Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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OK Google, Here’s Why Men and Women Are Not the Same
By Liz PeekMen and women are different. I probably won’t lose my job for saying that, but Google engineer James Damore did. The Google fracas is not just about free speech; it is about the ability of the...
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Want to Protect Earth From Aliens? NASA Is Hiring
By Dave Mosher, Business InsiderUS government scientists work hard to protect the public. Some study infectious diseases and effective treatments. Others ensure that drugs, food, vehicles, or consumer products live up to their...
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Elon Musk: Here's How We Can Put a Million People on Mars
By Dave Mosher, Business InsiderIn September 2016, tech mogul Elon Musk walked onto a stage in Guadalajara, Mexico, and laid out his vision to colonize Mars with his company SpaceX. The talk was bold for a couple of reasons. First...
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Here’s Why Elon Musk Holds the Secret to Productivity Gains
By Liz PeekTo those Americans who envy China’s grandiose multi-trillion-dollar Silk Road ambitions, console yourselves: we have Elon Musk. China may have a bigger checkbook, the U.S. may be sinking under red...
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5 Green Energy Technologies That Could Change the World
By Zainab Calcuttawala , Oilprice.comInnovations in energy storage, smart grid, and electricity generation technologies will affect every part of the source-to-consumer supply chain for powering the planet. Energy storage tech improves...
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Self-Drivings Cars May Change Where You Want to Live
By Deborah Findling, CNBCMenlo Ventures managing director Venky Ganesan says that urban spaces will change dramatically once self-driving cars become widespread. "The average house is roughly 3,000 sq ft and it's been going...
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Remember Google Glass? It's Not a Flop After All
By Christina Farr, CNBCGoogle Glass isn't dead. In fact, it's a growing business. That's according to developers who license the smart glasses technology from Google Glass' enterprise-focused " Glass at Work " program...
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Tesla Is Now Worth More Than Ford as It Shares Surge Higher
By Robert Ferris, CNBCTesla shares hit an all-time high on Monday, after the electric carmaker announced strong first-quarter delivery numbers Sunday that outpaced analysts' expectations. Tesla shares surged as high as $...
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Why China Is a Big Part of Tesla’s Future
By Evelyn ChengElon Musk's Tesla is a growing player in China, where the global fight to develop electric, self-driving cars is raging hot. Hong-Kong traded Tencent, a company best known for its WeChat messaging...
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The New Tesla Model 3 Could be the Safest Car Ever
By Robert Ferris, CNBCTesla's Model 3 sedan could end up being significantly safer than the average car currently on the road, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas. And customer preferences suggest that level of...
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Icahn says bylaw amendments on directors undercut shareholder rights
By Sam Forgione, ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate bylaw amendments that prohibit a prospective board member from gaining a board seat if the person receives compensation from a shareholder undermine shareholders'...
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As West cuts, global defense industry balance shifts
By Peter Apps, ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Fuelled by growing strains in Middle East and Asia, global defense spending looks set to rise in 2014 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. A study of the world's top...
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Is Your Pharmacist the New Doc in Town?
By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health NewsJill Freedman felt like her heart was jumping out of her chest. She knew her blood pressure was too high and feared having a heart attack or a stroke. "I was freaking out," said Freedman, 55, of...
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Turkish editor hits out at media coercion under Erdogan
By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay, ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - A prominent Turkish newspaper editor has openly decried government pressure on the media, saying journalists live in fear, in unusually blunt criticism of Prime Minister Tayyip...
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Democrats seek probe of U.S. contractor for security checks
By Doina Chiacu, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday sought an investigation of the largest U.S. government contractor for security checks, saying it received huge bonuses during the time it is...