| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Friday, July 23, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Smartphones could be next to suffer from a chip shortage, the U.S. housing market floats back to earth, and the 'QAnon Shaman' is in plea negotiations | | | | | Today's biggest stories  FILE PHOTO: Jacob Chansley speaks in front of the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Cheney Orr U.S.
The participant in the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots nicknamed the 'QAnon Shaman' is negotiating a possible plea deal with prosecutors, after prison psychologists found he suffers from a variety of mental illnesses, his attorney said.
The state of Mississippi urged the Supreme Court in a major case set to be argued in its next term to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
Seven Democratic senators said that newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018.
One of the Pennsylvania counties targeted in a Republican lawmaker's "forensic investigation" into the 2020 election has beefed up security around its courthouse following threatening posts on social media.
Two Democratic senators will today add to the stack of bills going after Section 230 - a law that protects tech companies from being sued over content posted by users - making such platforms responsible for health-related misinformation.
The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said.
| BUSINESS The U.S. housing market appears to be straining under the weight of its own pandemic-driven success. Recent data shows the sector is returning from the stratosphere and coming back to pre-COVID levels, as evidenced by a slew of data released this week.
A rally in the U.S. dollar has investors looking at a broad range of factors -- from global COVID-19 infections to yield gaps -- to determine whether the greenback will continue appreciating.
The semiconductor shortage that has gripped the world could last well into 2022 and hit smartphone production next, foreshadowing deficient supply for a range of appliances and industrial equipment.
Britain's rapid economic bounce-back from the pandemic slowed sharply in July as a new wave of cases forced hundreds of thousands of workers to self-isolate under government rules to limit the spread of the disease.
Volvo Cars reported a return to profit in the first half as demand for electric vehicles pushed earnings above pre-pandemic levels, putting the carmaker on a firmer footing as it considers a possible IPO this year.
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