|  | | | | | | | | | U.S. Top News | | | | | | Senate intelligence panel subpoenas Trump's son. The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed one of the president’s sons, Donald Trump Jr., to answer questions about his contacts with Russia, two congressional sources said. The panel, which along with the Senate is controlled by Trump’s fellow Republicans, wants to question Trump Jr. about testimony he gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 which was subsequently contradicted in public testimony by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. | | | | | | | | Two students arrested in Colorado school shooting make first appearance. Two teenage students accused of fatally shooting one classmate and wounding eight in a suburban Denver school made separate court appearances on Wednesday, a day after their arrest on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. In two school shootings within eight days, students have attempted to tackle the shooters, sometimes at the cost of their own lives. At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte last week, Riley Howell, 21, was killed as he challenged a gunman in his classroom after school officials sent out an emergency alert with a mantra disseminated by U.S. law enforcement: “Run, Hide, Fight.” | | | | | | | | House panel accuses Barr of contempt as Trump invokes executive privilege. A Democratic-led House panel approved a measure to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to hand over an unredacted copy of the Mueller report on Russian election interference even as President Donald Trump invoked the legal principle of executive privilege to block its disclosure. | | | | | | | | “If you’re running against Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, you have to be anti-bank,” said Steven Maviglio, a California Democratic strategist who has advised two assembly speakers and a governor. In her presidential pitch to voters, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris touts as a signature accomplishment the $20 billion relief settlement she secured as California attorney general for homeowners hit hard by the foreclosure crisis. Consumer advocates praise Harris for demanding more money from the banks and for backing stronger protections for homeowners. But thousands of people still lost their homes after not getting the help they needed, advocates say. | | | | | | | | Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden held the first of two high-dollar fundraisers in Los Angeles, which he opened to the press in a bid to counter criticism he is relying too heavily on the often closed-door events. Responding to potential concerns by voters in Democratic nominating primaries about big-money donations to his campaign, and who exactly is donating, Biden will provide limited media access to all of his fundraising events. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Huawei’s chief financial officer intends to seek a stay of extradition proceedings in part based on statements by President Trump about the case, which her lawyers say disqualifies the United States from pursuing the matter in Canada. 5 min read | | | | Over the past two years, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi has used his peace-making and political skills to settle battles with lawmakers and rivals and endear himself to employees who had suffered through a wretched period of corporate scandal. Ahead of the largest U.S. public stock listing since 2014, Uber executives have cautioned IPO investors that losses could grow amid bitter competition from rivals. The company is set to price shares on Thursday and is expected to raise up to $9 billion at a valuation that could top $90 billion. 6 Min Read | | | | Japan’s SoftBank Group announced a stock split while keeping the per-share dividend unchanged for the year, effectively doubling its shareholder payout, as it also reported a $3.8 billion valuation gain on its stake in Uber. 4 min read | | | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
