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Sen. Joe Manchin III and the auto industry are pushing for diverging interpretations of tax breaks in Democrats’ 2022 climate package.

WASHINGTON — The bill that senior House Republicans introduced this month to prohibit federal officials from pressuring social media companies to censor speech has some experts worried it could hamstring government efforts to combat online content that’s widely perceived as harmful, including threats to public safety.

Brands like Toyota have been global favorites for decades. How did they get the shift to electric so wrong?

WASHINGTON — The spectacular collapse of major cryptocurrency exchange FTX is prompting calls for stronger regulation in Congress, where some bipartisan proposals are being characterized as too industry friendly.

Lawmakers say the collapse of FTX should strengthen the case for Congress to pass legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

A Twitter imposter cost a US pharmaceutical giant billions of dollars, but the viral prank triggered another unexpected crisis -- a new wave of scrutiny of the high cost of its insulin. Authentic-looking fake accounts proliferated last week after Twitter rolled out a paid verification service, the latest in a…

​President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the White House’s regulatory office possesses a background in environmental law, has written extensively on federal regulations and has drawn support from peers who served under Democratic and Republican administrations.

PORTLAND, Ore. — When a record-breaking heat wave settled over the Pacific Northwest in late July, it didn't take long for high temperatures to test the effectiveness of new state safety rules aimed at addressing the effects of climate change on both indoor and outdoor workers.

Those spectacular pictures of galaxies forming at a time very near the origin of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope came at a pretty price: $9.7 billion, to be precise. It is fair to ask, “Is the Webb telescope project worth the price?”

said Judge Vince Chhabria (N.D. Cal.) about this amicus brief from Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen).and Phillip R. Malone of the Juelsgaard I/P and Innovation Clinic (at Stanford).

Chevron's profits have quadrupled since Russia invaded Ukraine