Deepa Babington

London

Editor at Reuters

Reuters editor. Previously based in London, New York, Rome and Athens. Views expressed here are my own.

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Abrego Garcia ordered released pending trial on migrant smuggling charges

5 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Deepa Babington |Luc Cohen |Christopher Cushing |Susan Heavey

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Sunday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, released on bail pending his criminal trial on migrant smuggling...
Jury deliberates in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Jack Queen |Deepa Babington |Chizu Nomiyama |Jody Godoy

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial began deliberating on Thursday in a Manhattan court, after a judge instructed them to weigh for themselves the credibility of the three accusers that the defense has...
Musk, hardline US Republicans ramp up attacks on Trump tax and spending bill

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Richard Cowan |Bo Erickson |Deepa Babington |DAVID MORGAN

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate and billionaire Elon Musk showed no sign of softening opposition to President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill on Wednesday, as they pushed for deeper reductions in...
Hundreds of Venezuelans deported to El Salvador have right to challenge detention, US judge rules

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Stephen Coates |Deepa Babington |Jeff Mason |Luc Cohen

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the United States to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law must be given the chance to challenge their detentions, and the Trump administration must facilitate the legal challenges, a...
Trump administration plans $1,000 fee to fast-track tourist visas -memo

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Ted Hesson |Deepa Babington |Kristina Cooke |Humeyra Pamuk

(Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering a $1,000 fee for tourists and other non-immigrant visa applicants seeking an expedited interview appointment though government lawyers have raised legal red flags over the plan, according to a U.S....
Trump renegotiating Biden-era Chips Act grants, Lutnick says

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Deepa Babington |Ben Blanchard |Edwina Gibbs |David Gregorio

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration is renegotiating some of former President Joe Biden's grants to semiconductor firms, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said at a hearing on Wednesday, suggesting some awards may be...
'Forest Blizzard' vs 'Fancy Bear' - cyber companies hope to untangle weird hacker nicknames

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Raphael Satter |Chris Sanders |AJ Vicens |Deepa Babington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto and Alphabet's Google on Monday said they would create a public glossary of state-sponsored hacking groups and cybercriminals, in a bid to ease confusion over the menagerie of unofficial...
Trump administration seeks pause of second tariff case after loss

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Deepa Babington |Alexia Garamfalvi |Dietrich Knauth

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to pause a second court ruling that found the president had exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on imports, saying the decision jeopardizes trade...
Afghans in Kentucky fear for future after Trump strips deportation protections

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Mary Milliken |Ted Hesson |Deepa Babington |Jonathan S. Landay

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (Reuters) -Afghan asylum-seeker Wazir Khan Zadran and his family arrived in Kentucky nearly four years ago as the U.S. military withdrew from his country. Now, he worries about the future of his children, especially his girls,...
US accepts luxury jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One for Trump

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Katharine Jackson |Susan Heavey |Deepa Babington |Jamie Freed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar and the Air Force has been asked to find a way to rapidly upgrade it for use as a new Air Force One to transport President Donald Trump, the...