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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday urged Republican leaders in the House and Senate to support a revived bipartisan bill on border security, even as House Speaker Mike Johnson declared the bill would be "dead on arrival."

Democrats are again trying to pass the Border Act, which they say would reform U.S. asylum laws, hire thousands of border agents and help curtail fentanyl smuggling.

Record numbers of migrants have been... (continue reading...)

By Dawn Chmielewski and Anna Tong

Scarlett Johansson on Monday accused OpenAI of creating a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded "eerily similar" to the actress after she declined to voice the chatbot herself.

Johansson made the comments in a statement released hours after the artificial intelligence company said it was taking down the voice, called 'Sky.'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement emailed to Reuters on... (continue reading...)

By Yuka Obayashi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Tuesday, with investors anticipating higher-for-longer U.S. inflation and interest rates will depress consumer and industrial demand.

Brent crude futures declined 12 cents, or 0.1%, to $83.34 a barrel by 0041 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) eased 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $79.72 a barrel.

Both benchmarks fell less than 1% on Monday as U.S.... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign said on Monday it raised over $51 million in April, down from an over $90 million haul in March, and less than the sum brought in by rival Donald Trump's campaign.

The campaign for Republican former President Trump, who will face Democrat Biden in what looks set to be a closely fought and bitter November election, previously said it raised more than $76 million in April.

The... (continue reading...)

By Rae Wee

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was firm on Tuesday while the yen struggled on the weaker side of the 156 level, though trade was mostly rangebound as investors generally stuck to their views of the expected timing and extent of Federal Reserve rate cuts this year.

Cryptocurrencies rallied, led by a surge in ether on growing anticipation of an impending approval of spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the U.S. Securities... (continue reading...)