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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington.
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What's Next for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
President Trump suggested that Ukraine consider giving the U.S. ownership of its power plants.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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EU Delays Retaliatory Trade Action to Mid-April
The EU had intended to impose measures on goods from the U.S. worth some $28 billion.
March 21, 2025
A Boeing 737 Max.
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The Family Of An Airplane Safety Whistleblower is Suing Boeing Over His Death
Prior to their death, the whistleblower was a longtime Boeing employee.
March 21, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington, Sept. 21, 2017.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Terminating $14 Billion in 'Green Bank' Grants
The program was created in 2022 to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects.
March 19, 2025
In this Thursday Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline stands in the background as a children sled down a hill in Cannon Ball, N.D.
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Closing Arguments Set to Begin In Pipeline Company's Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
The lawsuit stems from protests in 2016 and 2017.
March 17, 2025
Vice President JD Vance, right, and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, listen as Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, center, speaks in East Palestine Fire Station on Feb 3, 2025, in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2025.
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EPA Head Announces 'Most Consequential Day of Deregulation in American History'
Lee Zeldin is rolling back 31 environmental rules and "driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion."
March 12, 2025
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the annual U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, March 7, 2025.
The Fed Could Still Cut Interest Rates This Year — but for 'Bad' Reasons
March 19, 2025
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FDA Staff Return to Crowded Offices, Broken Equipment and Missing Chairs
March 18, 2025
People wave flags and hold signs during a protest outside of the U.S embassy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to U.S. In Response to Trump's Trade War
March 11, 2025
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
How Trump Justifies His Tariffs
March 6, 2025
The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016.
Supreme Court Will Hear From U.S. Gun Makers Sued By Mexico for $10 Billion
March 4, 2025
President Donald Trump stands before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.
Can a 'Gold Card' Program Visa Spur Investment in the U.S. Economy?
February 28, 2025
The closed LTV Steel taconite plant sits idle near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., Feb. 10, 2016.
Trump Makes U.S. Copper Mining A Focus of His Domestic Minerals Policy
February 28, 2025
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2025.
EPA Head Urges Trump to Reconsider Scientific Finding That Underpins Climate Action
February 27, 2025
The CHS oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun Sept. 28, 2024, in McPherson, Kan.
After A Month of Trump's Pro-Oil and Gas Moves, Dems Target His Energy Emergency
February 27, 2025
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.
President Trump's Gold Card Visa Idea Would Provide $5M Path to U.S. Citizenship
February 26, 2025
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright talks with reporters at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History before a tour of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.
U.S. Energy Secretary Touts Nuclear Power as Tech Sector's Thirst for Electricity Grows
February 26, 2025
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BP to Slash Spending on Net Zero Ventures as it Focuses on Oil and Gas Again
February 26, 2025
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February 26, 2025
Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Labor, left, is pictured on Capitol Hill, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump's Labor Department Pick Has Union Support
Worker advocates wonder how much power she'd have.
February 19, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump Puts the Spotlight Anew On a Major Alaska Gas Project. Will It Make a Difference?
An Alaskan pipeline would cost an estimated $44 billion.
February 19, 2025
Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va.
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Trump Begins Firings of FAA Staff Just Weeks After Fatal DC Plane Crash
Impacted workers were hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance.
February 18, 2025
President Trump listens to a question from a reporter as Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office, Feb. 13, 2025.
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Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Will Overturn Decades of Trade Policy
They are likely to create chaos for global businesses — and conflict with both adversaries and allies.
February 17, 2025
United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
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U.S. Presents Ukraine With Document to Access Rare Earth Minerals
But offered almost nothing in return.
February 17, 2025
President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick watches after Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump Signs Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs on U.S. Trading Partners
The move would match U.S. tariffs to the tax rates other countries charge on imports.
February 14, 2025
A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald's restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018.
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Trump Signs Order for Plastic Straws
The move targets a Biden administration policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastics.
February 11, 2025
Carbon dioxide and other pollutant billows from a stack at PacifiCorp’s coal-fired Naughton Power Plant, near where Bill Gates company, TerraPower plans to build an advanced, nontraditional nuclear reactor, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo.
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Efforts to Put Carbon Dioxide Underground Face Less Support in Trump's Second Term
There's doubt that demand for the technology will go away.
February 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.
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A Timeline of U.S.-China Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Since Trump's First Term
A trade war spanned most of Trump's first term and was continued to an extent under Joe Biden.
February 10, 2025
A thick haze hangs over Manhattan in New York on July 20, 2021.
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New York Sued By 22 States, Alleging Environmental Fund is Unconstitutional
The law forces major energy producers to pay to cover climate change damage.
February 7, 2025
Jamieson Greer, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the U.S. Trade Representative, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
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Trump's U.S. Trade Negotiator Pick Vows Hardline Policies
Greer said the approach will give Americans "the opportunity to work in good-paying jobs producing goods and services they can sell in this market and abroad to earn an honest living."
February 6, 2025
National flags representing the United States and Mexico hang inside in a textile factory that produces T-shirts, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.
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Mexican Border Cities in Limbo as Tariff Threats Spark Fears of Recession
Tariffs would cripple Mexican border economies that rely on factory production.
February 6, 2025
A sailboat passes a cargo ship unloading containers at the port of Los Angeles in San Pedro on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
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Car Parts, Laptops and Toys Likely to Cost More Due to U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports
President Trump's executive order also suspended a nearly 100-year-old trade rule.
February 5, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with Slovenia's Prime Minister Robert Golob at a round table meeting during an EU summit in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
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EU Leaders Scramble to Avoid 'Stupid Tariff War' With U.S.
President Trump slapped tariffs on European steel and aluminum during his first term.
February 4, 2025