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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday of working to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol. It’s a four-count indictment. Even in a year of rapid-succession legal charges against Trump, Tuesday’s criminal case, with charges including conspiring to defraud the United States government that he once led, was especially stunning […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even as former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday, numerous people in his orbit have been charged with various crimes, with some still awaiting trial. Six Trump associates, none of whom were named, were listed as co-conspirators in Tuesday’s indictment. Prosecutors said they helped spread Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Here is a look at some of the Trump aides […]

(Reuters) – Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the U.S. government’s top credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing an expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years as well as a high and growing general government debt burden. The downgrade follows a debt ceiling agreement in June that came after months of political brinkmanship and ultimately lifted the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. “In Fitch’s view, there has been […]

By Jacqueline Thomsen and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Tuesday was hit with criminal charges for a third time in four months – this time arising from efforts to overturn his 2020 U.S. election defeat – as he campaigns to regain the presidency next year. The four-count indictment alleges Trump conspired to defraud the U.S. by preventing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s victory and to deprive […]

By Max A. Cherney and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) -Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday forecast a strong fourth quarter and expects to have artificial-intelligence hardware that can challenge Nvidia chips by that quarter. Shares were up roughly 3.5% in after-hours trading. “Our AI engagements increased by more than seven times in the quarter as multiple customers initiated or expanded programs supporting future deployments of Instinct accelerators at scale,” said AMD CEO […]

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -South American trade bloc Mercosur officials met on Tuesday to agree on their counterproposal to a European Union addendum on a long-awaited trade deal before meeting with EU negotiators in August in the hopes of closing the accord by year-end, Brazilian diplomats told Reuters. The four-nation Mercosur will seek to unify its positions on Wednesday and Thursday to respond to the EU […]

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices edged lower on a stronger dollar and signs of profit-taking after a rally in July when investors bet on tighter global supplies and demand growth in the second half of 2023. Brent crude futures for October settled at $84.91 a barrel on Tuesday, down 52 cents or 0.6%. Front-month Brent settled on Monday at its highest since April 13. U.S. West Texas Intermediate […]

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a law requiring that women in Guam meet with doctors in person before obtaining abortions, a restriction that has made terminating pregnancies in the U.S. territory difficult due to a lack of doctors. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judge’s 2021 ruling that blocked enforcement of the law, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had heard that Special Counsel Jack Smith would announce an indictment against him at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT), according to a post on Trump’s Truth Social app. Trump already faces criminal charges in two other cases as he campaigns to regain the presidency next year. He is the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to […]