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A state oil company PDVSA's logo is seen at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela May 17, 2019. The U.S. on Wednesday lifted most restrictions on Venezuela for six months for producing, selling and exporting oil to its chosen markets. But it is not expected to significantly boost Venezuela's deteriorated oil production or immediately lead to stronger exports. Venezuela can now receive direct payments for goods or services under the license issued by OFAC, which oversees American sanctions. PDVSA and Venezuela's oil ministry did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, PDVSA, Washington, Pedro Tellechea, Francisco Monaldi, Rice, Nicolas Maduro's, Monaldi, Maduro, Spain's, Joe Biden's, Marianna Parraga, Will Dunham, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Treasury's, Foreign Assets, Oil, OFAC, Washington, Chevron, Baker Institute, Venezuelan, Citgo Petroleum, Valero Energy, PBF Energy, India's Reliance Industries, Nayara Energy, Eni, Thomson Locations: Caracas, Venezuela, Venezuelan, U.S, Asia, PDVSA, United States, American, CHINA, EUROPE, China, India, PetroChina, Houston, Maduro, Washington

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried sought 'justifications' for missing funds, lawyer testifies
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange FTX's former top lawyer testified on Thursday that its founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked him to come up with "legal justifications" for why it was missing $7 billion in customer funds four days before the company declared bankruptcy. Sun said he told Bankman-Fried later that day that he could not identify any legal justifications. Sun's testimony could complicate Bankman-Fried's defense that he had a good-faith belief that Alameda's use of FTX customer funds was appropriate. They have said Bankman-Fried is considering testifying in his own defense after the prosecution rests its case on Oct. 26. Sun testified earlier on Thursday that Bankman-Fried told him that the company had kept its customer funds safe and separate from its own assets, and that he never approved the lending of FTX customer funds to Alameda Research.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Andrew Kelly, Fried, Apollo, Sun, FTX, Bankman, Danielle Sassoon, Luc Cohen, Will Dunham Organizations: FTX, Manhattan, REUTERS, Alameda Research, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Bankman, Alameda, Manhattan, Bahamas, New York

REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK/CARACAS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Venezuela's sovereign bonds rallied on Thursday, a day after the United States lifted its ban on secondary market trading of some of the country's eurobonds, with investors eyeing a debt restructuring on some $60 billion of defaulted debt. "Prices have almost doubled in the past 24 hours but are still well below the pre-sanctioned levels," said Edward Cowen, CEO of Winterbrook Capital, who has co-invested in a fund to buy Venezuelan debt. Cowen added that a return to Venezuela's regular weighting on global indexes like JPMorgan's would give the prices further support. "I think the market was caught by surprise as the ban on secondary trading of bonds was not expected to be removed this early in the negotiation," said Armando Armenta, senior economist for global economic research at AllianceBernstein. Small funds and investors outside the United States had looked to increase their exposure to Venezuelan bonds on the expectation of debt renegotiations.

Persons: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, PDVSA, Edward Cowen, Cowen, Armando Armenta, Maria Corina Machado, Rodrigo Campos, Mayela, Marc Jones, Corina Rodriguez, Christina Fincher, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, South, Winterbrook, U.S . Treasury Department, Petroleum, Venezuelan, U.S . State Department, Mayela Armas, Thomson Locations: Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela, CARACAS, United States, South American, U.S, Venezuela's, Venezuelan, New York, London, Madrid

☆ US Supreme Court Won't Intervene in Louisiana Electoral Map Fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Circuit Court of Appeals, where Republican Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin has appealed Dick's preliminary injunction that blocked the legislature's map. The injunction directed the legislature to create two House districts, rather than just one, where Black voters would represent the majority of voters. Black voters tend to favor Democratic candidates. The Louisiana legislature passed the map in February 2022. The Supreme Court in June ruled in a similar case against a Republican-drawn map in Alabama that a lower court had concluded unlawfully curbed Black voters from electing a candidate of their choice.

