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Elon Musk Tests Europe’s Willingness to Enforce Its Online Laws

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By:Adam Satariano and Kate Conger
12 December 2025 at 09:00
Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.

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Elon Musk has grown increasingly confrontational toward Europe over the past year.

Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Oil Exploration in Remote Areas of the Arctic

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By:Karen Zraick
11 December 2025 at 19:29
A federal lawsuit argues that proposed work by ConocoPhillips could threaten delicate ecosystems in the largest tract of public land in the U.S.

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A ConocoPhillips oil drilling site on the North Slope of Alaska near the Willow site, another ConocoPhillips oil exploration project.
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Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order

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By:Cecilia Kang
11 December 2025 at 23:56
The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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President Trump, who has said it’s important for America to dominate in the race to develop A.I., has said that the various state A.I. laws have created a confusing patchwork of regulations.

Trump Panel Abruptly Postpones Release of FEMA Overhaul Recommendations

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By:Scott Dance
11 December 2025 at 18:06
The group’s report had been expected to provide a road map for change after months of upheaval at the agency.

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Talk of a FEMA overhaul comes as disasters are becoming more frequent and costly as a result of climate change.

U.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say

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By:Eric Niiler
11 December 2025 at 13:54
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.

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The opening session of the 7th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.

Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice Department

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By:David McCabe
10 December 2025 at 14:20
President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts pressure on his antitrust chief.

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Gail Slater is in charge of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, which is expected to handle the government’s review of a Warner Bros. deal.

Gregg Phillips, a Proponent of Election Conspiracy Theories, to Join FEMA

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By:Scott Dance
10 December 2025 at 15:54
Gregg Phillips, who spread unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud in the 2016 election, will join the agency’s leadership, the Trump administration confirmed.

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Gregg Phillips, right, onstage in 2022 with Catherine Engelbrecht, with whom he has led True the Vote, a conservative nonprofit group.

Our Children’s Trust Suit Asks Montana Court to Block Some New Laws

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By:Karen Zraick
10 December 2025 at 18:45
The young plaintiffs, who won a major case over climate change policy in 2023, argue that legislators are illegally ignoring the effects of fossil fuels.

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Rikki Held, the named plaintiff in Held v. Montana, in June 2023. The same plaintiffs are asking the state’s top court to prevent legislators from undermining their victory.

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants

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By:William J. Broad
10 December 2025 at 05:03
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.

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Does the Job of C.E.O. or Private Investor Come First? Intel’s Chief Is Juggling That Question.

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By:Don Clark and Tripp Mickle
10 December 2025 at 05:03
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.

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Lip-Bu Tan, the chief executive of Intel, has led a venture capital firm since 1987.

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants

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By:William J. Broad
10 December 2025 at 05:03
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.

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Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions

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By:David E. Sanger
9 December 2025 at 20:21
President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.

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President Trump with Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, at the White House in April.

Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump?

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By:David McCabe
9 December 2025 at 12:53
Andrew Ferguson has used the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection mandate to investigate issues important to President Trump and his base.

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Andrew Ferguson, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing in May.

App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It

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By:Tripp Mickle
8 December 2025 at 10:11
The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.

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A street raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal law enforcement officers along Canal Street in New York in October.

MAHA Activists Urge Trump to Fire Lee Zeldin at the E.P.A.

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By:Maxine Joselow
5 December 2025 at 17:08
As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin has weakened protections against toxic chemicals, say members of the MAHA movement.

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A petition to fire Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, had more than 2,800 signatures by midday Friday.

Inside RFK Jr.’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System

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By:Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett
4 December 2025 at 16:55
The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, conferring with Hannah Anderson, then one of his top advisers, during a hearing in May.

Trump’s NASA Pick Poised to Win Senate Vote After Do-Over Hearing

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By:Kenneth Chang
3 December 2025 at 14:53
The president withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead the space agency in June, but senators of both parties appeared willing to give him a second shot at confirmation.

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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and NASA administrator nominee, appearing before the Senate on Wednesday.

Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules

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By:Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow
2 December 2025 at 18:58
Executives from top automakers were invited to attend the announcement at the White House on Wednesday.

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The Biden-era auto emissions rules have significantly reduced the planet-warming greenhouse gases from transportation, which is the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States.

