new video loaded: House Ousts George Santos From Office in Bipartisan Vote transcript Back transcript House Ousts George Santos From Office in Bipartisan Vote Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, who is the subject of a 23-count federal indictment, was expelled from Congress by his peers. On this vote, the yeas are 311, the …
U.S. Limits China’s Ability to Benefit From Electric Vehicle Industry
The Biden administration proposed new rules on Friday aimed at shifting more production of electric vehicle batteries and the materials that power them to the United States, in an attempt to build up a strategic industry now dominated by China. The rules are meant to limit the role that Chinese firms can play in supplying …
A Russian Village Buries a Soldier, and Tries to Make Sense of the War
A cold wind was blowing across the steppe, but Sapura Kadyrova didn’t see the point in bundling up. She was waiting to greet her son, who was arriving home from the war in a crimson government-issued casket. “So maybe I won’t be warm,” Ms. Kadyrova, 85, moaned. “Then just let me die.” All day long, …
DeSantis-Newsom Debate: What We Learned and Key Takeaways
For an hour and a half on Thursday night, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California shouted at and interrupted each other, trying to leave an impression on Fox News viewers beyond the din of their slugfest. The debate in Alpharetta, Ga., was a chance for Mr. DeSantis to hold the …
U.K. Opens Inquiry Into Jeff Zucker’s Emirati-Backed Bid for The Telegraph
The government’s review of the deal is expected to conclude by late January. The culture secretary said the review would encompass questions about “the need for accurate presentation of news and free expression of opinion in newspapers.” In a maneuver that caught rivals off-guard, RedBird IMI said it would directly pay off the debt of …
Why Some Korean Basketball Players Love the Bank Shot
As the basketball player steps to the free-throw line, the crowd watches in hushed anticipation. With one sweeping motion, he bounces the ball off the backboard and through the net. Wait, he banked it in? On purpose? The fans erupt in celebration. The shot is no fluke — just another free throw, South Korean style. …
A Back Door to Taylor Swift’s Australia Tickets? Not if You’re in Australia.
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter with the Australia bureau. Australian Swifties cannot purchase tickets to the Sydney or Melbourne dates of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” for love nor money — unless they …
MoveOn Carries Out Layoffs as Liberal Groups Struggle to Raise Money
The liberal activist organization MoveOn laid off at least 18 employees this week, in the latest sign of a slowdown in donations from small donors to left-leaning causes and candidates. “We are retooling our team to meet the urgent needs of this moment and to have the resources necessary to do so,” Rahna Epting, MoveOn’s …
Bloomberg Businessweek to Go Monthly
Bloomberg Businessweek, a weekly magazine for the past 94 years, is going monthly, the company told staff members on Thursday. The magazine will be redesigned with “heavier paper stock for a more high-end look and feel” and relaunched as a monthly print publication “later in 2024,” according to a memo from David Merritt and Katie …
An Alleged Plot’s Burning Question: Why Would India Take the Risk?
In page after page of fly-on-the-wall detail, the indictment unsealed in New York this week describes a chilling plot: A criminal operative, on orders from a government official in India, tried to arrange the killing of a Sikh American on U.S. soil. As the scheme unfolded, court documents said, it grew only more brazen. When …