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Gulf Coast Refineries Pour Cold Water on Trump’s 65-Billion-Barrel Venezuelan Victory Lap

The post Gulf Coast Refineries Pour Cold Water on Trump’s 65-Billion-Barrel Venezuelan Victory Lap appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. President Trump took a historic victory lap Saturday, announcing...

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Why Trump's trade war with Canada is poised to drag past the midterms

The U.S.-Canada trade standoff is threatening to stretch past the midterm elections. The White House is shrugging off the threat.With a week to go before Canada imposes its retaliatory tariffs — ai...

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‘Stop doing memes’: Carney urges US to drop theatrics

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney still sees a path to a mutually beneficial trade deal with the U.S. — once Washington stops playing games.Carney said any deal with the U.S. “must” recognize Can...

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Why Trump’s trade war with Canada is poised to drag past the midterms

The U.S.-Canada trade standoff is threatening to stretch past the midterm elections. The White House is shrugging off the threat. With a week to go before Canada imposes its retaliatory ...

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Congress clears funding patch to avert pre-election shutdown

The House cleared a stopgap funding patch Tuesday to keep cash flowing to federal agencies until mid-December — preventing a government shutdown before Election Day and setting up two major policy ...

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California lawmakers take their big swing on data centers

SACRAMENTO, California — California lawmakers are rushing to rein in data centers, passing seven bills in the final week of the state's legislative session to put stricter rules on an industry whos...

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How Ed Markey may survive Seth Moulton’s generational challenge

Ed Markey should be in more danger.The 80-year-old junior senator from Massachusetts is facing a primary challenge from a representative who wasn’t even alive when he was first elected to Congress....

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‘Wake-up call for Congress’: Lawmakers get a Big Brother warning on AI

Republicans and Democrats across Capitol Hill are getting a glimpse of artificial intelligence’s latest power: its ability to churn out instant dossiers filled with details about ordinary Americans...

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MAGA Inc. is spending – but Republicans say it’s not nearly enough

Money is starting to trickle out of President Donald Trump’s super PAC. But as September begins, GOP donors and other Republicans say it should be gushing.MAGA Inc. sent Vice President JD Vance to ...

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The data centers are winning

Demonstrators wave signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in Imperial, California, on July 18, 2026. | Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images In the United St...

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MORNING GLORY: We're living through the Summer of the DSA (and Hasan Piker)

1967’s "Summer of Love" kicked off the American habit of defining a summer season with a phrase. Some phrases stick. Some do not.1968’s "Summer of Rage" tagline stuck.The "Summer of Watergate" coul...

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The Supreme Court Brought This on Themselves

South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn endorsed calls to expand the Supreme Court over the weekend, reflecting a growing resolve among Democratic officials to do what they considered unthinkable...

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‘An imperfect solution’ gains traction in data center fight

Democratic governors have a new message for data center developers amid community backlash: Cut a deal.Community benefit agreements are increasingly appearing in state strategies for handling the d...

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A "sleeper issue" in red states this fall: Diesel prices

Republicans have been facing a problem with voters over high gasoline prices for months — but the economic pain from near-record diesel fuel prices looks set to hit at the worst possible time for t...

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Sam Altman called Gavin Newsom over kids’ chatbot safety bill

When Sam Altman had last-minute concerns about California legislation that proposed new rules for kids using AI chatbots, he took them straight to Gov. Gavin Newsom.That’s according to four people ...

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Why the revolt against data centers probably won’t stop them

Demonstrators wave signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in Imperial, California, on July 18, 2026. | Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images In the United St...

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What would it take to actually stop the data centers?

Demonstrators wave signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in Imperial, California, on July 18, 2026. | Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images In the United St...

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Army secretary resigns after tension with Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to the White House on Monday after months of disagreements with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the firings of senior officers and the serv...

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Russia sanctions bill could get left behind in Republicans’ pre-midterm dash

Less than a month ago, a huge bipartisan Senate majority voted to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and pass legislation he pushed aimed at sanctioning Russia’s trading partners.Now the bill is at...

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Trump welcomes Russia back to the G20. Europe isn’t having it.

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — The Trump administration’s decision to bring Russia back into the fold at a gathering of the world’s leading economic officials is stirring fresh tensions with European ...

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What 248 books reveal about Kaja Kallas

What 248 books reveal about Kaja Kallas EU’s top diplomat is a noted bookworm. But what can her bookshelf tell us about the politician leading Europe’s diplomacy? ...

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