling insults at Boebert. "I think the way she referred to a fellow member was probably not the way we expect our members to refer to other fellow, especially female, members," Harris told Politico, referring to Greene.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, Andy Harris, Greene, Lauren Boebert, Harris, Politico, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Joe Biden, Kanishka Singh, David Morgan, Doina Organizations: Freedom Caucus, Politico, House, Caucus, Maryland Republican, Republicans, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Washington

☆ Biden to crack down on short-term health insurance plans, Politico reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday is expected to propose a new regulation cracking down on short-term health insurance plans, Politico reported, citing five Democrats with knowledge of the matter. A White House official told Politico on Thursday that Biden plans to announce major actions to lower costs and crack down on junk fees. The Department of Health and Human Services in 2018 extended the availability of short-term health insurance plans to millions of Americans in another Trump administration move aimed at undercutting the requirements of Obamacare. Such plans, previously available only for periods of three months or less, were extended for up to 12 months and could be renewed. The short duration plans did not include benefits provided under Obamacare, including maternity coverage and guarantee of insurance regardless of health.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Biden, Trump, Rami Ayyub, Doina, Mark Porter Organizations: Politico, White, The, of Health, Human Services, Thomson

☆ Titanic sub operator suspends expeditions after deadly implosion
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The company did not elaborate beyond a red banner at the top of its website: "OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations." OceanGate had planned two expeditions to the century-old Titanic ruins, located in a remote corner of the North Atlantic, for June 2024, its website showed. The U.S. Coast Guard last week recovered presumed human remains and debris from the submersible, known as the Titan, after searching the ocean floor. Examination of the debris is expected to shed more light on the cause of the implosion. Its remains were found four days later, littering the seabed about 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the bow of the Titanic wreck.

Persons: OceanGate, Rami Ayyub, Doina Organizations: U.S . Coast Guard, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ US plans to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Mike Stone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A weapons aid package that includes cluster munitions fired by a 155 millimeter Howitzer cannon was expected to be announced Friday, said two U.S officials speaking on condition of anonymity. The White House said sending cluster munitions to Ukraine is "under active consideration" but it had no announcement to make at this time. Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on Russia and Ukraine to stop using cluster munitions and urged the U.S. not to supply them. In order to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, Biden would need to sign a waiver, one of the people said, similar to one that was signed for exporting cluster munitions technology to South Korea in 2021. The cluster munitions, banned by more than 120 countries, normally release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area, threatening civilians.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Bradley, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mike Stone, Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, Rami Ayyub, Doina, Christina Fincher, Gareth Jones, David Gregorio Our Organizations: United, NATO, Human Rights, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Stryker, Pentagon, Munitions, ABC, Thomson Locations: United States, Ukraine, Vilnius, Lithuania, Russia, South Korea, U.S, Kyiv, Denmark, Netherlands

☆ Pentagon has strategic germanium stockpile but no gallium reserves
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - The Pentagon holds a strategic U.S. stockpile for germanium but currently has no inventory reserves for gallium, a spokesperson said on Thursday, after China announced export restrictions on the two metals used in semiconductors. "The (Defense) Department is proactively taking steps using Defense Production Act Title III authorities to increase domestic mining and processing of critical materials for the microelectronics and space supply chain, including gallium and germanium," the spokesperson said. Germanium is used in high-speed computer chips, plastics and military applications such as night-vision devices, as well as satellite imagery sensors. Gallium is used in radar and radio communication devices, satellites and LEDs. While major defense contractors like Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) may not buy gallium and germanium directly, they likely purchase semiconductors from suppliers who source Chinese gallium and germanium, said Arun Seraphin, executive director for the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute.

Persons: Arun Seraphin, ”, Dak Hardwick, Hardwick, Xi Jinping, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Valerie Insinna, Rami Ayyub, Doina Chiacu, Mark Porter, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Pentagon, China, Defense, Department, Lockheed Martin Corp, National Defense Industrial, Emerging Technologies, Aerospace Industries Association, U.S, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Thomson Locations: U.S, China

[1/2] A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York, U.S. November 8, 2017. The deal follows Fox's April 18 agreement to pay Dominion $787.5 million to settle the voting-technology company's defamation suit in Delaware. In firing her, Fox said her legal claims were "riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees." She had also sought unspecified damages in a similar lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court, which she dismissed in May. The program on which Grossberg worked, "Tucker Carlson Tonight," was the top-rated prime-time U.S. cable TV news show.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Abby Grossberg, Tanvir Rahman, Tucker Carlson, Dominion, Grossberg, Carlson, “, ” Grossberg, Fox, ” Dominion, Gretchen Whitmer, Tudor Dixon, octogenarian, Nancy Pelosi, Maria Bartiromo, Kevin McCarthy, Helen Coster, Doina Chiacu, Leslie Adler Organizations: Fox, News Corporation, REUTERS, Fox Corp, Fox News, Voting, Dominion, Delaware Superior Court, Democratic, Republican, U.S ., Thomson Locations: New York City, New York, U.S, Delaware, Manhattan, Delaware Superior, Grossberg's Manhattan

