|  | | | | | | | | | Top News | | A U.S. House committee voted in favor of holding two of Donald Trump’s closest advisers in contempt of Congress for defying congressional subpoenas related to an effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census. By a 24-15 bipartisan vote, the House Oversight Committee recommended the full House of Representatives find Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt. | | | | Risky partner: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at least one other university have research partnerships with a Chinese artificial intelligence company that has business ties with police in China’s Xinjiang region, where a sweeping crackdown on Uighurs has drawn international condemnation.
| | | | A power that the U.S. Congress has not wielded since the 1930s may remain unused for a while longer as Democrats turn to the courts — not long-dormant rules — to press home investigations of Trump and his administration. Inherent contempt is “a tool that’s got advantages and disadvantages,” the committee’s chairman, Jerrold Nadler, said recently. While it is still an option, he added, “It’s not the most useful thing at the moment.” Last invoked more than 80 years ago, inherent contempt empowers lawmakers to order the Senate or House sergeant-at-arms, both congressional employees, to apprehend people and detain or fine them.
| | | | | | | | Japan wants to make reducing the glut of plastic waste in the oceans a priority at the Group of 20 summit it is hosting this month as governments around the world crack down on such pollution. The EU has voted to outlaw 10 single-use plastic items, including straws, forks and knives, by 2021. It has also set targets for all plastic packaging, the top source of plastic waste, to be recyclable by 2030. | | | | | | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to push in India for more U.S. access to local markets https://reut.rs/2IdlXZO via @lesleywroughton 2:36 AM - Jun 13, 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Chinese regulators should step up support for the economy and keep ample liquidity in the financial system, Vice Premier Liu He said, suggesting Beijing would soon unveil more policies to bolster growth amid rising U.S. trade pressure. 6 min read | | | | Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong listing that will take place as soon as the third quarter of this year, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. 3 Min Read | | | | When bitcoin was born it was a symbol of counterculture, a rebel currency with near-anonymity and a lack of regulation. A decade later, there are growing signs it’s entering the establishment its creators sought to subvert. 6 min read | | | | China’s Huawei has applied to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a U.N. body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as U.S. sanctions threaten its business model. 3 min read | | | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