Persons: Andrew Chung, Shelly Dick, Dick, Kyle Ardoin, Jon Bel Edwards, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Stuart Naifeh, Abha Khanna, Ardoin, Jeff Landry, Dick's, Will Dunham Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Supreme, Republican, voters, Black, House, Republicans, New, Circuit, Appeals, Democratic, Liberal, NAACP Legal Defense, Educational Fund Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, Alabama

The United States Supreme Court building is seen as in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023. The injunction directed the legislature to create two House districts, rather than just one, where Black voters would represent the majority of voters. Black voters tend to favor Democratic candidates. The Louisiana legislature passed the map in February 2022. The Supreme Court in June ruled in a similar case against a Republican-drawn map in Alabama that a lower court had concluded unlawfully curbed Black voters from electing a candidate of their choice.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Shelly Dick, Dick, Kyle Ardoin, Jon Bel Edwards, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Stuart Naifeh, Abha Khanna, Ardoin, Jeff Landry, Dick's, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: United States Supreme, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Republican, voters, Black, House, Republicans, New, Circuit, Appeals, Democratic, Liberal, NAACP Legal Defense, Educational Fund, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, New Orleans, Louisiana, Alabama

A state oil company PDVSA's logo is seen at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela May 17, 2019. The United States on Wednesday lifted for six months most restrictions on Venezuela for producing, selling and exporting oil to its chosen markets. Not all sanctions on PDVSA were lifted by the United States. Before sanctions, India and the United States were other top destinations. PDVSA and Venezuela's oil ministry did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, PDVSA, Francisco Monaldi, Rice, Nicolas Maduro's, Monaldi, Maduro, Spain's, Joe Biden's, Marianna Parraga, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Treasury's, Foreign Assets Control, Washington, Chevron, Baker Institute, Venezuelan, Citgo Petroleum, Valero Energy, PBF Energy, India's Reliance Industries, Nayara Energy, Italy's Eni, United, Thomson Locations: Caracas, Venezuela, Venezuelan, United States, U.S, Asia, PDVSA, American, CHINA, EUROPE, China, India, PetroChina, Maduro, Washington

The Iranian and U.S. flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. Russia said on Tuesday that transfers of missile technology to Iran no longer needed Security Council approval as of Wednesday, when the U.N sanctions lapse, without saying whether it now planned to support Tehran's missile development. The U.S. effort to limit Iran's missile and drone programs comes amid renewed American criticism of Tehran for backing Hamas, which carried out an Oct. 7 rampage against communities in southern Israel in which at least 1,300 people died. Former U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned that deal in 2018 and restored U.S. on Iran sanctions. U.S. officials have said that the funds now in Qatar can be spent by Iran only on humanitarian goods.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, George W, Bush's, Biden, Simon Lewis, Arshad Mohammed, Will Dunham Organizations: Iranian, REUTERS, Rights, United, Security, European Union, Former U.S, U.S, U.S . Treasury Department, State Department, Security Initiative, Republicans, Hamas, Thomson Locations: U.S, Russia, Iran, Tehran, Israel, Hong Kong, China, Venezuela, United States, Moscow, Ukraine, South Korea, Qatar, Washington, Saint Paul , Minnesota

☆ Ford says US fuel economy plan would cause automaker 'economic hardship'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Wednesday a proposal by President Joe Biden's administration to hike vehicle fuel economy standards through 2032 threatens to cause "substantial economic hardship" for the No. The agency made the proposal as Biden's administration seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change and to reduce fuel use. The proposal would result in a fleet-wide average fuel efficiency of 58 miles (93 km) per gallon. "We see substantial risk of unprecedented civil penalties in the CAFE program," Ford said. It added that its proposal "is focused on saving Americans money at the gas pump and strengthening American energy independence."

Persons: Joe Biden's, Ford, Tesla, David Shepardson, Will Dunham Organizations: Ford Motor, NHTSA, American Automotive Policy Council, Detroit Three, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, U.S, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried trial jury sees his profane message about regulators
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

It was one of several private messages that Bankman-Fried sent to a reporter for the news website Vox on Twitter, the social media platform now called X, that the defense sought to keep away from the jury during the trial in Manhattan federal court. In the trial, which began on Oct. 3, Bankman-Fried stands accused of looting billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to make investments, donate to U.S. political campaigns and prop up his hedge fund, Alameda Research. In one of the messages, Bankman-Fried told the reporter, "fuck regulators" and quickly added in another message, "they make everything worse." Bankman-Fried wrote that his prior statements in favor of regulating cryptocurrency were "just PR," meaning public relations. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Andrew Kelly, Fried, Vox, Danielle Sassoon, Christian Everdell, Luc Cohen, Will Dunham Organizations: FTX, Manhattan, REUTERS, Twitter, Alameda Research, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, New York

☆ Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"We concluded that the largest marsquake seen by InSight was tectonic, not an impact. "Most of the marsquakes we've detected thus far have been associated with a region called Cerberus Fossae, located eastward of InSight. The energy it released surpassed the cumulative energy from all the other marsquakes InSight recorded. With future human missions to Mars in mind, a greater understanding of Martian seismic activity is pertinent. Charalambous said the location of the majority of the marsquakes detected by InSight remained uncertain, with a poor understanding of the mechanisms that triggered them.

