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A former Biden-era financial regulator accused of going easy on banking supervision has a new job as a venture capitalist.

Investors are shorting Big Tech companies, mainly Oracle and Meta, to “protect [themselves] and create a hedge,” one ...

The president’s attempt to backdoor in a federal artificial intelligence preemption isn’t what it seems. Once your data is ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case deciding the future of campaign finance — these are the standout moments.

This country was founded on the idea of being rooted to where you live — but the corporate state has flipped the script.

Colorado’s Attorney General joins Montana’s battle to use the Supreme Court’s own precedent to strip corporations of their ...

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Upstarts are taking on establishment politics, companies turn against Trump’s tariffs, underage workers get protections, and the phone company dials up pharma payback.

Test your knowledge of Trump’s AI executive order, Google’s secret lawmaker junket, and other issues that really matter.

Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those ...