State AGs seek answers from BlackRock, and a new firm offers alternative investment funds. Strive’s first fund raised more than $100 million in a week.

The Human Rights Council votes not to discuss its own commissioner’s findings on Chinese abuses in Xinjiang.

The country has restarted five reactors over the past week and cut electricity consumption sharply, clearing a threshold for risk of power outages.

The Biden administration has leased fewer acres for drilling offshore and on federal land than any other administration in its early stages since World War II, according to a Wall Street Journal...

Beijing is building more coal-fired capacity than the rest of the world combined, U.S. climate lectures notwithstanding.

Confidence in the value of a college degree plunged among women and senior citizens during the pandemic.

The scion of the Kennedy family is a known skeptic of and activist against Covid-19 vaccines.

In a letter to lawmakers, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor said he has information of “preferential treatment and politics.”

“Everything is a battle.” Diversity executives hit the exits as company priorities shift.

Now Gina McCarthy tells Big Tech to stifle debate on global-warming policy responses.

A post-census survey of more than 160,000 randomly chosen homes used to check the quality of the decennial count found 14 undercounted or overcounted states, led by Arkansas at -5% and Hawaii at...

A WSJ poll finds that Republicans seem to be in a better position now with both groups when compared with previous elections.

Special counsel’s memo says allies of Hillary Clinton sought to misuse White House internet metadata to link Donald Trump to Russia; defense lawyers and internet-security researchers say allegations...

As retirement funds try to decide whether to offer ESG funds to plan participants, our analysis suggests the demand isn’t there.

Lawyers for the billionaire are seeking to depose Peiter Zatko, the social-media company’s former head of security, next week.

Fund managers have a legal and social duty to focus on financial returns for their clients’ retirement accounts, not climate or other issues.

The French president announced a plan to build six new nuclear reactors, betting on a technology that produces electricity with almost zero greenhouse emissions but faces questions about costs.

The Federal Communications Commission voted to ban sales of new telecom and surveillance equipment made by several Chinese companies, arguing that their ownership and practices threaten U.S. national...

Beijing uses the popular app to steal data, censor, propagandize and spread disinformation in the U.S.

Weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis orchestrated a flight of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, his office and a contractor indicate more trips are planned.

The Education Department’s first look at test-score trends since Covid-19 began reveals unprecedented drops for fourth-grade students, a crucial indicator for educational and economic trajectory.

A Biden spokesman called the new “weaponization of federal government” committee a partisan political stunt.

Climeworks is cashing in on new technology by selling carbon credits to Microsoft and others.

The Haynesville basin in Louisiana and Texas is humming with drillers. Among them is Chesapeake, a fracking pioneer that was in bankruptcy just two years ago.

The school’s advocates can’t say when racial bias in admissions will end.

The U.S. government likely awarded more than $5 billion in emergency pandemic loans to applicants that used questionable and unverified Social Security numbers, a government watchdog said. 

Democrats see a heretic in Gov. Youngkin’s top diversity official.

The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to reveal on Tuesday a major advance in an ongoing effort to harness the energy source that powers the sun.

James and Frank Biden have for decades leveraged their brother’s clout in their business pursuits.

The administration has oversold vaccines for two years, and Covid is less lethal now anyway.

Founded by a radiologist-math prodigy, the startup aims to lower drug costs by eliminating middlemen—and eventually to manufacture its own medicines.

The Beijing Games drew an average of 11.4 million prime-time viewers over the more than two-week run, the network said, a roughly 42% drop from the Pyeongchang Olympics that set a previous low in...

Fox News sees 13% viewership spike in past week, while MSNBC and CNN were up 36% and 35% respectively.

Progressives may loathe oil and gas, but modern life doesn’t work without them.

A new study shows that the canine nose is sensitive enough to pick out distinctive compounds in the sweat of a person under pressure.

Water officials and meteorologists say more rain and snow are needed in California to make up for years of shortfalls.

Especially in climate and Covid research, abuse of peer review and self-censorship abound.

Russia’s successful efforts to stabilize its economy and its ability to keep oil and gas flowing overseas have cushioned the blow of sanctions for Moscow. 

Governments say funding restrictions on new projects unfairly prevent them from profiting from natural resources.

The move allows staffers with exemptions from the carrier’s U.S. Covid-19 vaccine mandate to return from unpaid leave or from non-customer-facing roles, people familiar with the decision said.

Warm weather and ample supplies of natural gas have pushed prices down more than 50% since the summer to about what they cost a year ago.

With COP27 approaching, the journal claims rising temperatures have killed people but ignores that they appear to have saved far more.

A new study finds that a quarter million students can’t be accounted for.

Evidence of thousands of forged signatures threatens the campaigns of five contenders, including James Craig, as the party looks to unseat Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the fall.

The Pennsylvania Governor sides with unions over poor children in failing schools.

The California Republican wins over GOP rebels on the 15th ballot by agreeing to give more power to rank-and-file lawmakers.

The South Asian country is shaping up as the right place for big electronics manufacturers.

A new study finds no effect on atrial contractions, though there may be other health impacts.

Death-benefit claims not tied directly to Covid-19 rose last year, and insurance executives think the deferral of medical treatment during the pandemic was a contributing factor.

The U.S. has the world’s largest proven reserves, but a lack of infrastructure is hindering production.

Recruits diagnosed with ADHD have joined the military under rules that could provide a pathway for those who have faced mental-health or developmental conditions.

The social media company’s announcement comes after Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk revealed he had taken a 9.2% stake in it and asked his followers if they wanted the feature.

Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial nominee puts parents over teachers unions.