Tesla already reported vehicle shipment numbers for the second quarter, and now its full Q2 2022 financial report (pdf) reveals it’s dealing with inflation and the overall economic downturn, combined with a plunge in prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In the letter to investors, Tesla execs reveal the company has sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, adding $936 million in cash to its balance sheet.

The Jan. 6 committee plans to use its Thursday night hearing to call out insurrection-friendly lawmakers who cowered during the Capitol attack but have since downplayed the insurrection’s severity, according to two sources familiar with the committee’s planning.“They have plans to paint a striking picture of how some of Trump’s greatest enablers of his coup plot were — no matter what they’re saying today

Mario Draghi has confirmed his resignation as Italy’s prime minister after an attempt to salvage his broad coalition failed when three key parties snubbed a confidence vote, paving the way for snap elections that could take place as early as late September. Backed by a groundswell of public support, the former European Central Bank chief had attempted to continue his administration on the condition that his alliance

The U.S. housing market is rapidly cooling as record prices and rising mortgage rates weigh on home sales, locking out potential buyers.Economists said that slower activity in the housing market, halting a torrid stretch of sales induced by the pandemic, is another sign of a slowing economy, adding to the risks of a recession.The median sales price of an existing home climbed to $416,000 in June, the National Association

The government rested its contempt of Congress case Wednesday against former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon after calling just two witnesses — a congressional staffer and an FBI agent — to describe the tough-talking podcaster’s alleged refusal to provide documents or testimony to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.The fast pace of the prosecution, which began Tuesday

Natural gas began flowing again through the main pipeline from Russia to Germany on Thursday, allaying European fears that a shut-off during scheduled maintenance would become permanent but not resolving broader concerns about the continent’s energy being held hostage in Russia’s war. Gas flows resumed through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline at 6 a.m., according to data provided by German operator Cascade.

Europe is suffering an unprecedented heat wave, leaving firefighters in London dealing with a huge surge in emergency calls.“Yesterday was the busiest day for the fire service in London since the Second World War,” Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, told Sky News on Wednesday. Khan said the fire service would get 350 calls on a normal day. On a busy day, the London fire service would get 500 calls. Khan

Former President Donald Trump’s administration spent years trying to add a census citizenship question as part of a secret strategy for altering the population numbers used to divide up seats in Congress and the Electoral College; internal documents released Wednesday by the House Oversight and Reform Committee confirm.Long kept from the public, the Trump administration memos and emails were disclosed

Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, delivered remarks to Congress in person Wednesday as her country continues its defense against Russia’s invasion, asking members for weapons to help end the conflict.” Because we want every father and every mother to be able to tell their child go to sleep peacefully, there will be no more airstrikes, no more missile strikes. Is this too much to wish for?” she said.Zelenska

The Trump family has gathered in New York City to bid farewell to Ivana Trump, Donald’s first wife and the mother of his three oldest children, who died last week at 73. The family met at the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, where Ivana’s remains were prepared, before making their way to St. Vincent Ferrer Church on Lexington Avenue. After the service, the family is expected to travel to New Jersey for a private reception

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered by a New York judge to testify starting Aug. 9 before a grand jury in Georgia that is collecting evidence in a probe of possible criminal meddling in that state’s 2020 presidential election by former President Donald Trump, court records show. Giuliani, who was Trump’s personal lawyer at the time, spearheaded legal efforts by the Republican president to overturn the electoral results

Liz Truss will face Rishi Sunak in the final round of the Conservative leadership after a dramatic final day of voting by MPs which saw Penny Mordaunt knocked out of the race, having been second in every previous round. The fifth and last vote by MPs saw Sunak, the former chancellor, top the poll easily on 137 votes. Truss, the foreign secretary, who had trailed Mordaunt throughout the previous rounds, took 113 votes, just ahead

