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Elon Musk Warns U.S. and EU of New Energy War
Elon Musk completely disrupted the automotive industry. With Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report, the manufacturer of premium electric vehicles, the richest man in the world has caused a real ...
Crypto execs gave more than $150,000 to Sen. Gillibrand in Q2
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) raked in thousands from crypto executives including FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Gemini’s Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, according to her latest fundraising report. Gill...
Why Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia is unlikely to contribute much to oil’s price decline
President Joe Biden is in the Middle East late this week and the pressure is on for the U.S. to look to Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, for more barrels of oil. Limits to oil productio...
Wes Moore plans fundraiser at Spike Lee’s Martha’s Vineyard home
Spike Lee (L) and Wes Moore (R). Getty Images Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore is planning to head to a private fundraiser at the Martha’s Vineyard home of Oscar-winning filmmaker Spik...
Texas sues Biden administration over abortion rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that fo...
Gabby Giffords Brings Her Fight For Gun Control To The Big Screen With ‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 03: Gabby Giffords speaks as gun violence survivors gather in front of the … [+] Supreme Court ahead of oral argument in NYSRPA v. Bruen on November 03, 2021 in W...
U.S. emissions caused $1.8 trillion in global economic losses: study
An aerial view of Phillips 66 oil refinery is seen in Linden, New Jersey, United States on March 8, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.S. and China, the world’s two greate...
Hospitalizations have doubled since May as omicron BA.5 sweeps U.S.
Medical staff treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient Frank Clark in his room on an isolated medical unit floor at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, January 5, 2022. Shannon Stapl...
Elon Musk says it’s time for Trump to ‘sail into the sunset’
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he thinks former President Donald Trump should, “hang up his hat & sail into the sunset.” Writing on Twitter, where Musk has more than 1...
Will Coinbase go bankrupt? Crypto CEO says there is ‘no risk of bankruptcy’
““We have no risk of bankruptcy.”” That’s a quote from Brian Armstrong, chief executive and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase COIN, -10.63%. In a series of tweets on May 10, Arms...
HHS says physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies, regardless of state law
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...
ERCOT tells Texans to curb power use as extreme heat strains the grid
A transmission tower is seen on July 11, 2022 in Houston, Texas. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is urging Texans to voluntarily conserve power today, due to extreme heat potentially cau...
If this stock market is shaping up like 2008, here’s where we could be headed next, says strategist
Those looking for a bit of good news to start the week may have to cast the net further out. Stocks are tilting lower as COVID-19 cases flare up in China, threatening more lockdowns. And the plate was...
Coal Is on Its Way Out, Despite Supreme Court EPA Ruling
Text size A NextEra Energy wind farm in Whitewater, Calif. Bing Guan/Bloomberg The U.S. utility industry’s shift from coal and toward renewables likely will be unaffected by a recent Supreme Court rul...
Elon Musk Embraces a Conservative Cause
When Elon Musk believes in an idea or a product, he goes all the way to defend it or make it happen. Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report is the very example of this determination. Many were ...
What’s Happening in Sri Lanka? What to Know About the Protests and Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka’s sovereign-debt crisis has crippled its economy and sparked months of political turmoil and public unrest. With its foreign reserves drained to near zero, the South Asian nation fell into d...
IRS, Lawmakers Seek Review of Comey, McCabe Audits
WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service and members of Congress have asked the agency’s inspector general to investigate the circumstances surrounding intensive audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe...
Biden says Supreme Court is ‘out of control,’ orders HHS to protect abortion access
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help safeguard women’s access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision...
U.S. scientists to enroll 40,000 in high-stakes, $1.2 billion Recover study
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test at testing site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The National Institutes of He...
The IRS audited ex-FBI director James Comey and former deputy Andrew McCabe. What are the odds?
In recent years, the Internal Revenue Service has been processing around 150 million to over 160 million tax returns annually, doing the work with a shrinking staff and an inflation-adjusted budget th...
Dallas Cowboys criticized for partnership with gun-themed coffee company
Owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys attends training camp at River Ridge Complex on July 24, 2021 in Oxnard, California. Jayne Kamin-oncea | Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys are facing a backlash a...
Biden taps Denver airport chief Phil Washington to head the FAA
An American Airlines plane lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport November 23, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Drew Angerer | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Phil Wash...