Senator Joe Manchin pulled his support for an Energy Department nominee in protest of the agency’s plan to regulate gas stoves, the latest skirmish in the Democratic senator’s battle over the Biden administration energy and environment policies.
Rachael Rollins, the US attorney for Massachusetts, repeatedly leaked “derogatory information” to damage a political candidate by suggesting he was under investigation, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said.
Air Canada is closing in on a deal for as many as 20 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners to renew and expand its long-haul fleet, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign of surging demand for large commercial jets.
Bets against regional banks continue to pile on even as the sector recovers from the turmoil that shook financial markets in March.
The risk of summer blackouts from heat waves has extended into the US Southeast and Ontario for the first time, according to the regulatory body overseeing power grid stability, in a sign of spreading threats to electrical systems in the US and Canada.
Ecuador bonds sank on Wednesday after President Guillermo Lasso opted to dissolve congress and call for early elections in a bid to avoid impeachment.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has agreed to pay $230 million to resolve claims by San Francisco that the pharmacy owner mishandled opioid painkillers.
Federal bank regulators must turn over any tax refund checks made out to SVB Financial Group, a judge said Wednesday, handing the bankrupt holding company a victory in its strategy to pay bondholders.
Gary Marcus, a robotics-industry executive and a leading figure in artificial-intelligence research, hailed the US Senate for taking a rare bipartisan approach to confronting the risks from the new technology — a foundation that lawmakers must now turn into concrete proposals.
Elizabeth Holmes lost her final request to remain free on bail while she appeals her fraud conviction.
