MORGANTOWN – A federal building lease canceled by DOE in Parkersburg appears to be un-canceled. And Morgantown sees a tiny ripple among $20 billion in DOGE contract cancellations. On the Parkersburg un-cancellation, DOGE had listed the Internal Revenue Service national office there among ...
MORGANTOWN – What does DOGE mean for West Virginia? The answer is in flux as the White House battles in court over the Department of Government Efficiencies’ various actions. But the answer is tightly bound to another question: What does federal money mean for West Virginia? Gov. ...
by Adrian Wooldridge Hardly a day goes by without Elon Musk trumpeting his belief in the absolute importance of free speech. He insists that “moderation is a propaganda word for censorship,” that posts should only be taken down if they break the law, and that a thousand flowers ...
by Noah Feldman Elon Musk’s lawyers have filed two lawsuits on behalf of X (formerly Twitter) in a federal district court in Texas. As of 2023, the judge in that district, Reed O’Connor, owned between $15,000 and $50,000 of stock in Tesla. This week, reports emerged that ...
by Aynne Kokas JD Vance’s ascendance to vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, with ardent backing by tech investor and megadonor Peter Thiel, may seem improbable given the tech sector’s long-standing role in Democratic Party fundraising. Yet Thiel’s support of ...
by Sarah Green Carmichael Imagine you are completing the annual training module for preventing sexual harassment at work. How would you answer the following questions? You, a top executive, find yourself attracted to a summer intern. Is it OK to ask her for a date? Is it ...