Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.

Four Republican-led states have settled lawsuits with the federal government over access to voter citizenship data.

President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia says he will scrap a ream of taxes in one of his first moves since becoming the nation’s first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricken economy.

Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based.

France's government is taking action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, after it generated posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages.

Nvidia reported more eye-catching numbers for its fiscal third quarter Wednesday, with net income jumping 65% and revenue increasing 62% from a year earlier.

President Donald Trump is counting on the tech sector and artificial intelligence to drive his economic agenda.

Ten Democratic secretaries of state are asking the Trump administration to provide more information about its efforts to seek voter registration data.

In a story published Nov. 14, 2025, about the post office, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the U.S. Postal Service is 150 years old.

Blue Origin has launched its huge New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.

Waymo is hitting the highway.

South Africa's leader says that U_S_ President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend is “their loss."

President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage.

The executive leading Tesla’s Cybertruck business is leaving the Elon Musk-led automaker after eight years.

Stock indexes wound up mixed on Wall Street but still clocked their first weekly loss in the last four.

The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire.

The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear.

Tesla shareholders will decide soon on whether Elon Musk could have a shot at becoming the world's first trillionaire.

A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Stocks gained ground on Wall Street following several upbeat economic updates and a steady flow of quarterly reports from U.S. companies.

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla’s biggest investors says it will vote against a proposed compensation package that could pay CEO Elon Musk as much as $1 trillion over a decade.

The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.

Nvidia on Wednesday became the first public company to reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion.

JPMorgan Chase wants to stop paying millions in legal fees for two convicted fraudsters.

Elon Musk literally left a government job with a black eye, has seen profits at his car company sink and must worry about federal regulators disrupting his plans to unleash a fleet of driverless taxis on America's roads in the next few years.

Tesla, the car company run by Elon Musk, reported Wednesday that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply.

Prince Harry and Meghan have joined a diverse group, including Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck, to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" that threatens humanity.

Progressive groups are launching an effort to reconnect with Latino voters to regain support in places where President Donald Trump has made inroads.

Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

Myanmar's military says it has shut down a major online scam operation near the Thailand border.

Large crowds of protesters have gathered in cities across the United for “No Kings” demonstrations against what they see a drift into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

The White House has joined Bluesky, the social media platform of choice of many in the left-leaning online world.

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will soon engage in "erotica for verified adults."

Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved with negotiations to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen.

SpaceX has launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump have long found themselves as legal and political foes.

Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers.

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson says he is running for a U.S. House seat representing Memphis, challenging longtime Democratic congressman Steve Cohen to represent the majority-Black city in a contest of youth versus experience.

Tesla announced the launch of cheaper versions of two of its electric vehicles Tuesday in hopes of reviving flagging sales.

Frank Bisignano has been named CEO of the IRS, adding to his role as Social Security Administration Commissioner.

Republicans and Democrats have begun pouring money into an election this November for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk.

Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s attorney general, has faced criticism from both parties after allegedly sending controversial text messages to Republican State Del. Carrie Coyner in 2022.

Native Americans watched the shuttered government on Friday and braced for damage to their health care, education and infrastructure.

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the groups from some conservatives and prominent allies of President Donald Trump.

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker.

Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30.

President Donald Trump is using the government shutdown to reshape the federal workforce and target detractors.

A conservative Wisconsin appeals court judge is running for an open seat on the battleground state’s Supreme Court.

New rules that limit the access of journalists in the Pentagon and appear to condition entry into the building on agreement to restrictions have led to a standoff between the press and the Trump administration's defense department.

As Congress confronts a possible government shutdown, it's also weighing the Trump administration's willingness to simply halt federal spending — even when it's against the law.

A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress.

A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas, killing one detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life.

Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio.

Chipmaker Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a partnership that will add at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia AI data centers to ramp up the computing power for the owner of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.

The Pentagon is stepping up restrictions on the media by requiring journalists to sign a pledge not to report on information that has not been authorized for release, including unclassified information.

On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public have gathered to protest the financial institutions that are “making our lives more expensive while profiting off the climate crisis, war and genocide,” the organizers say.

In all the stunning things about ABC’s swift removal of Jimmy Kimmel, its longtime late-night host and Oscars-hosting face of the network, perhaps the least surprising was that a comedian was again at the center of a battle over free speech.

Robotaxi leader Waymo's driverless vehicles will begin transporting passengers in Nashville, Tennessee, next year with Lyft instead of its recent ride-hailing partner Uber.

Charlie Kirk's mastery of social media was key to his becoming a force in conservative politics.

Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into a possible defect in Tesla door handles that have reportedly left parents unable to reach into back seats to get their children out of the cars.

U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights.

Tesla’s stock is climbing as CEO Elon Musk disclosed the purchase of more than 2.5 million shares worth approximately $1 billion.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned as dangerous comments by Elon Musk, who told an anti-immigration rally in London that violence is coming to Britain and urged people to fight back.

The battle among billionaires for bragging rights as the world’s richest person got heated Wednesday with the surprising surge of an old contender: Larry Ellison.

Amazon’s Zoox on Wednesday launched its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, offering free rides through parts of the entertainment mecca for anyone willing to gamble on the safety of a driverless vehicle.

A Democratic mayor secured a comfortable win in a primary election despite days of intense backlash following the deadly stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina.

U.S. stocks rose to more records.

Protests against Nepal’s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians’ homes on fire and attacked some leaders.

Nigel Farage has made a bold pitch to his Reform UK party, echoing themes that helped Donald Trump rise to power.

Tesla is asking its investors to approve a proposed compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth almost $1 trillion and is based on the electric vehicle maker hitting certain ambitious milestones over the next decade.

Virginia’s unemployment rate has risen for seven consecutive months, reaching 3.6%, a trend not seen since 2008, as the state grapples with federal job losses and manufacturing setbacks.

President Donald Trump has hosted tech executives at the White House, showcasing AI research and investments.

Humanoid robots kicked soccer balls, boxed and even attempted archery at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia.

For decades, Europe has relied upon the U.S. for its security among the stars.

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court says she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals.

Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence.

Europeans upset with Elon Musk still aren’t buying his electric cars, adding to a long losing streak for his company.

SpaceX has launched its latest test of the mega rocket Starship.

Elon Musk on Monday targeted Apple and OpenAI in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay.

Federal auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to tell them quickly about crashes involving its self-driving technology that may soon be deployed in millions of its cars on U.S. roads.

Some voices on the Christian right are arguing the virtue of empathy has become a vice.

A judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog organization.

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Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store.

OpenAI has released the fifth generation of the AI technology behind ChatGPT.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has been a career Democrat in the battleground state of Michigan but is now planning to run for governor as an independent.

President Donald Trump’s decision to impose sanctions on Brazil in defense of the country's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has marked a low point in U.S.-Brazil relations.

Shares of Palantir Technologies sailed past previous record highs Tuesday after booking its first $1 billion sales quarter and raising its performance expectations for the year.

U.S. stock indexes slipped following the latest discouraging signal on the U.S. economy.

Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented” growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales, profits and its stock price.

A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to relax rules aimed at reducing auto tailpipe emissions.

A bipartisan program in Michigan aims to address the high costs of parenting by giving mothers thousands of dollars in cash with no strings attached.

Five people have been charged after a violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati over the weekend.