Elon Musk meets with White House officials to discuss electric vehicles
Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk met Friday with two top Biden administration officials to discuss boosting electric vehicle production, the White House said.
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Utah lawmakers approve ban on transgender treatments
Utah lawmakers on Friday gave final approval for a measure that would ban most transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care like surgery or puberty blockers.
Biden heads to friendly terrain to pivot away from questions about mislaid classified documents
President Biden on Monday will open a series of visits to Democratic strongholds to highlight his accomplishments, rally the party faithful and attempt to change the subject from the scandal of his mishandling of classified documents.
Video of Paul Pelosi attack shows intruder refuses cop instructions to 'drop the hammer'
Video footage released Friday of the hammer attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband shows the dramatic moment in which an intruder and Paul Pelosi jockeyed for control of a hammer before the man later identified as David DePape swings it out of frame.
COVID-19 increases risk of heart attack, says U.K. study
It's not just the lungs. Mounting evidence shows that COVID-19 can invade the heart or spark so much inflammation during the immune response that it weakens the critical organ, raising the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiac chaos.
Biden confirms Jeff Zients will replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
President Biden has confirmed that his former COVID-19 czar Jeff Zients will replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff, one of the first major shake-ups of a top administration post since Mr. Biden took office two years ago.
FDA revokes emergency use of monoclonal drug, says it won't work against circulating strains
The Food and Drug Administration is halting the emergency use of Evusheld -- a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 -- because regulators believe it's no longer effective against dominant variants.
Musk meets House leaders as Republicans ready Twitter probe
Twitter owner Elon Musk said he spoke with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives, as lawmakers prepare to dig into his social media platform's operation under his predecessors.
RNC Chair McDaniel fights for reelection in leadership feud
The Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is fighting for reelection in a bitter leadership feud that's testing former President Donald Trump's grip on his own "Make America Great Again" movement.
House GOP seeks new restrictions on use of U.S. oil stockpile
For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation's emergency oil stockpile - a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat.
Andrew Cuomo rips prosecutors for charging Alec Baldwin: 'Not a crime'
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said actor Alec Baldwin did not commit a crime in the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer and said manslaughter charges were brought because prosecutors are political figures.
National Archives official to appear before House Oversight Committee on Biden docs
A senior official from the National Archives and Records Administration is set to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee next week in response to the panel's demands for information regarding President Biden's mishandling of classified information.
Trump adviser John Eastman faces disciplinary charges in California
Conservative attorney John Eastman, a lead architect of some of former President Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, was slapped Thursday with a series of disciplinary charges in California that could lead to his disbarment.
Red states slap Biden administration with lawsuit over climate friendly retirement fund rules
Republican-led states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Labor over a rule set to take effect Monday that would allow retirement fund managers to consider climate change and other factors under environmental, social and governance investing principles, or ESG.
Justice Kavanaugh: Supreme Court's historically slow start 'just a coincidence'
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the public shouldn't read anything into the high court's historically slow start to releasing opinions.
