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Before Elon Musk, Twitter rarely lobbied against state laws. Now X is suing California over one

Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform quietly waged a lobbying campaign to derail an online content moderation bill in California…

Trump, Meadows offer quid pro quo on speedy trial to sever Georgia election case from co-defendants

Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to “exchange” his right to a speedy trial in his Georgia election-conspiracy case for an…

Judge sets limits on Trump discussing classified info in Mar-a-Lago documents case

A federal judge on Wednesday issued an order setting limits on where and how former President Donald Trump can discuss…

Judge denies Trump aide Mark Meadows request to pause ruling that sent Georgia election case back to state court

A federal judge denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request for an emergency stay of a ruling…

Kim and Putin talks end after two hours, leaders hail alliance stretching back to Cold War era

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See here for the latest updates.  North Korean…

Co-founder of $4 billion crypto fraud scheme gets 20 years in prison, ‘Cryptoqueen’ partner remains at large

The co-founder of the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency, a massive pyramid scheme that amassed more than $4 billion from millions of…

Child poverty more than doubled in U.S. after expanded tax credits, stimulus checks ended

Child poverty more than doubled in the U.S. last year after financial assistance that supported families during the earlier days…

House committee targets crackdown on U.S. investment in Chinese tech, military development

WASHINGTON — Members of a bipartisan House committee examining economic competition between the U.S. and China said Tuesday that Congress…

Sen. Blumenthal plans action against telemarketing scams masquerading as political, charitable causes

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is moving ahead with new legislative efforts to combat telemarketing scams that have raised millions of dollars…

Biden impeachment inquiry gives White House a fight it’s ready for

WASHINGTON — The White House’s oversight and investigations war room finally got the battle on Tuesday that they’d been arming themselves…