Parkland teacher Brittany Sinitch broke down in the courtroom Tuesday as she recalled how her students were in the middle of writing ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Valentine’s Day Cards to each other when she heard a loud bang echo from the hallway.’We were having so much fun until I heard what I described as just the loudest noise you could possibly imagine,’ Sinitch told a courtroom filled with families of the slain students.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would fulfill its commitments to supply natural gas to Europe but warned that flows via the Nord Stream pipeline could be curbed soon if sanctions prevent additional maintenance on its components. Nord Stream, the main artery for Russian gas to Europe, is currently down due to regular maintenance, and European governments are worried the Kremlin won’t restore its flow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of senior officials is casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the Biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with Russia: Ukraine’s history of rampant corruption and shaky governance.As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions of dollars in military, economic, and direct financial support aid to Ukraine and encourages its allies

Charles Johnson, a Super Bowl champion wide receiver who played nine seasons in the NFL, died at 50. Johnson’s cause of death is unknown, according to CBS 17 in Wake Forest, NC. The California native was a first-round pick of the Steelers in 1994 and spent five seasons in Pittsburgh. He tallied a career-high 1,008 receiving yards during the 1996 season and ranks 16th among Steelers receivers. Johnson later

An e-bike riding pervert wanted for sexually assaulting two women in Manhattan over the weekend is suspected of carrying out another similar attack nearly two months ago, police said Tuesday. According to the NYPD, investigators now believe the creep also sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman at knifepoint on the Manhattan Bridge at about 4:30 a.m. on May 15. The man stalked the woman, who was on a bike on

A bill that would federally protect same-sex marriages sailed through the House on Tuesday with bipartisan support, a historic moment that marks a capstone to the nation’s quarter-century evolution on LGBTQ rights and response to fears that an emboldened Supreme Court was poised to take away hard-won civil rights.Forty-seven Republicans joined all Democrats in support of the Respect for Marriage Act, which

According to a court document, Georgia prosecutors investigating potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election by Donald Trump and his allies have notified several Republicans who were part of a fake electors scheme that they are “targets” of the probe and could face charges filed Tuesday. The information in the filing provides the latest insight into the fast-moving

Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been elected president to replace the ousted Gotabaya Rajapaksa. This result will likely provoke turmoil among protesters who have been calling for weeks for him to resign. Wickremesinghe, who has been prime minister six times but never president, won an overwhelming victory in parliament on Wednesday morning. MPs voted for the new president in an unprecedented

According to two familiar sources, the Secret Service turned over just one text message to the House January 6 committee on Tuesday in response to a subpoena compelling the production of all communications from the day before and the day of the US Capitol attack the matter.The sources said the Secret Service told the panel the single text was the only message responsive to the subpoena. While the agency vowed to

Hoover Dam was rocked by massive explosion caused by transformer fire.Shocking video shows a red flare, followed by yellow flames and a black mushroom cloud rising from the chaos after a transformer explosion rocked the Hoover Dam and damaged the hydroelectric complex on the border between Nevada and Arizona. Officials said there were no injuries following the fire on Tuesday in the turbine house of the massive

Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for Maryland governor on Tuesday, defeating a moderate rival backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan.Despite being a win for Trump, Cox´s victory over former Hogan Cabinet member Kelly Schulz could be a blow to Republican chances to hold on to the seat in November. Hogan, who was prohibited from running for a

Police have identified the Law & Order: Organized Crime crew member who was fatally shot outside the series set in New York City, where he was in charge of parking enforcement. Johnny Pizarro, 31, was killed on Tuesday morning during an ambush attack in Brooklyn, the New York Police Department confirmed. The murder took place around 5.15 a.m. in the area of Greenpoint when the killer opened the door

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was roundly mocked on social media Tuesday after she put her arms behind her back as if handcuffed following her arrest at a pro-abortion demonstration outside the Supreme Court. The Bronx and Queens lawmaker was gently escorted away by a Capitol Police officer and fellow city Rep. Carolyn Maloney after blocking traffic outside the court building.AOC kept up the charade

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for a reorientation of the world’s trading practices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pushing again for countries to become less reliant on China for critical components like semiconductors. Speaking at an LG Group research facility in South Korea’s largest city and capital, Ms. Yellen explored so-called “friend-shoring,” a proposed paradigm shift that would

Progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and other Democratic members of Congress were arrested outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Ocasio-Cortez was seen walking escorted away by police with her hands crossed behind her back, as if she were in handcuffs, but she was not. At one point she uncrossed her hands and raised her fists to the other protesters.

