Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis-Back to the drawing board: U.S. Supreme Court upends Biden climate agenda
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Joe Biden's plans to tackle climate change on Thursday with a ruling that limits the powers of the nation's...
Jun 30, 2022
White House to ‘move forward’ after top court’s EPA ruling, spokesperson says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House lawyers will study the Supreme Court's ruling that imposed limits on the federal government's power to curb carbon emissions and the administration will find ways to...
Jun 30, 2022
Kentucky judge blocks state from enforcing abortion bans; Florida ruling expected
By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A Kentucky judge on Thursday blocked the state from enforcing a ban on abortion enacted in 2019 that was triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court last week over...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to hear ex-Cuomo aide’s appeal of bribery conviction
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a bid by a former aide to New York state ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo to overturn his bribery conviction on the basis that influe...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court nixes religious challenge to New York vaccine mandate
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a challenge to New York's mandate that healthcare sector workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 brought by a ...
Jun 30, 2022
Explainer-What is the filibuster and could Democrats suspend it for abortion rights?
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday the U.S. Senate should consider scrapping a supermajority rule known as the filibuster to protect abortion and other privac...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alaska Airlines appeal in labor law dispute
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday turned away Alaska Airlines Inc's challenge to being bound by the employment laws of states where their workers are based, the central...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court throws out rulings that invalidated abortion laws
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, in the aftermath of its decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, on Thursday...
Jun 30, 2022
Analysis-Political and banking deadlock may plunge Lebanon deeper into crisis
By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's untamed financial crisis is gathering new menace as it heads into a fourth year, with political paralysis dampening hope of reforms that ...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court orders lower courts to reconsider gun law challenges
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the heels of a landmark ruling expanding individual gun rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out several lower court rulings against gun restricti...
Jun 30, 2022
