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A large oil-exporting hub will be built in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico amid the Iran war—but only because Japan and the White House are paying for it
A large oil-exporting hub will be built in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico amid the Iran war—but only because Japan and the White House are paying for it

Sentinel Midstream’s Texas GulfLink project will be built 30 miles offshore courtesy of an investment vehicle funded largely by Japan and the Trump administration.

By Jordan BlumMay 8, 2026
An almond farmer inspects a fruit on a tree.
California farmers must destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes its canneries and cancels more than $550 million in long-term contracts
By Sasha RogelbergMay 7, 2026
bears
Judge allows Alaska wildlife agents to resume shooting bears from helicopters to protect recovering caribou herd
By Becky Bohrer and The Associated PressMay 7, 2026
At 75, Ted Turner told Fortune he gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending
At 75, Ted Turner told Fortune he gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending
By Ashley LutzMay 6, 2026
Debris from the White House East Wing demolition was dumped at a nearby public golf course and contains toxic metals, National Park report finds
Debris from the White House East Wing demolition was dumped at a nearby public golf course and contains toxic metals, National Park report finds
By Sasha RogelbergMay 7, 2026
ben
Magnum owns Ben & Jerry’s. Now it’s destroying what made the brand worth buying
By David Bronner, Michael Bronner and Ryan GellertMay 7, 2026
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Ted Cruz says the quiet part out loud: Trump accounts are Social Security personal accounts as GOP senator reveals ‘dirty little secret’
PoliticsTed Cruz says the quiet part out loud: Trump accounts are Social Security personal accounts as GOP senator reveals ‘dirty little secret’
By Jason MaMay 9, 2026
Putin presides over Russia’s Victory Day parade without tanks, missiles and other heavy equipment due to threat of Ukrainian long-range drones
PoliticsPutin presides over Russia’s Victory Day parade without tanks, missiles and other heavy equipment due to threat of Ukrainian long-range drones
By The Associated PressMay 9, 2026
Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Mideast HQ, arrests dozens with alleged links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
PoliticsBahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Mideast HQ, arrests dozens with alleged links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
By Adam Schreck, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressMay 9, 2026
Pedestrian who jumped Denver airport fence dies after being hit by Frontier Airlines plane, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate
North AmericaPedestrian who jumped Denver airport fence dies after being hit by Frontier Airlines plane, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate
By The Associated PressMay 9, 2026
As hantavirus outbreak unfolds, the CDC is missing in action, experts say. ‘I’m very sorry to say that we are not prepared’
PoliticsAs hantavirus outbreak unfolds, the CDC is missing in action, experts say. ‘I’m very sorry to say that we are not prepared’
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressMay 9, 2026
UFO files show Buzz Aldrin saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the moon and a ‘fairly bright light source’ that the Apollo 11 crew felt could be a laser
InnovationUFO files show Buzz Aldrin saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the moon and a ‘fairly bright light source’ that the Apollo 11 crew felt could be a laser
By Seung Min Kim, Collin Binkley and The Associated PressMay 9, 2026
Photo of Zak Brown
SuccessBefore the McLaren CEO got a $50 million payday from his team’s F1 championship, he was a high-school dropout who got his start on Wheel of Fortune
By Sasha RogelbergMay 9, 2026
‘Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA’ in hiring: Recruiters retreat from ‘talent is everywhere,’ double down on top colleges
Future of Work‘Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA’ in hiring: Recruiters retreat from ‘talent is everywhere,’ double down on top colleges
By Jake AngeloMay 9, 2026
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Coal
Health‘They ain’t worried about the miners or people in West Virginia or coal miners anywhere’: Black lung sufferers despair over DC’s distance
By Margie Mason and The Associated PressNovember 7, 2025
  • Shark
    EnvironmentClimate change means more great white sharks in the waters of New England every summer
    By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2025
malaria no more
CommentaryMalaria isn’t just a health crisis — it’s an economic imperative
By Martin Edlund and Florizelle LiserNovember 7, 2025
Georgia
PoliticsDemocrats had such a big election night they even booted Republicans out of Georgia’s Public Service Commission
By Jeff Amy and The Associated PressNovember 6, 2025
Cop30
CommentaryProgress but uneven: Energy transition reality check
By Chris Bradley, Mekala Krishnan and Humayun TaiNovember 6, 2025
The under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia 
AIThe under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia 
By Sharon GoldmanNovember 5, 2025
Subway
Law‘No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad’: DC riveted by Subway sandwich hurling case
By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated PressNovember 5, 2025
  • Chevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
    EnergyChevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
    By Jordan BlumAugust 24, 2025
An aerial view of one of Microsoft's data centers on a sunny day
InvestingThis ETF is handily beating the S&P 500—and analysts say it could be one of the big winners of the AI boom
By Dave SmithNovember 3, 2025
A close-up of Bill Gates' face
EnergyBill Gates says a ‘doomsday’ outlook on climate is driving people to focus on the wrong things
By Dave SmithOctober 28, 2025
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford speaks at MPW
ConferencesBeth Ford says ‘we need more legal immigration’ to help American farmers because a lack of labor could trigger a ‘black swan event’
By Dave SmithOctober 14, 2025
Trump speaks from the Resolute Desk
North AmericaOver 70% of H-1B visa holders are Indian citizens. Its government says Trump jacking the fee to $100,000 is ‘likely to have humanitarian consequences’
By Dave SmithSeptember 22, 2025
NYU Professor Suzy Welch
SuccessSuzy Welch says Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because older generations worked just as hard, but they ‘had hope’
By Dave SmithSeptember 19, 2025
  • The rendering of Meta's planned data center complex in Richland Parish shows a massive arrive of facilities to power the AI boom.