“BRITAIN IS MELTING,” one front page here read Tuesday, as record heat and raging wildfires in France and Spain brought the toll of extreme temperatures up close for many Europeans. As the heat wave moved across the continent, Germany and Belgium also issued heat alerts, while firefighters battled to contain flames that have scorched land in Portugal for days.The United Kingdom’s weather service declared Tuesday the

The National Archives on Tuesday asked the Secret Service to investigate the “potential unauthorized deletion” of text messages on the day of the Jan. 6 attack and the day before. The National Archives and Records Administration “requests that the Secret Service look into this matter,” an Archives official, Laurence Brewer, wrote in a letter to Damian Kokinda, an official overseeing records at the Department of Homeland

A Delaware judge set an October trial date for Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk, siding largely with the social media site as it seeks to force the mogul to go through with his $44 billion deal to buy the site. The five-day trial will open in October, Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick said during a Thursday hearing. “The longer the merger transaction remains in limbo, the larger the cloud

A Taco Bell manager in Texas poured boiling water on a woman and a girl who asked for their incorrect order to be remade, a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks damages in excess of $1 million after Brittany Davis and a girl identified as C.T. saw their lives “forever changed” during a June 17 stop at a Taco Bell in Dallas. According to the filing, the pair had asked for their $31 order to be corrected before

New York City prosecutors are seeking to drop murder charges against a bodega worker for fatally stabbing a man who physically attacked him over a bag of chips. On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office asked a judge to drop the charges against 61-year-old Jose Alba, who said he was acting in self-defense in the stabbing, court filings show. Alba,who had faced asecond-degree murder charge

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expanded the investigation into his security services Monday, saying 28 more officials could be suspended, a day after sidelining two senior officials over allegations they failed to root out Russian collaborators. In his nightly video address Monday, Zelenskyy said a “personnel audit” of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was under way and that 28 officials were being considered

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been buying location data from third parties to sidestep the traditional warrant process, according to new documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The documents show that agencies like Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were able to purchase vast amounts of this location data

Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tehran on his second visit outside Russia since the start of the Ukraine war. He will hold talks on lifting the Ukrainian grain blockade, the future of Syria, and the chances of reviving the Iran nuclear deal with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts. The Kremlin will present the Russian president’s three-way talks with Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a sign of Putin’s

Twitter Inc. called Elon Musk’s opposition to a speedy trial for its case against the billionaire a tactical delay and said his proposed timeline is “calculated to complicate and obfuscate.”The social-media company argued Monday in a legal filing in Delaware Chancery Court that the public dispute harms Twitter daily and that Mr. Musk is in breach of their $44 billion agreement. Twitter reiterated that the court should set trial on

More than four years after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school, jurors heard opening statements in the penalty phase of a trial that will determine whether he receives a death sentence.A prosecutor on Monday described in detail how Cruz entered his former school on Feb. 14, 2018, with a bag containing an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and hundreds of ammunition and walked the halls methodically

Jury selection is nearly complete and opening statements are expected Tuesday in the federal trial of former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon, who has been charged with two counts of contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A pool of 60 D.C. residents was whittled down Monday to 22 prospective jurors — 12 men

Former deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews and Matthew Pottinger, a member of the National Security Council during the Trump administration, are expected to testify at the Jan. 6 committee’s high-profile hearing on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the plans. Both Matthews and Pottinger were among a wave of Trump officials who resigned in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. This

Former President Trump tore into the ‘very disloyal’ PGA and warned golfers who stick by the tournament they will lose out after family members of 9/11 victims signed on to the letter urging him to cancel the Saudi-backed LIV tournament. ‘All of those golfers that remain “loyal” to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes,

As a deadline approaches for Russia to resume supplying natural gas to Germany this week, European officials and executives are growing concerned about a cascading economic fallout that would spread across the continent should Moscow keep the tap shut.The Nord Stream pipeline that ferries gas from Siberia to Germany closed last Monday for annual maintenance expected to last 10 days. Many in the West

