Wednesday's top stories


Updated Aug 8, 2018 - Energy & Climate

Beer from heaven

A world without Facebook

Aug 8, 2018

Democrats outperformed in every special election this cycle

National deficit grew 20% last year, partially due to Trump tax cuts

Why Saudi Arabia is lashing out at Canada

Regulators have questions for Elon Musk

Aug 8, 2018 - World

Trump slaps new sanctions on Russia over Skripal poisoning

Aug 8, 2018 - World

Israel might not withdraw from UNESCO after all

Aug 8, 2018

Scoop: UnitedHealth is buying pharmacy operator Genoa

Aug 8, 2018 - Economy

Productivity is slowly rising, but not wages

By the numbers: Unprecedented devastation of California's wildfires

Thousands of families cross southern border despite "zero tolerance"

Aug 8, 2018 - Economy

Behind Musk's tweet: Toying with taking Tesla private

Rep. Chris Collins arrested for securities fraud

Aug 8, 2018 - Economy

China retaliates with tariffs on $16 billion worth of U.S. goods

Magic Leap launches its first product

Aug 8, 2018

What we're reading: C.J. Chivers on America's forever wars

Aug 8, 2018

Medicare inches forward on drug prices

Updated Aug 8, 2018

Coming this fall: Axios on HBO

Updated Aug 8, 2018 - Economy

Why economists want the Fed to let wages rise

Ohio cliffhanger powers blue wave

Aug 8, 2018

2018 officially has record number of women nominees

Updated Aug 8, 2018

Key results from last night's primaries

Updated Aug 8, 2018 - Technology

Snap's mixed bag: Users down, Saudi investment up

Twitter CEO defends not acting against Alex Jones