"If you're Donald Trump tonight, you're realizing I got more or less a D-list legal team"

In wide-ranging CNBC interview, Tesla/Twitter magnate appears to embrace conspiracy theories on Soros, mass shooter

The Treasurer’s Office paid $73.2 million to banks that sell state climate bonds while still funding fossil fuels

"It’s clearly the Rick Scott plan. It is not the Republican plan," McConnell said

Trump and his defenders resort to his Big Lie tactics: Spew so much nonsense that debunkers can't keep up

A new model suggests feedback loops could accelerate environmental breakdowns

Pentagon budget is stunning even by the standards of a department used to getting what it wants when it wants it

Corporations can't save democracy

It's not just trolling. Republican threats of civil war should be taken seriously

The blazes comes on top of a drought that has left some river communities stranded

Police dispersed hundreds of protestors rallying to save a tiny village from demolition

Doubling down on lies and defamation backfired on both Donald Trump and Alex Jones, but Rudy's going for it anyway

Legal expert warns that "fervent loyalty to Trump won't excuse anyone" who resorts to violence on his behalf

Google, Facebook, OpenAI, Apple and Microsoft generated yet another year of chaos. Here are the highlights

This week's tech-politics roundup: Tiny burgers in big trouble; Bollywood credit-card scam; Twitter canary silenced