    FeaturesMeta is sinking $10 billion into rural Louisiana to build the home of its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the nation’s grid buildout
    By Delaney NolanAugust 24, 2025
Dirtbag Billionaire
EnvironmentHow Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard decided to give away his billions
By David GellesSeptember 9, 2025
Will small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?
EuropeWill small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?
By Anna HeimSeptember 9, 2025
Secret fresh water
EnvironmentFirst-of-its-kind study finds ‘secret fresh water’ that may stretch from New Jersey to Maine
By Calvin Woodward, Carolyn Kaster, Rodrique Ngowi and The Associated PressSeptember 7, 2025
Donald Trump
EnvironmentConnecticut, Rhode Island, reeling wind giant Orsted sue Trump administration for canceling nearly finished offshore projects
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Wildfires
EnvironmentWhat caused the historic LA wildfire? The federal government accuses Southern California Edison
By Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Canal jumper
EnvironmentCarbon storage challenged as climate change silver bullet by massive underground study
By Tammy Webber and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Flood
EnvironmentOne out of every 4 homes is at ‘severe or extreme’ climate risk, study says
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 3, 2025
Gray wolves
EnvironmentCattle ranchers talk to wolves by blasting AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ or dialogue from movies: ‘I am not putting up with this anymore!’
By Cedar Attanasio and The Associated PressAugust 31, 2025
With the shuttered Homer City coal plant in the background, at the Lucerne Reclamation project site in Pennsylvania, a worker moves coal refuse to be prepared for transport to be cleaned on June 12, 2024. The soil, contaminated by coal refuse, is cleaned and returned to the land where it is encased and covered with top soil and planted as a meadow.
EnergyHow the AI data center boom is breathing new life into transforming dirty, old coal plants
By Jordan BlumAugust 31, 2025
oil
EnvironmentCalifornia crowed that it ‘finally beat big oil’ 2 years ago. Regulators just halted the landmark penalty payments
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
New Mexico
Environment‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
Donald Trump
EnvironmentTrump breaks wind funding again, canceling $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore projects
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2025
EVs
EnvironmentOregon is trying to plug a $300 million hole in its transportation budget with a pay-per-mile fee for electric vehicle owners
By Claire Rush and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2025
Florida python
EnvironmentFlorida is deploying robot rabbit lures that cost $4,000 apiece in a desperate push to solve the Everglades’ python problem
By Curt Anderson, Cody Jackson and The Associated PressAugust 28, 2025
A german shepherd and a FEMA worker search for damage and victims in the wake of Hurricane Helen. They walk next to a pile of branches and debris.
EnvironmentTrump critics inside FEMA put on indefinite leave after blasting cuts in dissent letter
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Colorado River
Environment‘It’s getting pretty scary’: The Colorado River, 40 million Americans, 7 states and no plan for how to manage inevitable decline
By Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Haboob
EnvironmentAmerica gripped by towering haboobs as dust storms take Southwest by storm
By The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Nicolle Ritchie peels corn facing away from the camera in the midst of a corn field.
Environment‘Like the corn’s never getting a break. It’s just hot all the time’: How America’s farmers conquered climate change for a ‘monster’ harvest
By Melina Walling, Joshua A. Bickel and The Associated PressAugust 25, 2025
Heat wave
EnvironmentIt’s so hot in the western U.S. that some people are ‘wobbling’ and collapsing to the ground as they walk outside
By Cedar Attanasio and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2025
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