By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 announced $500 billion in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle will invest in the infrastructure through their joint venture, Stargate. Trump described it as the “largest AI infrastructure project by far in history.” Speaking during […]
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Trump to Declare National Energy Emergency, Sign Alaska Executive Order
By Andrew Moran President-elect Donald Trump will sign “close to 100” executive orders in the hours after taking office, including the declaration of “a national energy emergency” with an “Unleash American Energy” executive order and a corresponding slate of policy directives and actions designed to animate his “drill baby drill” energy agenda. During a call, […]
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Trump’s Return to White House Promises Rapid Change
By Lawrence Wilson and Ivan Pentchoukov President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House as a seasoned executive intent on ending a decades-long approach to governance in ways that could reshape the presidency and the country well into the future. Trump plans an about-face from the expansion of domestic programs and regulations and globalist […]
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Trump Outlines Day One Priorities at Inauguration Eve Rally
By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump spoke at a rally on Sunday, the eve of Inauguration Day, at the Capitol One Arena in downtown Washington. At the “Make America Great Again” victory rally, Trump offered a preview of the actions he would take upon being sworn in on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of […]
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Americans Remain in Dark Over Origins of Mysterious Drones
By Janice Hisle For the past decade, Jennifer Krazinski felt safe living in a home “tucked away, off of a dirt road,” in Hewitt, a northern New Jersey suburb. But what she recently saw in the night sky left her disquieted. Near her house, Krazinski noticed flying objects with blinking red-and-white lights, emitting a whirring […]
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Laken Riley Act Advances to Final Vote in Senate
By Stacy Robinson WASHINGTON—The Senate on Jan. 17 advanced a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft, burglary, or shoplifting, setting it up for a final vote. That bill, the Laken Riley Act, also allows states to sue the federal government if it fails to enforce […]
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Speaker Johnson Orders Capitol US Flags to Full-Staff on Inauguration Day
By Matt McGregor House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be returned to full-staff for Inauguration Day and then to half-staff the next day to continue honoring former President Jimmy Carter’s recent passing. “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate […]
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Trump’s Bank Deregulation
By Peter St. Onge Donald Trump wants to unchain the financial sector to flood lending into the economy. Will it boost growth? Or will it boost inflation? The Wall Street Journal recently summed up Trump’s plans to eliminate overlap, duplication, and regulations that shut out competitors and reduce lending. Specific things he wants to get rid […]
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13 Trump Appointees Face Confirmation Hearings This Week
By Andrew Thornebrooke More than a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees will face confirmation hearings in the Senate this week. The back-to-back Senate hearings are likely to prove the first major test of Trump’s second term in office, as some of the president-elect’s selections have stoked controversy on both sides of the aisle […]
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Weather, Power, and Water Issues Persist in Los Angeles’ Eaton Fire Area
By Beige Luciano-Adams LOS ANGELES—Residents eager to return home and survey vast damage wrought by the Eaton Canyon Fire in northeast Los Angeles County will have to wait, officials said at a community meeting on Jan. 10, offering a mixed outlook on the coming week as first responders grapple with a fire that has exploded […]
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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Constitutionality of Obamacare Mandate Panel
By Matthew Vadum The U.S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 10 to review the constitutionality of an Affordable Care Act provision that allows a panel to mandate that insurers cover preventive medical services without cost to patients. The new decision was issued as an unsigned order in Becerra v. Braidwood Management Inc. No justices dissented. The […]
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BlackRock Exits UN-Backed Net-Zero Climate Pact
By Tom Ozimek BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager overseeing approximately $11.5 trillion in assets, has decided to withdraw from a climate pact backed by the United Nations (UN) that advocates for aggressive de-carbonizing of the economy. A BlackRock spokesperson confirmed to The Epoch Times that the company has decided to withdraw from the Net […]
