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Senate overturns Boundary Waters protections, a boon for Chilean mining company
Outdoor enthusiasts travel by canoe through several of the hundreds of fresh water lakes that make up the Boundary Waters in the northern woods of Minnesota. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining company subsidiary […]
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Judge told to reconsider national security implications of halting Trump’s White House ballroom
A federal judge must reconsider the possible national security implications of halting construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, an appeals court ruled on Saturday. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it did not have enough information to decide how much of […]
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Trump praises Palantir with stock down 14% this week as Iran conflict drags on
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump lauded Palantir in a post to Truth Social on Friday as the artificial intelligence software stock headed for a 15% weekly plunge. “Palantir Technologies […]
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Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives outside court to take the stand at trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google’s YouTube of harming kids’ mental health through addictive platforms, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Feb. 18, 2026. Mike Blake | Reuters For the last three decades, internet giants have been able to […]
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Grocery shock on the horizon for approaching U.S. elections as Iran war drags on
A customer shops in a grocery store on March 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Rising grocery prices in the U.S. as the result of the Iran war could be among the most politically damaging outcomes of the conflict just months before a critical U.S. election. Two years earlier, President Donald […]
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Trump says oil and stock market reaction to Iran conflict not as severe as he expected
President Donald Trump said Thursday that neither the spike in oil prices nor the slump in the stock market during the Iran war were as bad he had anticipated. In a Cabinet meeting, Trump expressed confidence in the war effort and said the economic damage will reverse. Addressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the president said […]
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Analysis: Trump’s unshackled presidency puts him at the center of the economy
US President Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | CNP | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi embraced President Donald Trump on Thursday, and not just on policy […]
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U.S. allows temporary purchases of Russian oil already at sea to stabilize energy markets
Russian supertanker Astro Lupus waits to unload its cargo of the first direct shipment of Russian crude oil on July 3, 2002 in the Gulf of Mexico. Pool | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. on Thursday temporarily authorized the purchase of Russian oil stranded at sea to stabilize energy markets. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott […]
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FCC chair slams Amazon for slow satellite launches after it opposed SpaceX data center plan
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies during the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission,” in Rayburn building on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr lashed out at Amazon on Wednesday for opposing […]
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Oracle’s TikTok stake sits at just over $2 billion, filing shows
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Almost two months after TikTok’s U.S. operations officially landed in the hands of a group of investors, Oracle disclosed its stake in the joint venture at roughly $2 billion. In its quarterly financial filing on Wednesday, Oracle said it recorded “non-marketable debt investments and equity securities and related […]
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