Nia Williams

Calgary

Senior Reporter at Reuters

Reuters correspondent in western Canada writing about energy, climate and environmental policy.

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Articles

US universities sue Energy Department over research cuts

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Nia Williams |Alexia Garamfalvi |Dietrich Knauth

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of U.S. universities sued the Department of Energy in Massachusetts federal court on Monday over steep cuts to federal research funding in areas like advanced nuclear technology, cybersecurity, novel radioactive drugs,...
Republican-led US House votes to limit judges' power to block Trump's agenda

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Nia Williams |Alexia Garamfalvi

(Reuters) -Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump's agenda have been stymied by such...
Analysis-Private credit secondary sales set to rise as market turmoil spurs hunt for cash

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Shankar Ramakrishnan |Mathieu Rosemain |Iain Withers |Nia Williams

NEW YORK/LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Investors are preparing to step up sales of their private credit holdings, as heightened market volatility unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars forces them to find new ways to raise cash, fund...
Trump says not sure U.S. Steel needs a deal with Nippon thanks to tariffs

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Steve Holland |Chizu Nomiyama |Nia Williams |Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not sure U.S. Steel needs to make a deal with Nippon Steel because of his tariff policy, casting additional doubt over the future of the proposed tie-up."U.S. Steel is going to do...
US senator announces hold on Trump cyber nominee, citing telecom 'cover-up'

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Raphael Satter |Christian Schmollinger |Nia Williams

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has put a hold on President Donald Trump's appointee for the U.S. cybersecurity agency, citing what the Oregon senator called a "multi-year cover-up" of serious vulnerabilities in the U.S....
US exits carbon talks on shipping, urges others to follow, document says

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Michelle Nichols |Chizu Nomiyama |Sharon Singleton |Nia Williams

LONDON (Reuters) -The United States has withdrawn from talks in London looking at advancing decarbonisation in the shipping sector and Washington will consider "reciprocal measures" to offset any fees charged to U.S. ships, according to a diplomatic...
Tufts student's immigration arrest case moved to Vermont, not Louisiana, by US judge

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Jack Queen |Diane Craft |Nia Williams

(Reuters) -The Trump administration on Friday lost a bid to throw out or move to Louisiana a Tufts University student's legal challenge to her immigration arrest, which sparked protests against the president's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian...
US warns public schools of legal action, withholding funds over DEI

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Kanishka Singh |Nia Williams

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Education Department warned on Thursday it would withhold federal funds from public schools and take legal actions if they continued with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that the administration of President...
Trump tariffs could stymie Big Tech's US data center spending spree

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | JASPREET SINGH |Deborah Mary Sophia |Max Cherney |Nia Williams

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs could hamstring Big Tech's billion-dollar efforts to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country, likely undermining a key goal of the administration, analysts said...
Exclusive-US Securities and Exchange Commission shakes up enforcement, exams units

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Chizu Nomiyama |Chris Prentice |Nia Williams |Pete Schroeder

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told staff on Wednesday it plans to shake up its enforcement and exams divisions by having them report under new deputy directors, the latest in a series of changes at the agency under...