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In July 2025 the Pentagon became a major shareholder in the company that runs America’s only operating rare earth mine. The Defense Department bought $400 million of MP Materials preferred stock at $30.03 a share, with warrants, added a $150 million loan, and …
FedRAMP is the US government’s security approval for cloud services. If a federal agency wants to run its work on someone’s cloud, the …
On 7 October 2026 the Government Accountability Office issued two more decisions finding that the executive branch broke the Impoundment …
The Department of Energy runs seventeen national laboratories and some of the fastest computers in the world. Since November 2025 it has …
On 20 February 2026 the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn’t give the President the power …
In August 2025 three AI companies offered the US government their enterprise products for almost nothing. OpenAI put ChatGPT Enterprise on …
Taxes across the OECD reached their highest level on record in 2024. The average tax-to-GDP ratio rose 0.3 percentage points to 34.1%, …
On 5 October 2026 the Department of Energy offered Vistra a conditional loan of up to $4.2 billion to boost output at three nuclear plants, …
On 11 September 2026 a new obligation started for every company selling software or connected hardware in the EU. If a vulnerability in one …
J.H. Campbell is a 1,560-megawatt coal plant on Lake Michigan. Its owner, Consumers Energy, planned to close it in May 2025. On 23 May 2025, …