Persons: Ben Fernando, Constantinos Charalambous, Fernando, Charalambous, Will Dunham, Daniel Wallis Organizations: NASA Hubble, NASA, Handout, Reuters, Rights, University of Oxford, Research, Imperial College London, United Arab, Thomson Locations: England, InSight's, U.S, United Arab Emirates

[1/2] A sign for The Bank of Nova Scotia, operating as Scotiabank, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 18 (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) on Wednesday announced plans to cut about 2,700 jobs globally - 3% of its workforce - and take a C$590 million ($430.94 million) charge in the fourth quarter, making it the latest Canadian bank to take cost-cutting steps in a challenging environment. Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) and Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO) similarly have cut hundreds of jobs in response to rising costs in a high interest rate environment. Scotiabank said the layoffs will result in a restructuring charge and severance provisions of about C$247 million. Analysts said the charge does not come as a surprise amid a review of is strategic direction.

Persons: Carlos Osorio, Scott Thomson, Darko Mihelic, Jaiveer Singh, Balu, Will Dunham, Shilpi Majumdar, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: The Bank of, Scotiabank, REUTERS, Bank of Nova, Wednesday, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, China's, China's Bank of Xi'an, Analysts, RBC Capital, Thomson Locations: The Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, China's Bank, Bengaluru, Toronto

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer says FTX investments were not 'reckless'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer on Tuesday said the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange's investments were not "reckless and frivolous," pushing back against testimony by a former executive who called its spending on marketing and celebrity endorsements excessive. This is the third week of Bankman-Fried's trial in Manhattan federal court on charges related to the looting billions of dollars in customer funds to make investments, donate to U.S. political campaigns and prop up his hedge fund, Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not guilty, has argued that while he made mistakes running FTX, he never intended to steal funds. Jurors have already heard from Gary Wang, FTX's former chief technology officer, and Caroline Ellison, Alameda's onetime chief executive officer and Bankman-Fried's former girlfriend. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, Nishad Singh, Tom Brady, Mark Cohen, Singh, Fried, K5, Cohen, Kendall Jenner's, Gary Wang, FTX's, Caroline Ellison, Alameda's, Luc Cohen, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, Miami Heat, NFL, Defense, Tuesday, K5, Alameda Research, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Bankman, Manhattan

The move is the latest sign that electric vehicle production and demand may not be as strong as forecast. GM had been set to begin production of the electric Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra in late 2024 at the suburban Detroit plant. Ford said in July it would slow the ramp-up of electric vehicle production and forecast a full-year loss of $4.5 billion on its EV unit. GM still plans a significant boost in EV production in 2024 including adding a new shift at a Detroit-Hamtramck factory that is currently building EV SUVs and pickup trucks. General Motors said on Tuesday it still plans to end production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV at the end of 2023.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ford, General Motors, Ben Klayman, David Shepardson, Will Dunham, Franklin Paul, Chizu Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Rights, General Motors Co, GM, Silverado, GMC Sierra, Reuters, United Auto Workers, Detroit -, GMC Sierra EV, General, Chevrolet, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Orion, Detroit, Ohio, Detroit - Hamtramck, United States, Washington

☆ Oracle's NetSuite adds AI features to finance software
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NetSuite, owned by Oracle (ORCL.N), said that it is using its parent company's cloud-based systems to develop the new "Text Enhance" feature. In NetSuite's case, some of the new features are aimed at automating the mundane day-to-day tasks of a finance department. Other new NetSuite features are aimed at reading and analyzing financial data to generate summaries and reports. NetSuite said the "Text Enhance" features will roll out over the next six months. The company said typical use levels of the new features, which rely on a new supercomputer built by Oracle, will be included in existing subscription prices, but further new AI features or higher use levels may include additional costs.

Persons: Evan Goldberg, NetSuite's, Goldberg, we've, NetSuite, Stephen Nellis, Will Dunham Organizations: Oracle, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Adobe, Thomson Locations: San Francisco

[1/2] Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023. It was not immediately known how soon the U.S. might act or how far it could go with sanctions relief. U.S. sources have also said any relaxation of sanctions would be reversible if Maduro fails to meet his election commitments. Maduro, president since 2013, is expected to run for re-election but has not yet formalized his candidacy. The U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela to punish Maduro's government following a 2018 election that Washington considered a sham.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Ebrahim Raisi, Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Joe Biden's, Maduro, Maria Corina Machado, Jorge Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Gerardo Blyde, Machado, Maduro's, Washington, Deisy Buitrago, Vivian Sequera, Matt Spetalnick, Julia Symmes Cobb, Will Dunham, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, European Union and United Nations, Reuters, U.S, Petroleum, Thomson Locations: Miraflores, Caracas, Venezuela, Rights CARACAS, WASHINGTON, U.S, Washington, Maduro, Barbados, Qatar, Houston

