Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States
By Valerie Volcovici, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...
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Why US Coal Producers Are Having a Very Good Year
By Tom DiChristopher, CNBCU.S. coal exports are rising this year, giving the fossil-fuel friendly Trump administration reason to cheer, but analysts believe the good times won't last. The surge in exports doesn't herald a...
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The Crisis in Venezuela Could Send Oil Prices Soaring
By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.comVenezuela’s deteriorating crisis is “going to be the biggest geopolitical story to watch in the oil markets," according to Helima Croft of RBC Capital Markets. The economic, political and security...
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The Battery Problem That Could Slow the Electric Car Revolution
By Zandi Shabalala, ReutersProducers of processed lithium - an essential element for batteries used in electric cars - are agreeing long-term contracts with their customers to fund the investments needed to address a looming...
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The Great Battery Battle: Tesla Sparks an Arms Race in Energy Storage
By Ryan Browne, CNBCElon Musk's car company Tesla appears to be leading the "arms race" for lithium-ion batteries — for now. Musk recently announced plans to build the world's biggest lithium-ion battery storage project...
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Trump May Be in a Legislative Slump, but His Energy Agenda Is Getting Lots of Hits
By Tom DiChristopher, CNBCPresident Donald Trump may be fuming over Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, but he can certainly take solace in the GOP's swift overhaul of the Obama administration's energy and...
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5 Reasons Electric Cars Won’t Reduce Oil Consumption Anytime Soon
By David Yager, Oilprice.comHardly a day goes by without another media report about the impending demise of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) as petroleum powered cars and trucks are replaced by uber-clean Electric Vehicles...
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5 Red States That Are Going Green
By Zachary Basu, CNBCWith Donald Trump officially putting an end to the so-called war on coal, states whose economies were hampered by clean air and emissions regulations are finally free to return to the days of rugged...
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How Enormous Batteries Could Help Save Billions in Energy Costs
By Jen Fifield, StatelineIn Southern California, where an extreme energy shortage has threatened for months to shut off power for millions of homeowners, an unconventional source of electricity is helping to keep the lights...
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The Risk That Could Drive Oil Prices Higher in a Hurry
By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.comThe latest rally in oil prices ran up against a wall yet again, and the same fears about oversupply have not receded in the slightest. The expectation from most oil analysts is that there is very...
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Netanyahu struggles to set the terms in Iranian dispute
By Dan Williams, ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that Iran's new president was a "wolf in sheep's clothing", but he himself looked increasingly like a lone wolf as his...
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U.N. aviation body agrees on emissions deal
By Valerie Volcovici and Barbara Lewis, ReutersMONTREAL/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United Nations' civil aviation body has reached outline agreement on a global scheme to curb airline carbon emissions, casting a shadow over a rival EU plan to lower...
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India announces warm-up for world's biggest election
By Sruthi Gottipati, ReutersNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will hold five state elections in November and December, authorities said on Friday, kicking off a contest that is expected to boost the profile of Hindu nationalist...
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Insight: Americans eye cheap home refueling for natural gas cars
By Edward McAllister, ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - When Connie Jones arrives home from her job as an information technology manager in Chandler, Arizona, she parks her car in her garage and fills it up with natural gas. It is a...
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Venezuela's Maduro stuck in shadow of 'El Comandante' Chavez
By Andrew Cawthorne, ReutersCIUDAD CARIBIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Hovering over a sun-baked mountain one day in his presidential helicopter, Hugo Chavez had a dream: to build a utopian city that would showcase socialism in...