May 18, 2023
Debt default could trigger recession, Harris and Brainard warn

By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday that a default on the U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion would throw the American economy into a…

May 15, 2023
AI in Washington’s crosshairs but consensus far from certain

By Diane Bartz and Jeffrey Dastin WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers are grappling with what guardrails to put around burgeoning artificial intelligence, but months after ChatGPT got Washington's attention, consensus is far from certain. Interviews with a U.S. senator, congressional staffers,…

May 12, 2023
Analysis-Jet orders boom as airlines fear shortage

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Planemakers can't build them but airlines can't stop buying them. Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets sold before the pandemic, Airbus and Boeing are totting up billions of…

May 11, 2023
U.S. House passes Republican bill tightening border security

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's southwestern border with Mexico, leaving it to the Senate to attempt a broader, bipartisan immigration…