Trump, as a criminal defendant, "does not have the right to say and do exactly as he pleases," Chutkan said. The exchanges came as U.S. prosecutors sought a court order to limit Trump's public statements about people involved in the case. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 U.S. election. Molly Gaston, a prosecutor working with Special Counsel Jack Smith, said the order was necessary to prevent Trump from trying the case "in the court of public opinion." "These prosecutors want to prevent President Trump from speaking out on the issues of the day," Lauro told the judge, adding that the case is "inextricably intertwined with campaign issues."

Persons: Donald Trump, Shannon Stapleton, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, John Lauro, Jack Smith, Chutkan, Lauro, Smith, Joe Biden, Molly Gaston, Gaston, Mike Pence, Mark Milley, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Justice Department, Trump, Democratic, Biden, Thomson Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, Washington, York, China

☆ Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Evolution occurs, it holds, when these various configurations are subject to selection for useful functions. "We have well-documented laws that describe such everyday phenomena as forces, motions, gravity, electricity and magnetism and energy," Hazen said. The subsequent generation of stars that formed from the remnants of the prior generation then similarly forged almost 100 more elements. "Imagine a system of atoms or molecules that can exist in countless trillions of different arrangements or configurations," Hazen said. "Only a small fraction of all possible configurations will 'work' - that is, they will have some useful degree of function.

Persons: Charles Darwin, Darwin, Robert Hazen, Hazen, Michael Wong, Jonathan Lunine, Will Dunham, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Carnegie Institution for Science, National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie, Cornell, Thomson Locations: British

[1/2] Parts of a ghost gun kit are on display at an event held by U.S. President Joe Biden to announce measures to fight ghost gun crime, at the White House in Washington U.S., April 11, 2022. The administration had said O'Connor's decision to grant an injunction favoring ghost gun kit makers despite the prior intervention by the justices "openly flouted" the Supreme Court's authority. The administration has said that ghost guns are attractive to criminals and others prohibited from lawfully buying firearms, including minors. There were about 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported in 2021 to the ATF as having been recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations - a tenfold increase from 2016, according to White House statistics. Plaintiffs including the parts manufacturers, various gun owners and two gun rights groups - the Firearms Policy Coalition and Second Amendment Foundation - filed suit to block the ghost guns rule in federal court in Texas.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden's, Judge Reed O'Connor's, O'Connor, Sellers, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, White, REUTERS, Supreme, Blackhawk Manufacturing, Defense, Bureau, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, White House statistics, Firearms Policy Coalition, Gun Control, Circuit, Appeals, Thomson Locations: Washington U.S, Texas, Fort Worth, United States, New Orleans, New York

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to supporters at the Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday barred Donald Trump from targeting U.S. prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses involved in a criminal case accusing him of him trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. U.S. District Tanya Chutkan in Washington said she would not allow Trump, who has pleaded not guilty, to "launch a pretrial smear campaign" against people involved in the case. The order bars Trump and attorneys in the case from personally targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith, prosecutors working with him and court staff. It also prevents Trump from discussing potential witnesses as it relates to their testimony at trial.

Persons: Donald Trump, Shannon Stapleton, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, Chutkan, Jack Smith, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Trump, Thomson Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, Washington

☆ Annular solar eclipse transfixes crowds across the Americas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Alberto Fajardo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CAMPECHE, Mexico, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Thousands of people across the Americas gazed at the heavens on Saturday to witness a rare phenomenon known as an annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, momentarily producing the appearance of a "ring of fire" in the sky. "It's one of those things you can't miss," said Oscar Lopez, 26, who travelled from Mexico City to the southern Mexican city of Campeche to see the eclipse. [1/14]A solar eclipse is observed in Neiva, Colombia, October 14. REUTERS/Vannessa Jimenez Acquire Licensing RightsAn annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun at a time when the moon is at or close to its farthest point from our planet. It does not completely obscure the face of the sun, unlike in a total solar eclipse.

