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Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate

China Evergrande is one of the biggest Chinese developers that have collapsed under pressure to rein in surging debt the ruling Communist Party views as a threat to China's slowing economic growth.

A woman walks past a personal finance loan office in October 2020 in Franklin, Tenn.

Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, a watchdog says

The Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has released a "landscape of fraud" report highlighting why 17% of PPP and other loans appear bogus.

A photo illustration of a plane flying over the California State Capitol building with a boarding pass in the background.

This law should reveal who’s paying for California legislators’ travel. It’s only been used twice

A 2015 law to bring more transparency to paid trips for California legislators has led to only two disclosure forms being filed by the sponsoring groups. The law’s author says it is being wrongly ignored.

Google is headed to trial in Washington D.C., where it will defend itself over the Justice Department's claims that it abused its monopoly power in its search engine business.

United States takes on Google in biggest tech monopoly trial of 21st century

The biggest antitrust trial in nearly 25 years kicks off on Tuesday as the Justice Department makes its case that Google is an illegal monopoly.

Beyond the primary, Nevada Democrats have to turn policy playbook into actual votes

Democrats are looking to keep Nevada voters in Biden's corner this year and they hope his policies do it. But communicating the federal dollars isn't the easiest way to excite voters.

President Biden greets China's leader Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., on Nov. 15.

Biden and Xi are meeting for the first time in a year. Here are 5 things to watch

From Taiwan to fentanyl, President Biden and China's leader Xi Jinping have plenty to sort through when the two meet face-to-face for the first time in a year.

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas and Florida social media laws

These cases raise a critical question for the First Amendment and the future of social media: whether states can force the platforms to carry content they find hateful or objectionable.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (at right), Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee (center) and Rep. Jason Smith during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability impeachment inquiry hearing of President Biden on Thursday.

The first impeachment inquiry hearing into Biden was six hours. Here's what happened

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said the hearing will examine the value of an impeachment inquiry and evidence against President Biden.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials' priorities and preparations for the general election in November.

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024.

Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Maria Hernandez says CARE Court will resemble the county's other collaborative courts, like her young adult diversion court, where compassion and science drive her decisions.

At new mental health courts in California, judges will be able to mandate treatment

In several California counties, new mental health courts open up in October. Officials hope to persuade people with psychosis to accept treatment. Critics say, it looks more like coercion.

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