The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to take up multiple cases involving state laws that restrict social media companies' moderation of their own platforms, arguing the laws violate the First Amendment rights of companies such as Meta and Twitter.
Nearly a dozen Republican-appointed former judges and high-ranking federal senior legal officials on Monday endorsed the January 2, 2024, trial date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith in his 2020 election interference criminal case against Donald Trump.
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers pleaded guilty Monday to state charges stemming from the torture and abuse of two Black men earlier this year.
Esmark Inc. announced an all-cash public offer for US Steel for $35 per share on Monday. The offer comes hours after news that rival Cleveland-Cliffs was in talks to purchase of US Steel. Shares of US Steel surged double-digits on Monday.
After three straight years of sales growth, Home Depot went into reverse in the first quarter, and sales and profit are expected to tumble again in the second quarter when the company announces its earnings Tuesday.
The Northwest US has mostly been able to dodge major heat this summer, but it has arrived with a vengeance and could help to stoke and start wildfires, including in parts of western Canada where hundreds of wildfires are raging out of control.
Another US military service chief has relinquished command without a Senate-confirmed replacement in place, marking the first time in the Defense Department's history that three services are operating without a confirmed senior military officer in place.
San Francisco residents were caught off guard this weekend after Cruise self-driving cars caused a traffic jam, according to social media posts. The obstruction came a few days after California regulators approved robotaxi companies to operate their driverless cars 24/7 throughout the city.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign on Sunday evening quickly tried to walk back comments the Democratic presidential candidate had made earlier in the day in support of a nationwide abortion restriction after the first three months of pregnancy.
The Justice Department announced on Monday that UBS has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in penalties for allegedly defrauding investors by selling mortgage-backed securities that blew up during the Great Recession.
A year after Democrats passed their sweeping $750 billion climate and health care law, it's leading to a surge of clean energy projects and job creation, according to a recent Bank of America report.
More than 20 million US households are now receiving discounts on internet service as part of a federal program created to close the digital divide, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
The New York state judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal case tied to hush money payments denied the former president's bid to have the judge recuse himself from the litigation.
A new tropical storm south of Hawaii will move along a similar track as Hurricane Dora -- the storm that enhanced ferocious winds that drove the Maui wildfires, one of which became the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century.
Coinbase is launching an independent nonprofit organization for advancing pro-crypto legislation through Congress, hoping to build on recent legislative and legal wins for the digital asset industry.
Hawaiian Electric's stock tumbled to a 13-year low Monday morning, plummeting nearly 40% after a class action lawsuit filed over the weekend alleged that Maui's devastating wildfires were caused by the utility's energized power lines that were knocked down by strong winds.
