Exclusive-Fauci's lawyers set up legal defense fund as US probes multiply Aug 21, 2026 04:39PM

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Anthony Fauci have launched a ‌legal defense fund for the ​former top U.S. ​infectious disease expert, saying that the need to respond to a growing number of state and federal investigations related to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic will require substantial resources.

In January 2025, then-President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Fauci, amid accusations from Republican lawmakers that he played a... (continue reading...)


US appeals court throws out California, Giffords 'ghost guns' challenge Aug 21, 2026 04:28PM

By Jonathan Stempel

Aug 21 (Reuters) - A federal ‌appeals court threw ​out ​on Friday a lawsuit by California and the Giffords gun control advocacy group claiming that a Biden administration-era rule to curtail the production of illegal, largely untraceable "ghost ‌guns" was not strict enough.

Reversing a lower court ruling, the 9th U.S. ⁠Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco voted 3-0 that California and Giffords did not show the rule's... (continue reading...)


SEC charges former Bank of America investment banker with insider trading Aug 21, 2026 04:25PM

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK, Aug ‌21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities ​and ​Exchange Commission on Friday charged a former senior Bank of America investment banker with insider trading, alleging he tipped a longtime friend and former colleague about ‌a pending merger, allowing the friend to make $18.5 million of illegal profit.

Jason ⁠Satsky, who was Bank of America’s co-head of Americas power and renewable energy banking, allegedly tipped... (continue reading...)


Mexico expects trade outcomes similar to emerging US-Canada deal Aug 21, 2026 04:23PM

MEXICO CITY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Mexican ‌Economy Minister ​Marcelo Ebrard ​said on Friday he expects Mexico to reach trade understandings with the United States that are "similar in many aspects" to those ‌being discussed between Washington and Ottawa, adding that Mexico does ⁠not see Canada's parallel negotiations as a competitive process.

He said Mexico is pursuing its own ‌track with the United States ‌and would need to see the final published terms of... (continue reading...)


Alex Jones gets Sandy Hook family's Texas verdict reduced on appeal Aug 21, 2026 04:09PM

By Dietrich Knauth

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - ‌Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ​won an ​appeal in one family's defamation lawsuit over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax, reducing the judgment against him from $50 million to about $5.5 million.

Jones, who ‌filed for bankruptcy after being sued by parents of children slain in the shooting, ⁠must still pay $1.4 billion in related judgments from a Connecticut... (continue reading...)


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