Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.

Republican Nick Begich unseated Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, the Associated Press said Wednesday.

Democrat Janelle Bynum unseated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th District, the Associated Press said Thursday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a federal court to prevent special counsel Jack Smith from destroying documents related to his investigation and prosecution of president-elect Donald Trump.

The idea of injecting more politics into filling state supreme court seats through partisan elections has taken hold in some Republican circles, and momentum could pick up after the party’s success this week in North Carolina and Ohio.

A convicted felon in New York may help determine whether Republicans hold all the levers of government in Washington next year.

A top Senate Republican is launching an inquiry into Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., X.AI Corp., and five other major tech companies over concerns with their reporting on suspected cases of online child sexual exploitation.

Oil recovered after its biggest one-day drop since April 2020, as the Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked and Israeli attacks on Lebanon threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East.

The US and Iran prepared for peace talks in Pakistan at the weekend with a fragile ceasefire largely holding, though pivotal issues such as control over the Strait of Hormuz and Israel’s offensive in Lebanon remain unresolved.

The International Monetary Fund said that the conflict in the Middle East is a major supply shock that will test the resilience of a world with limited scope for fiscal support, even as US and Iran have negotiated a two-week ceasefire.

Former Google DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai believes that the artificial intelligence models at big labs have the intelligence of a 3-year-old kid, at least when it comes to making sense of visual prompts.

Stellantis NV is likely to produce 500,000 vehicles in Italy this year, up from the roughly 380,000 assembled in 2025, as the Fiat and Jeep owner benefits from rising demand for new models, according to labor union FIM-CISL.

Oil recovered after its biggest one-day drop since April 2020, as the Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked and Israeli attacks on Lebanon threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East.

As war injects extreme volatility into oil and gas markets, the global race for energy security is making China stronger, according to Jacky Tang, emerging markets chief investment officer at the private banking arm of Deutsche Bank AG.

Roughly half of US states responded to the Department of Energy’s effort to gauge their interest in hosting “nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses,” but industry insiders say what the agency is ultimately looking for is a willingness to permanently store spent fuel.

NASA’s three-phase lunar strategy released March 24 — dubbed Ignition — references two dozen near- and long-term space projects worth $30 billion or more over the next decade.

President Donald Trump‘s proposal to privatize airport screening services at some airports could be a financial boon for security companies tied to legal battles over improper gun training, pregnancy discrimination, and the implementation of security at the controversial Florida immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Two fully laden Chinese oil tankers are waiting near the Strait of Hormuz with a third on its way, putting them in a position to become the first such vessels to leave the Persian Gulf under a day-old US-Iran ceasefire, even as shipowners scrutinize the details of the truce.

The Trump administration is violating constitutional rights by conducting arrests in New York based solely on race and ethnicity, immigrants and advocacy groups say in a new lawsuit.

Cigna Group lost its bid to pause litigation over its 401(k) plan while the US Supreme Court considers similar issues, because the case it’s facing won’t turn entirely on how the justices rule.

President Donald Trump has the authority to enact new Iran-related duties under an emergency law the Supreme Court previously ruled could not be used to impose tariffs, his top economic adviser said.

Kalshi Inc. failed to convince a judge to halt Arizona’s criminal proceedings against the prediction market provider as the widespread legal battle among states, companies, and the federal agency that governs derivatives markets heats up across the country.

Bloomberg Law columnist David Lat spoke for our podcast, On The Merits, about why recent changes in the methodology for compiling law school rankings mean we should expect more movement in and out of the top spots in years to come. Lat also talks about why the rankings matter for Big Law talent recruitment and beyond.

An Indiana sheriff is suing the state to invalidate a law slated to go into effect July 1, which he says will force him to engage in unconstitutional conduct and subject his office to civil liability.