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    Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

    Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

    Data center developers have already said they’d like to buy electricity off the nation’s power grids.

    By Michelle Ma, Alicia Tang and Bloomberg
    January 16, 2026

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    Trump seeks to make Venezuela great again and revive its oil-based economy while affordability crisis lingers in the U.S.
    Politics

    Trump seeks to make Venezuela great again and revive its oil-based economy while affordability crisis lingers in the U.S.

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    An oil tanker is seen anchored in Lake Maracaibo after loading crude oil at the Bajo Grande Refinery port. The Trump administration seized the oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The vessel, which was on the Treasury Department's sanctions list and was sailing under the Guyanese flag, was on the US Treasury Department's sanctions list. The US president threatened to confiscate all hydrocarbon-laden vessels in the Venezuelan oil-producing nation.
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    Trump makes it clear shocking Venezuelan regime change is largely about oil: ‘They stole our oil … We’re going to make a lot of money’

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    January 3, 2026
    Trump says ‘we’re going to run’ Venezuela and is not afraid to put U.S. troops on the ground after Maduro’s capture
    Politics

    Trump says ‘we’re going to run’ Venezuela and is not afraid to put U.S. troops on the ground after Maduro’s capture

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    January 3, 2026
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    Tesla is officially smaller than China’s BYD in EV sales as it reports second-straight year of falling sales

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    January 2, 2026
    Eric Schmidt sat in a white chair, speaking on a stage.
    AI

    How former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is motivated by Henry Kissinger to keep working past 70

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    January 2, 2026
    Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, speaks during the Collision 2022 conference at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.
    AI

    Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt jumps into the AI data center business with a failed, 150-year-old Texas railroad turned oil giant

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    January 2, 2026
    Negative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills
    Energy

    Negative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills

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    January 1, 2026
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    Energy

    Copper records biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets

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    December 31, 2025
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    Economy

    ‘You can’t see China now as a reliable supply-chain partner’: Graphite mines forsaken for 70 years come back into fashion

    By Michael Hill and The Associated Press
    December 27, 2025
    Dominion Energy Virginia sues over Trump order to halt offshore wind project, calling it ‘arbitrary and capricious’
    Energy

    Dominion Energy Virginia sues over Trump order to halt offshore wind project, calling it ‘arbitrary and capricious’

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    December 26, 2025
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    Energy

    Americans may be angry about affordability, but gas prices are the cheapest they’ve been all year in most states

    By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
    December 24, 2025
    Calvin Butler, President and CEO, Exelon
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    Utility CEO on the data center crunch: America’s ‘check engine light’ is on and ‘no one’s going to pay attention until it breaks down’

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    December 24, 2025
    Americans enjoy one refuge from inflation: The cheapest gas prices in years
    Energy

    Americans enjoy one refuge from inflation: The cheapest gas prices in years

    By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
    December 23, 2025
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    AI

    Google Cloud chief reveals the long game: a decade of silicon and the energy battle behind the AI boom

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    December 23, 2025
    Trinity Gas Storage recently completed the first, new major storage hub in years, and an East Texas expansion is already underway.
    Energy

    Little-known underground salt caverns could slow the AI boom and its thirst for power

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    December 23, 2025
    CEO of Boeing and Lockheed rocket joint venture ULA resigns
    C-Suite

    CEO of Boeing and Lockheed rocket joint venture ULA resigns

    By Loren Grush and Bloomberg
    December 22, 2025
    Trump administration puts offshore wind projects on hold, citing mysterious Pentagon national security warning
    North America

    Trump administration puts offshore wind projects on hold, citing mysterious Pentagon national security warning

    By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
    December 22, 2025
    Solar power and battery storage are booming despite Trump policy whiplash as clean energy meets soaring data center demand
    Energy

    Solar power and battery storage are booming despite Trump policy whiplash as clean energy meets soaring data center demand

    By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated Press
    December 21, 2025
    U.S. pursues another tanker skirting Venezuela sanctions as GOP senator calls seizures a ‘provocation and a prelude to war’
    Politics

    U.S. pursues another tanker skirting Venezuela sanctions as GOP senator calls seizures a ‘provocation and a prelude to war’

    By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press
    December 21, 2025
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    Commentary

    2025: the year sustainability didn’t die 

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    December 21, 2025
    Georgia regulators approve 50% power capacity boost, betting that massive AI data center demand will eventually materialize
    Energy

    Georgia regulators approve 50% power capacity boost, betting that massive AI data center demand will eventually materialize

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
    December 21, 2025
    Trump gives an OK sign while giving a speech in the White House
    Environment

    Trump goes nuclear: The president’s tech and media umbrella will merge with a fusion reactor developer in a deal valued north of $6 billion

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    December 18, 2025
    RJ Scaringe, wearing a dark green shirt and glasses, gestures with both hands as he speaks.
    North America

    Rivian CEO says midprice EV sales are still 50% Tesla: ‘That’s not a reflection of a healthy market’

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    December 18, 2025
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    Commentary

    How Bentley’s brand is creating business advantage in disruptive times 

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    December 18, 2025
    Woodside Energy CEO Meg O'Neill speaks while seated on the sidelines of an energy conference.
    Energy

    Embattled BP replaces CEO, naming Woodside Energy chief as first-ever woman leader of a Big Oil giant

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    December 17, 2025
    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the roundtable, Trump addressed questions on the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut interest rates and reports that the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, among other topics.
    Energy

    A U.S. oil blockade on Venezuela could ‘devastate’ its economy and further pressure Maduro. But how far is Trump willing to take it?

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    December 17, 2025
    Gasoline delivery truck driver Robert Clark prepares to fill the underground gas tanks at a Shell station in Glendale California. Fuel prices in December 2025 are the lowest since the pandemic in early 2021.
    Energy

    Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

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    December 17, 2025
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    Energy

    Trump orders blockade of all ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela

    By Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press
    December 17, 2025
    Detroit, Michigan, Residents picket DTE Energy, opposing the electric utility's plan to provide power for a proposed $7 billion data center in rural Michigan.
    Environment

    A grassroots NIMBY revolt is turning voters in Republican strongholds against the AI data-center boom

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    December 16, 2025
    CARACAS, VENEZUELA - A member of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces holds an "Igla-S" rocket launcher during a military ceremony commemorating the 200th anniversary of the presentation of the 'Sword of Peru' to Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar on November 25, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. The United States recently designated the "Cartel De Los Soles" (Cartel of The Suns) as a foreign terrorist organization, a group allegedly led by the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and which, it is presumed, includes high-ranking members of the Venezuelan government.
    Energy

    Everything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela involves oil and regime change—even if the White House won’t admit it

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    December 14, 2025

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