Tech billionaire Elon Musk is increasing his political footprint as he joins the Trump orbit for days at Mar-a-Lago and traveled with President-elect Trump to Washington, D.C.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has won the support of enough Republicans to stand as their candidate for the gavel in January.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) went live on X Wednesday, giving the public a way to question and see how tax dollars are being spent.

Just a week after former President Trump won back the presidency, the new administration is quickly forming, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is asking ordinary Americans to make suggestions about what policies and people should be put in place.

President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency finalized a new rule Tuesday taxing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, but critics argue the move is "irrelevant" and will serve to boost Big Oil and stifle innovation.

Republicans in North Carolina plan to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of an immigration and school choice bill in their closing days of session.

A Democratic elected official was arrested in Chicago after allegedly causing a three-car pileup and making inappropriate comments about the arresting officer’s penis.

House Republicans are holding elections to choose their round of leaders for the 119th Congress.

Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz's selection by President-elect Trump for attorney general led to immediate pushback from some Republicans, who forecast a bleak outlook for a confirmation.

The EPA on Tuesday announced a final rule to charge oil and gas companies for emissions, but opponents say it could face obstacles under the incoming GOP administration.

GOP Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said he was detained by police at Dulles International Airport after he became disoriented from mixing Ambien with alcohol.

Republican Rep. Ken Calvert won re-election to the U.S. House in California's 41st Congressional District.

President-elect Trump has chosen South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security. This is what to know about her background.

President-elect Trump plans to "disband" or cut the Department of Education's power, likely through "block granting" to shift school control and funding to local communities, says an expert.

Two opposing House GOP factions have come together to agree on raising the threshold for the motion to vacate the chair.

The teen had no clear exposures to animals. No contacts have tested positive.

The Series D fundraising round was "oversubscribed" and netted Firefly $175 million.

Entire continents, even in the tropics, seem to have been under sheets of ice.

Incremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add up.

Selling subscriptions to Prime Video with ads is more lucrative for Amazon.

Physicists at the GSI/FAIR accelerator facility have gained insights into the structure of atomic nuclei of fermium, a synthetic chemical element of the actinoid series with atomic number 100.

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Named Bathydevius caudactylus, the new species is bioluminescent and represents the third independent origin of bioluminescence among sea slugs.

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Astrophysicists have produced a new model that focuses on the conditions created by the acceleration of the Universe’s expansion and the amount of stars formed.

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Until now, β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) has been known as a compound produced by the liver to be used as fuel.

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Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as our own Milky Way Galaxy -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

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Live bidding will be private, and the future owner of Jones' company will be public once court papers are filed. The proceeds will go to pay Sandy Hook families who won defamation cases against Jones.

A similar hearing last year brought extraordinary moments, including a retired intelligence officer alleging that the U.S. government has recovered nonhuman "biologics" from crash sites.

After back-to-back hurricanes triggered millions of power outages in Florida, power companies are trying to make the grid more resilient while also elastic enough to handle all the solar power flowing into the system.

GOG still puts up new DRM-free titles, but it sees opportunities in oldies.

From physics to greyboxing, Half-Life 2 broke a lot of new ground.

The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.

A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes.

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.

With wars raging around the world and high tariffs looming, Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes says Trump's agenda may be chaotic — but she remains optimistic about possible good elements.

President Biden plans to tell China's Xi Jinping that communication channels between the two governments need to remain open — no matter who is in the White House.

North Korea and Russia each ratified a mutual defense treaty within days of each other. The pact means the countries will defend one another if attacked. And some say it may mean more involvement by North Korea in the war between Russia and Ukraine. We hear about the ramifications from our correspondent in Seoul.

The mystery mollusc has been identified

When you look at the tallest buildings, you're not just gazing at steel and glass; you're witness to a place's aspirations for greatness. These record-breaking skyscrapers reshape urban space, optimize office space and serve as iconic landmarks.

Rivian is teaming up with Volkswagen in a $5.8 billion joint venture for EV innovation on its R2 model, which the company says will eventually be manufactured in Georgia.

The Swanson School of Engineering will develop an improved HVDC converter with the Department of Energy's funds.

Prior to forming Gilz, founder Josh Kefauver worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, specifically at the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. During that time, he always had a motorcycle to commute to and from work and for recreational use.

The Amazon CEO reportedly told employees at an all-hands meeting that the company's five-day-a-week policy was aimed at improving company culture.

The Arizona Commerce Authority has announced 15 finalists for its 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge. Read on to learn more about the participating companies.

Mobile phone bills accounted for 5.36% of the $3.35 trillion Americans spend on household bills in a year.

The training company is in discussions with a major computer manufacturing company to bring 10,000 employees onto the platform.

One of the country’s most prominent buyers of industrial outdoor storage properties has purchased a number of distribution center sites owned and operated by a national fiber optic network company, including a site in the St. Louis region.

A Durham company progressing toward its first utility-scale clean power plant says the Trump agenda actually fits its business model.

A spokesperson said the company's move was "part of our efforts to align resources with our long-term strategic goals."

Packaging specialist at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK Ashlee Gough examines the latest techniques being deployed to counteract these infringements and different methods to safeguard product and named-brand integrity.

AptarGroup, a specialist in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, announced that it was awarded a contract from the U.S. Federal Government to advance development of its ActivShield technology.