A Texas congressman challenged President Biden to “come and get” his assault rifles — just hours after the state released an extensive report on the shooting in Uvalde that killed 19 children and two teachers.“I have a message for the Biden Administration. If you’re thinking about taking our ARs, you can start here in Texas,” Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was elected to District. 13, in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday.“On behalf of

Online therapy has become a booming industry in recent years, but with that growth comes questions about how well these types of companies are protecting the privacy of their patients.In June, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Ron Wyden asked two leading online therapy companies, BetterHelp and Talkspace, to provide information about how they handle user data and privacy practices.

The U.K.’s first-ever red warning for extreme heat is in effect for the heart of England on Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures up to about 106 degrees predicted to roast an area from London all the way north to Manchester and York.”I think it’s the Devil’s armpits outside already in Manchester at 32c [89.6 Fahrenheit],” a Twitter user wrote around 1 p.m. local time, in response to a post from the U.K.’s national weather

A Russian will be launched to the International Space Station in September aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon — the first time Elon Musk’s company will transport a cosmonaut on one of its capsules.NASA announced that Anna Kikina would depart from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this fall alongside two American astronauts and one from Japan. The US space agency recently signed an agreement with its Russian

Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical officer to the president of the United States, said he would retire by the end of President Biden’s term, according to a new report published Monday. Politico reported Monday that Fauci said he will retire by the end of Biden’s term following more than five decades of federal service under seven different presidential administrations. Reuters reported the

Months after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said contact tracing doesn’t work, his administration has continued to pay millions of dollars in no-bid deals for a COVID-19 contact tracing app made by a company with ties to a prominent, billionaire Republican donor and represented by an influential Tallahassee lobbyist. “I think we have to admit that contact tracing has just not worked,” DeSantis asserted in March 2021.

Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of Steve Bannon, an adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump who is facing charges of contempt of Congress. The charges stem from Bannon’s refusal to testify before the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and provide records. Each of the two charges of contempt carry a possible sentence of between 30

Dany Pérez spent four days in a line of vehicles waiting to fill his truck with the diesel he needs for the 900-kilometer trip from Havana to his home in eastern Cuba. Taxi driver Jhojan Rodríguez had been waiting at another station even longer — it was nearing two weeks — but he was finally near the head of the line of hundreds of vehicles in the Playa district of the capital. Such lines have become increasingly common in Cuba,

Panama’s government and indigenous leaders reached a deal Sunday to clear demonstrators from part of the Panamerican Highwayin exchange for lower fuel prices, but other stretches of the strategic route remained blocked by protesters demanding more concessions. The government released footage of the agreement being signed in a church in far west Chiriqui province, where most of the Central American

Hyundai’s attempting to keep car culture alive with its two performance-focused electric vehicle (EV) concepts it calls “rolling labs.” The RN22e features a modified Ioniq 6 body, and the N Vision 74 is modeled after the never-released 1974 Pony Coupe concept — but both feature a refreshing sporty design that doesn’t look like some sort of futuristic pod (or, well… this thing). The two concepts come from Hyundai’s

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky removed Ukraine’s general prosecutor and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine late Sunday amid allegations that their offices were riddled with officials who were collaborating with Russia. While the dismissal of the prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova, surprised some analysts, the ouster of the security chief, Ivan Bakanov, had been forecast for some time. The Security Service

When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won’t just be running for another term in the White House. He’ll be running away from legal troubles, possible criminal charges, and even the specter of prison time. In recent months, Trump has made clear to associates that the legal protections of occupying the Oval Office are front-of-mind for him, four people with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone.

Former president Donald Trump did “nothing” to stop the riot at the Capitol as it was unfolding on Jan. 6, 2021, and new witnesses will fill in the gaps in Trump’s activities that day when the House select committee investigating the attack holds its next hearing, members of the bipartisan panel said Sunday. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who is scheduled to lead the prime-time hearing on Thursday, said the session “is going