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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is still “thinking about” banning diesel exports in an attempt to get a handle on high energy prices, but noted that doing so may have a “negative impact on gasoline.” Trump, asked in the Oval Office if he has decided on a ban, said his aides think it…
Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican from Ohio, speaks during a roundtable on a ratepayer protection pledge in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, March 4, 2026. Bonnie Cash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senate Democrats on Wednesday defeated a pair of bills that aimed to…
The push to regulate artificial intelligence faces a big speed bump in Washington: Antitrust hawks. AI companies have asked for narrow antitrust exemptions to collaborate on safety issues as they push Washington to regulate them amid growing fears that the technology could grow out of control. But some lawmakers on Capitol Hill who would write…
US President Donald Trump, sitting alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (L) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (R), speaks during a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 29, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered…
The U.S. is still dealing with the impact of Covid 19-related stimulus spending from former President Joe Biden’s first year in office, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Tuesday as he defended the Trump administration’s handling of the economy. “That’s really the big mistake that we’re still working our way out from,” Hassett contended…
The building of the destroyed Shajareh Tayebeh primary school is pictured surrounded by rubble in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province on August 10, 2026. Six months on, a team of AFP journalists obtained rare access to the school which has remained largely in ruins, its collapsed walls and twisted steel now surrounded by portraits of…
A ballot box sits ready to be used aa Prairie Oak Lodge is used as a polling place on June 2, 2026 in Marion, Iowa. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images A judge on Monday vacated a Trump administration rule that would withhold 20% of federal counterterrorism funds allocated for states unless states and certain municipalities…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks with CNBC on June 24, 2026. CNBC Senate Democrats are seeking information on how artificial intelligence and data center spending by Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft has been subsidized by tax breaks authorized in the 2025 tax cutting and spending package passed by Republicans at the behest of President Donald…
Television advertisements with a pro-Trump message β and paid for by the U.S. government β are expanding their reach ahead of November’s midterm elections,Β prompting bipartisan scrutiny over whether the campaign complies with federal restrictions on taxpayer-funded publicity and propaganda. One of the ads β backed by music that repeats the words “love me” β prominently…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview at Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump is set to have a private dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday, according to person familiar with the…