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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IAEA renews pressure on Iran after "terrorists" charge
By Fredrik Dahl, ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency said on Tuesday Iran must address concerns about its suspected atom bomb research, one day after Tehran alleged that "terrorists" had infiltrated the...
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Chinese Storm Japanese Companies Over 1931 Land Grab
By Kazunori Takada and CHRIS BUCKLEY, ReutersSome major Japanese brandname firms announced factory shutdowns in China on Monday and urged expatriates to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests over a territorial dispute between...
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U.S., allies in Gulf naval exercise as Israel, Iran face off
By Sami Aboudi and Daniel Fineren, ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have launched a major naval exercise in the Gulf that they say shows a global will to keep oil shipping lanes open as Israel and Iran trade threats...
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EU foreign policy chief to meet Iran nuclear negotiator
By ReutersBRUSSELS/VIENNA (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Tuesday, Ashton's office said on Monday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a...
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Panetta to meet Xi Jinping on extended trip to China
By David Alexander, ReutersABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's trip to China has been extended by a day and will include meetings with Vice President Xi Jinping, U.S. defense...