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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Jury deliberates in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial

2 days 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 days 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...
Trump administration plans $1,000 fee to fast-track tourist visas -memo

3 days 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 days 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

5 days 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...
Afghans in Kentucky fear for future after Trump strips deportation protections

1 week 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

2 weeks 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...
FDA tightens requirements for COVID vaccine, adding trials for healthy adults

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Deepa Babington |Bill Berkrot |Mariam Sunny |Julie Steenhuysen

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy Americans under age 65, effectively limiting them to older adults and those at risk...
Musk, Republican Party's biggest donor, says he will cut political spending

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Joseph Ax |Jason Lange |Deepa Babington |Elwely Elwelly

DOHA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk, who spent nearly $300 million to back Donald Trump's presidential campaign and other Republicans last year, said on Tuesday he will cut his political spending substantially, the latest public signal that he is...
Judge says Trump administration not detailing efforts to return wrongly deported man

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Blake Brittain |Mike Scarcella |Deepa Babington |David Bario

(Reuters) -A U.S. judge expressed frustration on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration had yet to provide sufficient details about its efforts to bring back a man deported in error from the United States and sent to a prison in El...