Persons: Oscar Lopez, We're, Lopez, Vannessa Jimenez, Isaac Solis, Alondra de Jesus Aguilar, " Aguilar, Alberto Fajardo, Will Dunham, Dave Graham, Diane Craft Organizations: NASA, U.S ., REUTERS, Thomson Locations: CAMPECHE, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexican, Campeche, U.S . Pacific Northwest, California , Nevada , Utah , Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Yucatan, Neiva

☆ US Supreme Court temporarily blocks order curbing Biden social media contacts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday maintained a block on restrictions imposed by lower courts on the ability of President Joe Biden's administration to encourage social media companies to remove content deemed misinformation, including about elections and COVID-19. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito temporarily put on hold a preliminary injunction constraining how the White House and certain other federal officials communicate with social media platforms pending the administration's appeal to the Supreme Court. Alito first placed a temporary hold on the injunction pending the justices' review on Sept. 14. The Biden administration has argued that its officials did nothing illegal and had sought to mitigate the hazards of online misinformation, including about the pandemic, by alerting social media companies to content that violated their own policies. Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, Joe Biden's, Samuel Alito, Alito, Biden, Terry Doughty, Doughty, Donald Trump, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: White, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Conservative, Facebook, District, Democrat, Republican, FBI, CDC, Cybsecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, Thomson Locations: Palestine, Israel, Washington , U.S, Missouri, Louisiana, New York

It is a problem that five U.S. state and federal judges are wrestling with as Trump faces four upcoming criminal trials and a civil fraud case. New York state Justice Arthur Engoron already has faced off with Trump on the issue. Trump has cast doubt on Chutkan's ability to give him a fair trial and called her "highly partisan." Ahead of his civil fraud trial, Trump, without providing evidence, accused the U.S. Justice Department of coordinating with New York state Attorney General Letitia James to damage his presidential campaign. One notable exception to Trump's criticism is the judge presiding over the classified documents criminal case in Florida.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Mike Segar, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, Joe Biden, Arthur Engoron, Engoron, We've, Michael Frisch, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Smith, James, Smith's, Lawrence Stengel, Stengel, I'm, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Chutkan, Rebecca Roiphe, Andrew Goudsward, Jack Queen, Will Dunham, Scott Malone Organizations: U.S, Trump Organization, REUTERS, Rights, Trump, Republican, Democratic, Georgetown University, U.S . Justice Department, New, Manhattan, Attorney, Capitol, Fox News, New York University, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida . U.S

The United States Supreme Court building is seen as in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023. The Supreme Court in 2019 forbade federal courts from intervening in cases involving gerrymandering done for partisan advantage. A group of Black voters sued to block the use of the reconfigured district. "What these plaintiffs in these cases are doing is basically bringing partisan gerrymandering claims and trying to dress them up as if they're racial gerrymandering claims," Torchinsky said. A HEAVY BURDENPlaintiffs in racial gerrymandering cases long have borne a heavy burden.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Leah Aden, Jason Torchinsky, Holtzman Vogel, Nacy Mace, Torchinsky, David Gans, that's, Gans, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, John Gore, Elena Kagan, Kagan, John Kruzel, Will Dunham Organizations: United States Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Supreme, Republican, U.S . House, Republicans, Democratic, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Black, Constitutional, Center, South, Harvard Law, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, South Carolina's, Legislative, United States, Carolina's, South Carolina, Stephanopoulos, Gore

☆ NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The spacecraft, roughly the size of a small van, is due to reach the asteroid in August 2029. Asteroid Psyche measures roughly 173 miles (279 km) across at its widest point and resides on the outer fringes of the main asteroid belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter. After reaching the asteroid, the spacecraft would then orbit it for 26 months, scanning Psyche with instruments built to measure its gravity, magnetic proprieties and composition. 'OUTER SPACE TO EXPLORE INNER SPACE'[1/4]A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying a NASA spacecraft to investigate the Psyche asteroid from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., October 13, 2023. It also marks the first dedicated NASA launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket furnished by Elon Musk's SpaceX company, and the first interplanetary mission flown by the Falcon Heavy.

Persons: Lindy Elkins, Tanton, Lucy, Steve Gorman, Will Dunham Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Kennedy Space Center, Arizona State University, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Thomson Locations: Florida, NASA's, Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles, Cape Canaveral , Florida, U.S

☆ What to know about Saturday's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

People take photos with their smartphones as they monitor the annular solar eclipse on Jabal Arba (Four Mountains) in Hofuf, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, December 26, 2019. WHAT IS AN ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE? The one that will occur on Saturday is a type called an "annular solar eclipse." It does not completely obscure the face of the sun, unlike in a total solar eclipse. They advise using safe solar viewing glasses or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times during an annular solar eclipse, noting that regular sunglasses are not safe for viewing the sun.

Persons: Hamad I Mohammed, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, NASA, Thomson Locations: Arba, Hofuf, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Americas, United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, Canada, Oregon, California , Nevada , Utah , Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, North America

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