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When Washington Pulls the Plug
When Washington Pulls the Plug

The Grain Belt Express, the $4.9 billion Loan That Vanished, and Why the Lights May Dim Because of It Washington killed the money. In July, the Department of Energy quietly yanked its $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express—the 800-mile, 5-gigawatt...

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The Shrug Heard ’Round the World
The Shrug Heard ’Round the World

When Americans say “not my problem” about Ukraine, they forget how history — and economics — actually works. Every so often, a line pops up in our politics that tells you exactly where the national headspace is. Lately, it’s this one: “Ukraine? Not my problem.” It’s...

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New Drilling off California and Florida Proposed
New Drilling off California and Florida Proposed

In the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump cracked open the federal offshore like he was breaking a piñata at a kid’s birthday party. New drilling off California, Florida, Alaska, and deep into the High Arctic — places that haven’t seen a fresh...

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Washington Bets Big on American Magnet Makers
Washington Bets Big on American Magnet Makers

The Pentagon just dropped a $700 million hammer on two little-known companies in Indiana and North Carolina—Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies—in a long-overdue bid to build something this country hasn’t had since disco: a real, functioning rare-earth magnet...

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The Gospel According to the Parking Lot
The Gospel According to the Parking Lot

On the Treasure Coast, faith feeds people. On Facebook, it just yells at them. I had breakfast with a couple of my neighbors yesterday — the kind of people who make you feel like you wandered into a better America for an hour. Kind. Steady. Religious in the way our...

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Feed the People, Follow the Law
Feed the People, Follow the Law

The SNAP ruling isn’t judicial activism. It’s the Constitution doing exactly what it was built to do: stop any president from treating the national budget like personal property. The thing about the American government is this: we built the whole machine on the...

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China Targets U.S. Shipyards In New Pacific Power Game
China Targets U.S. Shipyards In New Pacific Power Game

China has imposed sanctions on several U.S.-linked affiliates of South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, including the historic Philly Shipyard, in what U.S. officials are calling a blatant attempt to disrupt American-South Korean cooperation in shipbuilding and defense...

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The Ice Road is Real — And the U.S. Better Pay Attention
The Ice Road is Real — And the U.S. Better Pay Attention

The Istanbul Bridge, a Chinese-owned Panamax container ship, just pulled off what many in the Pentagon used to call “science fiction.” It sailed from China to the UK — through the Arctic — and docked at Felixstowe on Oct. 13 after a 20-day run. That’s not a typo....

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Isaac Cubillos

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