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Trump supporters turn US flags upside down to protest guilty verdict May 31, 2024 04:00PM

By Tim Reid, Alexandra Ulmer and Helen Coster

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Upside-down American flags emerged outside homes and on social media on Friday in support of Donald Trump after a New York jury returned a historic guilty verdict against the former Republican president.

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and country music singer Jason Aldean were among the prominent Americans to display the inverted flag, a symbol of... (continue reading...)


US congressional leaders invite Netanyahu to address joint meeting of Congress May 31, 2024 03:52PM

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Friday, though the date of the speech has not been set.

The letter inviting Netanyahu was signed by Johnson, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and... (continue reading...)


An angry Trump vows to keep fighting after guilty verdict May 31, 2024 03:41PM

(This story contains strong language in paragraph 17)

By Helen Coster, Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump stared down a bank of cameras inside Trump Tower on Friday and delivered a message fitting for both his legal and political battles: He is ready to fight.

A day after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 counts related to falsifying documents to hide hush money payments to a porn star,... (continue reading...)


Massachusetts man admits to fraud tied to bogus $4 billion Getty Images bid May 31, 2024 03:26PM

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - A Massachusetts man agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud for artificially inflating the stock price of Getty Images Holdings, including through a bogus $4 billion takeover bid for the visual media company, authorities said on Friday.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Scott Murray, 60, of Mashpee, owned about 300,000 Getty shares in April 2023 when he began a purported activist campaign for Getty to... (continue reading...)


Georgian PM calls for review of relations with US May 31, 2024 03:26PM

(Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Kobakhidze called on Friday for a review of relations with the United States after Washington ordered punitive measures over the passage of a law on "foreign agents", Russian news agencies reported.

"Georgian-American relations must truly be reviewed. We'll discuss this with the ambassador," RIA news agency quoted Kobakhidze as telling journalists in Tbilisi.

The prime minister said relations... (continue reading...)


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