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The coronavirus pandemic and global lockdowns has driven up construction costs around the world due to increased demand and constrained supply.

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey is demanding answers about reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau forced out career civil servants in favor of President Biden loyalists.

The founders of Ben & Jerry’s are defending their company’s decision to put the freeze on selling ice cream in the West Bank, calling it “the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

President Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years, according to industry and government officials briefed on the plan.

Glenrock, population 2,600, is one of four towns under consideration for Bill Gates' TerraPower nuclear plant

Furniture sales have surged during the pandemic, leading to major backlogs at manufacturing facilities. This means consumers around the nation should expect delays on their orders. A manufacturer in Conover, North Carolina says their shipping times used to be 8 weeks, but now it's taking them 22 weeks to send orders to customers. Industry experts say supply chain shortages are also contributing to the backlog, creating the perfect storm in recent months.

PayPal Holdings Inc. and the Anti-Defamation League on Monday announced a partnership aimed at fighting extremism and hate in the financial system and across at-risk communities.

As crime surges across the nation, Democratic mayors in approximately 20 U.S. cities that have called for defunding the police have received millions in taxpayer funds towards their own personal security details, according to a new report.

A major cigarette company has announced its intention to end sales in the United Kingdom in 10 years’ time.

A space-transportation company trying to go public didn’t tell potential investors that its satellite-hauling technology failed, that it lost contact with a satellite in space and that its Russian founder had been deemed a national-security risk by the U.S. government, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

A Japanese company has started human trials of the first once-a-day pill for Covid-19 patients, joining Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. in the race to find treatments for the disease.

China announced Friday sanctions had been imposed on former commerce secretary Wilbur Ross and six other individuals and entities in retaliation for U.S. penalties against Chinese officials in Hong Kong.

Georgia's lieutenant governor announced a new plan to combat crime in the state as violence continues to rise in the state and across America.

Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker and subject of the 2013 hit “Wolf of Wall Street,” argued that Tesla CEO Elon Musk may not need to "pump and dump" cryptocurrencies, however, other people "pump and dump" around the “hype” the celebrity creates.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted the Biden administration for the agreement with Germany, which would allow for the completion of the controversial Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, arguing that it would significantly "undermine" national security.

The State Department said on Tuesday, they "firmly reject" the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) targeting Israel one day after Ben & Jerry’s announced they would no longer sell ice cream in “occupied Palestinian territory.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined those condemning the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to bar ice cream sales in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory” (OPT) and said Tuesday he will be forgoing “Cherry Garcia.”

Prince Harry will reportedly earn a $20 million advance for his upcoming memoir.

The ice cream company and social justice enclave will no longer sell their desserts in “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Electric-truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp. confirmed the Justice Department is probing its business, investigating matters related to its reverse merger deal last year and preorders for its forthcoming pickup truck, the Endurance.