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- Exclusive: U.S. bill would force tech companies to disclose foreign software probes
- Thu, 24 May 2018 19:05:45 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters on Thursday.
- Trump cancels summit with North Korea's Kim, warns that military ready
- Thu, 24 May 2018 19:12:13 -0400 - WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month, citing Pyongyang's "open hostility," and warned that the U.S. military was ready in the event of any reckless acts by North Korea.
- Movie producer Weinstein to surrender on sex assault charges
- Thu, 24 May 2018 19:06:49 -0400 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Film producer Harvey Weinstein was expected to surrender to New York police on Friday, months after he was toppled from Hollywood's most powerful ranks by scores of women accusing him of sexual assault, a person familiar with the case said.
- Democrats say briefings did not support Trump's claim of FBI 'spy'
- Thu, 24 May 2018 19:09:34 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers said on Thursday they heard nothing in classified briefings by the FBI and intelligence officials to support President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegation that the agency placed a "spy" into his 2016 presidential campaign to help his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
- Uber disabled emergency braking in self-driving car: U.S. agency
- Thu, 24 May 2018 17:09:16 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uber [UBER.UL] had disabled an emergency braking system in a self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Arizona in March even though the car had identified the need to apply the brakes, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released on Thursday.
- Trump pardons late black boxing champion Jack Johnson
- Thu, 24 May 2018 16:24:02 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion, who was jailed a century ago due to his relationship with a white woman.
- Former FBI Director Comey says agency cannot fight foreign propaganda
- Thu, 24 May 2018 18:55:23 -0400 - LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former U.S. FBI Director James Comey said that social media companies needed to "worry" about foreign political propaganda on their networks, but he had few ideas on how to counter it.
- Exclusive: Canada PM raps possible U.S. auto tariffs, says linked to NAFTA
- Thu, 24 May 2018 17:44:07 -0400 - LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) - A move by the United States to explore tariffs on auto imports is based on flimsy logic and is part of the pressure from Washington to renegotiate the NAFTA trade pact, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.
- Stock market value of Netflix eclipses Disney for first time
- Thu, 24 May 2018 19:13:06 -0400 - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Netflix's stock market value ballooned to a record $153 billion on Thursday and eclipsed Walt Disney Co for the first time, making it the world's most valuable entertainment company, following a monumental shift by viewers away from cinemas and cable television.
- U.S. House starts recess as immigration battle rages
- Thu, 24 May 2018 14:37:40 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives broke on Thursday for an 11-day recess with majority Republicans deadlocked over legislation to protect "Dreamer" immigrants from deportation while President Donald Trump insisted that Congress meet all his hard-line immigration demands.
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