(Reuters) – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Alphabet on Thursday seeking its communications with former President Joe Biden’s administration about content moderation policies. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, a Republican, also asked the YouTube parent company for similar communications with companies and groups outside government, according to a copy of the subpoena seen by Reuters. The subpoena seeks communications about limits or bans on content about President Donald Trump, Tesla CEO and close … Read more…

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON -Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass detailed spending legislation that would keep agencies running.  WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN? Congress is supposed to allocate funding to 438 government agencies before October 1, the start of the fiscal year. But lawmakers rarely meet this deadline and routinely pass temporary spending bills to keep the government … Read more…

By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates again on Thursday in what is likely to be its last easy decision for a while as trade wars and rearmament drive the continent’s biggest economic policy upheaval in decades. With the outlook shifting at a faster pace than economic models can match and its policymakers increasingly split about the need for more support, the focus … Read more…

By Milana Vinn and Alexandra Alper NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Star technology investment banker Michael Grimes, who left Morgan Stanley to take up a senior role in the U.S. Commerce Department last month, is expected to lead the new U.S. sovereign wealth fund that was unveiled by President Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said. The discussions about Grimes leading the efforts to create and spearhead the sovereign wealth fund are ongoing and plans … Read more…

By Nora Eckert, Kalea Hall and David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico have sent the U.S. auto industry scrambling to plan for the massive tax on some of America’s best-selling vehicles, including full-sized pickup trucks, while pinning their hopes on a potential deal in Washington. Hours after the tariffs went into effect, the White House threw the industry a lifeline, saying many North American-built vehicles would … Read more…