After Trump’s MRI Claim, His Doctor’s Memo Offers Little Clarity

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By:Gina Kolata
2 December 2025 at 14:16
While the president said he had an M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific.

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The statement, by Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, said the tests on President Trump’s cardiovascular system and abdominal region showed the president “remains in excellent overall health.”

Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War

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By:Lisa Friedman and Steven Lee Myers
1 December 2025 at 08:27
Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.

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Oil-rich countries, including the U.S., are downplaying scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously heating the planet.

F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals

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By:Christina Jewett
29 November 2025 at 11:24
The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad, the F.D.A.’s top vaccine official, suggested in a memo that the deaths were related to vaccine-related myocarditis but did not offer data to support his conclusions.

E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

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By:Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow
26 November 2025 at 17:52
Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement.

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A gas flare at an oil facility in Midland, Texas.

U.S. Nuclear Arms Chief Warns Against Leaks of Secret Information

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By:William J. Broad
26 November 2025 at 08:37
The email sent to atom bomb officials by Brandon Williams highlights the managerial challenge faced by the former one-term congressman.

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Brandon Williams, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has no deep technical roots or experience in running the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, unlike many of his predecessors.

Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.

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By:Lisa Friedman
26 November 2025 at 05:00
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.

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Since President Trump took office, oil production is up, but largely because of improved efficiency, and it has not translated into more jobs for either the industry or the overall economy.

U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare

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By:Rebecca Robbins
26 November 2025 at 13:15
The Trump administration said that had the new prices been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved $12 billion, which would have reduced its spending on those drugs by 44 percent.

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The 15 drugs include widely used inhalers, such as Breo Ellipta, and treatments for cancer, diabetes and depression.

Fears About A.I. Prompt Talks of Super PACs to Rein In the Industry

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By:Theodore Schleifer
26 November 2025 at 11:30
As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.

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Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, an A.I. company that favors more guardrails for the technology. Some of the company’s employees have discussed how to become more involved in political advocacy.

The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive

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By:William J. Broad
24 November 2025 at 15:19
Hydronuclear experiments, barred globally since the 1990s, may lie behind President Trump’s call last month for the United States to resume its testing of nuclear bombs.

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Technicians in an underground test site in Nevada secured the door before execution of the 2021 Red Sage-Nightshade experiment, a subcritical nuclear test.

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’

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By:Katrina Miller and Emily Elconin
25 November 2025 at 11:01
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.

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The night sky above Eagle Harbor, a village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the shoreline of Lake Superior.

X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

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By:Yan Zhuang
24 November 2025 at 03:49
Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States.

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X announced that it had begun listing additional information about an account’s origin on Saturday.

Cassidy Got Pledges From RFK Jr. on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.

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By:Annie Karni
21 November 2025 at 18:12
Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.

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Senator Bill Cassidy during a committee hearing on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be health secretary in February.

RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website

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By:Sheryl Gay Stolberg
21 November 2025 at 16:49
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.

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It is highly unusual for a health secretary to personally order a change to scientific guidance, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the language adjustment on the C.D.C. website.

Energy Department Reorganization Reflects Shift Away From Renewable Energy

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By:Brad Plumer
20 November 2025 at 17:38
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.

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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations no longer appear in an organizational chart posted by the Energy Department on Tuesday.

To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace

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By:Don Clark
20 November 2025 at 05:03
A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.

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The Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill.

Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy

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By:Eric Lipton · Michael Rothfeld · David Yaffe-Bellany and Ana Swanson
20 November 2025 at 05:00
Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them.

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A mammoth data center is rising in Amarillo, Texas. Firms controlled by the Lutnick family have helped finance it, banking millions in fees in the process.

Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act

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By:Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn
19 November 2025 at 16:15
Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live.

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An endangered red wolf in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manns Harbor, N.C., in 2023.

Saudi Arabia Backs Elon Musk’s xAI With Data Center Deal

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By:Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
19 November 2025 at 17:02
Mr. Musk’s xAI will work with the Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain on a new data center, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to diversify his kingdom’s economy.

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Elon Musk and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Washington on Wednesday. The deal between xAI and the Saudi-backed company Humain is set to be xAI’s biggest data center outside the United States.
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