The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have withdrawn several statements regarding banks’ crypto-related activities in an effort to support innovation and clarify current policies. From a report: Two joint statements from 202…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people’s lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new report f…

US scientists are fleeing abroad in record numbers as the Trump administration slashes research funding, according to exclusive data analysis by Nature. Applications from American researchers for international positions surged 32% between January and M…

The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Uber on Monday, alleging the transportation giant violated federal consumer protection laws through deceptive billing and cancellation practices for its Uber One subscription service. According to the com…

The FBI says it is unable to find records related to its purchase of a series of hacking tools, despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on them and those purchases initially being included in a public U.S. government procurement database befo…

“There has never been a consensus or a ‘smoking gun’ to explain what started the pandemic,” writes ABC News.

Yet the Associated Press reports that “A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: In its most aggressive attack against offshore wind yet, the Trump administration halted the $5 billion Empire Wind 1, already under construction off New York’s coast. Norwegian developer Equinor annou…

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, AP reported Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the decision. From the report: The program dev…

More than half of the top privately held AI companies based in the U.S. have at least one immigrant founder, according to an analysis from the Institute for Progress. From the report: The IFP analysis of the top AI-related startups in the Forbes AI 202…