The Wall Street Journal

The president’s effort to overturn the election alienated much of his inner circle—but solidified his dominance of the GOP. Now he’s planning his return.

That Covid escaped from a lab isn’t the predominant hypothesis for the pandemic’s origins, yet prominent scientists are calling for a deeper probe and clearer answers from Beijing.

The 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol raised significantly more money during the first quarter of 2021 than they did two years earlier.

Critics said the proposed tax increases conflict with goal of lifting long-term economic growth, while spending would add to deficits for awhile.

The very top sliver of high-income Americans may underreport their income at levels far beyond what was suggested by prior IRS research, according to a new paper.

GameStop’s volatile ride is hitting the portfolios of individual investors who purchased the stock in a social-media-fueled frenzy.

Securities regulators said they plan to closely review the actions of some brokerage firms that moved to restrict investors’ ability to trade volatile stocks such as GameStop this week.

A fast-spreading Covid-19 variant has pushed deaths and infections to records, overwhelming funeral homes.

Proposal comes as faculty members escalate opposition to criminal cases and the U.S. considers how to support international academic collaboration while making sure professors make disclosures.

GOP senators refused to strike to a power-sharing agreement unless Democrats maintain the filibuster, potentially delaying President Biden’s cabinet picks and legislative agenda.

President-elect’s choices for top jobs include many former members of the Obama administration and several nominees that would make history if confirmed

The financial-technology company is cutting off the president’s campaign account for violating its policies against encouraging violence.

Apple has suspended Parler from the App Store amid concerns the app’s owner hasn’t done enough to address threats of violence on the platform.

If President-elect Joe Biden bats the thorny question of tech taxes down the road the way Democratic predecessor Barack Obama did, investors will pay the price.

Democratic victories in the Georgia Senate races this week have spurred investors to bet on a higher spending government that will bring growth and inflation to the U.S. economy.

President-elect Joe Biden said the Trump supporters who attacked the legislative complex on Wednesday were insurrectionists, not protesters.

In the wake of the riot at the Capitol, companies moved to cut ties with President Trump and his supporters and fired workers who participated.

A Texas-led antitrust case accuses the search giant of manipulating digital advertising markets, in part through an alleged agreement with rival Facebook aimed at preserving Google’s dominance.

State leaders say they are short billions of dollars in funding needed to successfully provide Covid-19 vaccinations to all Americans who want to be inoculated by health officials’ June goal.

The Tesla chief’s relocation makes him one of the highest-profile executives yet to leave Silicon Valley during the pandemic. He said California had become complacent with its innovators and taken them for granted.

The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general brought broad antitrust allegations against the social-media giant, accusing it of a yearslong campaign to buy up or freeze out potential rivals.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary, a job he held under President Obama.

The inspirational executive seemed to lose his way after moving to a mansion in Utah and giving up his corporate role, including a starvation diet and fascination with fire.

Sports leagues were criticized for securing tests early in the pandemic. But some public health officials now think athletes have a potential role to play in the vaccine rollout.

The Justice Department is discussing an arrangement with Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return home to China from Canada, in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in a criminal case that has strained Beijing’s relations with the U.S. and Canada.

Some of China’s most influential dissidents and human-rights activists based in the U.S. have come out in support of the president’s unsubstantiated allegations of widespread U.S. election fraud.

The Interior Department is taking final steps to secure oil development in the pristine, 19-million-acre Alaskan wilderness by initiating a leasing process to strike deals with drillers before President-elect Joe Biden can stop it.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has set Nov. 27 as the new deadline for a deal to turn the social-media app into an American company.

Taiwan hasn’t recorded a locally transmitted coronavirus infection in about seven months but has been blocked from participating in a virtual gathering this week of the 194-member World Health Assembly.

President-elect Biden’s transition team is reviewing a series of executive orders that could reverse Trump administration policies.

An Illinois judge on Friday ruled that Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two people at protests in Kenosha, will be extradited to Wisconsin, where he will be tried as an adult.

A Senate hearing in which lawmakers tangled with leaders of the largest social-media companies reflected deep discontent with their power to shape political discourse—and equally deep divisions over how to address it.

The drop in income and sales tax revenue has created a historic crisis for states, with a total shortfall expected in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The projected gaps are greater than 2019’s K-12 education budget for every state combined, or more than twice the amount spent that year on state roads and other transportation infrastructure.

The company is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad-targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.

An ex-business partner of Hunter Biden said he consulted his father about a planned venture with a Chinese oil company. Joe Biden denied any involvement in the venture and corporate records reviewed by The Journal show no role for him.

A dramatic and lasting slowdown in mail delivery flowed from actions that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy initiated or which were accelerated after he took office in June, according to an analysis by the U.S. Postal Service’s watchdog.

Facebook’s CEO long left politics and policy to deputies. No more. As the company’s influence has grown, and with it controversies, political acumen has become an essential tool.