The outcome could hinder the wealth tax movement in California and across the country in future years.Under the tax measure, Proposition 40, California would have imposed a one-time, 5 percent tax on the personal assets of billionaires and devoted most of the revenue to health care.
A handful of Democrats scored improbable victories in races against Republican incumbents who were favored to win.
Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, set in motion a vote that must occur by Wednesday. If the House approves the charges, it will prompt a Senate trial.Representative Thomas Massie called up a resolution accusing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of being “a threat to the Constitution
President Trump, who initially said he would accept the midterm results, renewed his unsubstantiated claims that voting was manipulated.President Trump has amplified election conspiracy theories online in recent days.
History tells us that constitutional oversight can be a powerful tool — if wielded correctly.
An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce Department officials.Nvidia said on Sunday that it was opening an investigation into Jensen Huang, after he
President Trump told reporters Monday that he believed Jensen Huang’s account and said he did not recall receiving a briefing warning him about Mr. Huang’s liaison.Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, seen earlier this year. His relationship with a suspected spy for Beijing has rattled his c
Congressional leaders raise concerns in a letter as Nvidia investigates its chief executive’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during a campaign rally at the Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, NC, last month.
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Many people with hypermobility disorders spend years trying to figure out what’s wrong. Online communities are helping them connect the dots.Del Ivey spent years trying to figure out why she felt so ill. Then she stumbled on videos suggesting it might be related to her hypermobility.
It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline could be short-lived.Researchers believe the dip may be only temporary — if the war with Iran ends and the Strait of Hormuz reopens, oil and gas demand could easily bounce back.
The sprawling bill, which has divided Democrats, would overhaul major environmental laws to streamline the permitting process.The legislation would overhaul several landmark environmental laws to make it easier for the federal government to approve all sorts of projects, from gas pipelines to subway
The agreement brings the biggest U.S. oil company a step closer to pumping oil again in Venezuela, nearly two decades after it left the country.Exxon Mobil already has major operations in Guyana, which shares a contested border with Venezuela.
China’s factories are finding eager buyers worldwide, but the export boom is raising concerns about its impact on trading partner nations.Wind turbines being loaded at a port in Lianyungang, China, last week were set for export to Oman.
A decade after Max Worsley’s father died crossing the continent, he embarks this month on his own journey into the lonely land his father loved.
In the past, Americans were infected with dengue after being bitten by mosquitoes while traveling. But now, most of the current transmission is from local mosquitoes.Gay Rabb Small, in an undated photo.
M. John Harrison’s dystopian tale “The End of Everything” beat out higher profile books by Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart.M. John Harrison, holding up the Booker Prize trophy.
Very little is clear in M. John Harrison’s Booker-nominated novel “The End of Everything,” except that nothing is as it seems.
Stephen Miller is the wartime consigliere Trump always wanted.
Republicans must determine what they stand for other than fealty to an aging, out-of-touch, lame duck.
A champion of slow, methodical editing and long working relationships with writers, he was regarded as one of the best of his generation. He was 72.