☆ Harvard says it will comply with US Supreme Court ruling, preserve its values
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Thursday it will comply with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down its race-conscious student admissions programs in a way that will preserve its values on diversity and opportunity in higher education. "We will certainly comply with the Court’s decision," the prestigious university said in a statement. "In the weeks and months ahead, drawing on the talent and expertise of our Harvard community, we will determine how to preserve, consistent with the Court’s new precedent, our essential values." The Supreme Court ruling involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina was a sharp setback to affirmative action policies often used to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other underrepresented minority groups on campuses. The 386-year-old Ivy League school's top administrators issued a letter to the Harvard community that was essentially a reprimand to the high court.

Persons: Caitlin Webber, Doina, Kanishka Singh, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Harvard University, U.S, Supreme, Harvard, University of North, Ivy League school's, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina

☆ U.S. to announce action in $2.6 billion health care fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will on Wednesday announce results of a nationwide health care fraud and opioid enforcement action against 87 people in 14 districts involving more than $2.6 billion in fraud, the department said in a statement. The announcement will take place at 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) at department headquarters, it said. The case involved law enforcement officials from the Justice Department's fraud division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services. Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Doina Chiacu, Andrew Heavens Organizations: U.S . Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Health, Human Services, Thomson

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend an official state dinner at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2023. Biden and Modi gathered with CEOs including Apple's (AAPL.O) Tim Cook, Google's (GOOGL.O) Sundar Pichai and Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Satya Nadella. Modi, who has appealed to global companies to "Make in India," will also address business leaders at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Modi praised Gopalan for keeping India "close to her heart" despite the distance to her new home, and called Harris "really inspiring." On Friday evening, Modi will address members of the Indian diaspora, many of whom have turned out at events during the visit to enthusiastically fete him, at times chanting "Modi!

Persons: Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON, Modi, Biden, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Sunita Williams, Anand Mahindra, Mukesh Ambani, Farwa Aamer, John Kirby, Kirby, India's, Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken, Harris, Shyamala Gopalan, Gopalan, Steve Holland, Simon Lewis, Jeff Mason, Trevor Hunnicutt, Don Durfee, Grant McCool Organizations: India's, White, REUTERS, Indian, U.S, NASA, Mahindra Group, Reliance Industries, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, FedEx, MasterCard, Adobe, South China Seas, South, Asia Society Policy Institute, White House, Washington, State Department, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington, China . U.S, India, United States, CHINA, Beijing, China, South, South Asia, New Delhi, Taiwan, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, American

☆ Moderate Will Hurd, a Trump critic, joins 2024 Republican race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Doina Chiacu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Will Hurd, a moderate who was once the sole Black Republican in Congress, on Thursday joined the crowded race to beat Donald Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination. Painting a stark contrast to Trump, Hurd said his vision of America would acknowledge science, address mental health, and be inclusive and understanding. A former undercover CIA officer in the Middle East and South Asia, Hurd served on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. In 2019, he strongly criticized tweets by then-President Trump saying four progressive Democratic minority congresswomen, including one born in Somalia, should "go back" to where they came from. Since leaving Congress, Hurd has worked as a managing director at Allen & Company, a board member for OpenAI, and trustee of the German Marshall Fund, according to his website.

Persons: Will Hurd, Eduardo Munoz, Representative Will Hurd, Donald Trump, Hurd, Joe Biden, Trump, Tim Scott of, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Doina Chiacu, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Iowa Faith &, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Former U.S, Representative, Black Republican, Thursday, Senate, CIA, of, Democratic, Republican, U.S, Florida, Allen & Company, German Marshall Fund, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, America, Federal, Thomson Locations: West Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Former, East, South Asia, Texas, Somalia, Tim Scott of South Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey

The FTC sued in Amazon in federal court in Seattle, alleging that "Amazon has knowingly duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime." The FTC said Amazon used "manipulative, coercive or deceptive user-interface designs known as 'dark patterns' to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically renewing Prime subscriptions." The FTC said Amazon Prime is the world's largest subscription program, generating $25 billion in revenue annually. Consumers who attempted to cancel Prime were faced with multiple labyrinthine steps to accomplish the task of cancelling, according to the complaint. The FTC complaint said Amazon used the term "Iliad Flow" to describe the process it began in 2016, referencing Homer's epic poem about the lengthy Trojan war.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Lina Khan, Amazon, David Shepardson, Will Dunham, Doina Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Amazon, FTC, Amazon Prime, Big Tech, Amazon.com, Thomson Locations: Amazon, Seattle, United States

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