Democratic governors outpace White House with masking pullbacks
A rush of moves by Democratic states laying out timelines to lift mask mandates is leaving a cautious White House behind and hiking pressure on...
Hong Kong court rejects appeal of former Bank of America lawyer in assault case
An American lawyer convicted of assaulting a plain-clothes Hong Kong police officer during anti-government protests in 2019 lost his appeal on Tuesday and was taken...
President Biden has been burned before over setting timelines on a virus that defies the political calendar
A rush of moves by Democratic states laying out timelines to lift mask mandates is leaving a cautious White House behind and hiking pressure on...
Suspect in a deadly shooting inside a Washington state grocery store has been arrested, police say
The suspect in Monday’s deadly shooting inside a grocery store in Washington state has been arrested, police said late Monday....
US adds WuXi Bio and other Chinese entities to ‘unverified list’
The US Commerce Department said on Monday it had added 33 Chinese entities to its so-called ‘unverified list’, which requires US exporters to go through...
US approves $100 million missile defense sale to Taiwan
The United States has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of military equipment and services, including engineering services to support the Patriot missile defense system,...
Nvidia to buy chipmaker from SoftBank (September, 2020)
Nvidia is buying British chipmaker ARM from SoftBank for as much as $40 billion — a total that would make it the largest semiconductor deal...
America and Russia cooperate in space. Why not on Earth?
With tensions between the US and Russia at their highest level since the beginning of the International Space Station, it’s worth looking to the skies...
Bitcoin rebound hits $45.5K as focus switches to future support retests
It’s been “up only” in recent days for Bitcoin price action, but when a retracement hits, hopes are pinned on $40,000 holding....
Whoever Biden selects is virtually certain to face resistance from almost all Republicans
Whoever President Joe Biden nominates to the Supreme Court is likely to spend at least the first decade, and possibly much more, of her tenure...