4 in critical condition following lightning strike near White House
Four people were injured in a lightning blast that struck near the White House in Washington, D.C, on Thursday night during a severe thunderstorm in the nation's capitol. DC Fire and EMS tweeted around 7:17 p.m. the lightning struck near Lafayette Park NW, which is about 36 feet from the White House. Around 7:50 p.m., DC Fire and EMS
Read MoreTwitter slams Musk countersuit: 'Factually inaccurate, legally insufficient, and commercially irrelevant'
Twitter slammed a countersuit Thursday filed by Elon Musk in a Delaware court, calling the claims from the SpaceX and Tesla CEO "factually inaccurate" and "legally insufficient" amid the legal fight over an abandoned acquisition deal. In court documents filed in the Delaware Chancery Court, Twitter pushed back against Musk's argument that he was
Read MoreReuters journalists go on 24-hour strike over contract negotiations
Over 300 Thomson Reuters journalists began a 24-hour strike Thursday, according to the workers’ union, citing low wage increases over the last two years. “More than 300 @Reuters journalists across the United States are stopping work today for a 24-hour walkout. We do not take this decision lightly, but we’re prepared to avail ourselves of all our legal rights to secure the contract we deserve,” the Reuters NewsGuild union posted Thursday. The union
Read MoreTaxes emerge as major sticking point with Sinema
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is not yet on board with the sweeping tax reform and climate package that Senate Democrats hope to vote on this weekend and wants to make changes to the bill to soften the tax hit on manufacturers, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is gambling that he can win Sinema over to support the bill by the time senators vote on proceeding to the budget reconciliation package sometime Saturday afternoon. Sinema wants to exempt U.S. manufacturing companies from the 15 perc
Read MoreFEC draft says Google plan to keep campaign emails out of spam is lawful
The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) said in a draft opinion published Wednesday that Google's proposed plan to help keep campaign emails out of spam folders does not violate federal campaign finance law. In the draft opinion, FEC lawyers said that Google's plan to offer a pilot program to test new Gmail design features, which include allowing campaign emails to bypass automated spam detection. "The Commission concludes that the proposed pilot program would be permissible under the Act and Commission
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