The chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an attack on the market power of large tech companies Wednesday. “I’m not looking for a lot of regulation, I’m looking for responsibility,” Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) said at an Axios event. “If responsibility doesn’t flow, then regulation will.” Why it matters: Walden leads the House […]

A federal environmental office that works to test the effects of chemical exposure on adults and children is being merged as part of a proposed consolidation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) will no longer exist as a standalone entity following plans to combine three EPA offices, the agency confirmed to […]

Nobody in their right mind would tell a young person starting out in their career today “Just get in with a good company, and you’ll be set for the rest of your career.” Things haven’t worked that way for ages. Nowadays you can’t run a career by getting a steady job with a great company […]

White House communications director Hope Hicks has reportedly admitted telling what amounted to white lies for President Donald Trump. But in her testimony to the House Intelligence Committee, she denied lying about anything relevant to the Russia investigation, US media report. Republican and Democratic lawmakers said Ms Hicks deflected some questions in the nine-hour hearing. […]

The winners of the inaugural Frame Awards have just been revealed, encompassing over 30 different interior design categories that celebrate everything from surreal retail and hospitality spaces to more experimental explorations of different materials. The competition also crowned an overall Designer of the Year and delivered a Lifetime Achievement Award to Sevil Peach, the influential […]

Little do many people know, stores offer special discounts and other incentives for customers willing to bring their own bag or thermos, including Trader Joe’s and Starbucks.

Boroughs will each receive £1.35m in project inspired by European capitals of culture Waltham Forest and Brent have been named as the first London boroughs of culture, each receiving at least £1.35m of funding. The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, announced the two winners on Tuesday morning. They were chosen from the 22 London boroughs that submitted a bid. […]

Xi wants to be his country’s ‘unrivalled helmsman’ but what does this mean for China and the rest of the world? What’s Xi up to? By moving to abolish presidential term limits this week, Xi Jinping has obliterated any lingering doubts over his desire to remain China’s “unrivalled helmsman” for many years to come. “Unless he’s deposed, […]

One is not born, but rather becomes, a traveller. In my case, I became a good traveller by being, for many years, a terrible traveller. Today I specialise in adventure travel writing, cover travel trends in my monthly column for The Telegraph, and boss people around in my weekly travel etiquette slot. But there was […]

SeaWorld Entertainment CEO Joel Manbay is stepping down, CNBC reported Tuesday. Manbay has been at the helm of the company for three years as it navigated falling attendance and revenue to its shareholders. CNBC reports that the company’s quarterly revenue of $265.5 million beat out analyst projections for $260.1 million. However, SeaWorld Entertainment’s annual losses widened to $202.4 million, […]