$30 Billion in Trade Relief Is Only a Recommendation—Here’s the American Scoreboard

$5.25 Billion to Move Power Faster: What DOE’s Grid Bet Means for America

Energy & Infrastructure • September 25, 2026 $5.25 Billion to Move Power Faster: What DOE’s Grid Bet Means for America Thirty-one projects across 26 states promise more capacity from existing…

DOE Backed 21 Geothermal Projects With $99 Million. The Test Is Whether Drilling Can Deliver 24/7 Power.

DOE Backed 21 Geothermal Projects With $99 Million. The Test Is Whether Drilling Can Deliver 24/7 Power. The Energy Department is placing a targeted bet on a resource the United…

Corpus Christi Is Now America’s No. 2 LNG Terminal—Why 3.1 Bcf/d Matters

A major piece of America’s energy infrastructure has crossed the finish line. Cheniere Energy completed the seventh and final train of Stage 3 at its Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas…

Retail Sales Jumped 1.2%. The Consumer Is Stronger—but the Inflation Adjustment Matters

American consumers delivered a stronger August than many cautious narratives implied. Advance retail and food-services sales reached $773.9 billion, rising 1.2% from July and 6.0% from a year earlier, according…

Treasury Put VTB Under Iran Sanctions. The Real Target Is the Banks Around It

National Security & Markets Treasury Put VTB Under Iran Sanctions. The Real Target Is the Banks Around It Washington’s newest designation adds an Iran-based sanctions hook to an already blocked…

America and Canada Escalate a $20 Billion Tariff Fight—Here’s Who Feels It

Trade, Industry & Household Costs America and Canada Escalate a $20 Billion Tariff Fight—Here’s Who Feels It Retaliatory duties now cover steel, dairy, appliances, machinery, and electronics. New U.S. restrictions…

Washington Hits a $24 Billion Scam Marketplace—and Freezes $52 Million in Crypto

Fraud, Technology & National Security Washington Hits a $24 Billion Scam Marketplace—and Freezes $52 Million in Crypto Treasury sanctions and Justice Department seizures target the payment rails behind Southeast Asian…

1.5% Growth. $400.9 Billion More Profit. The Split Is the Signal.

The economy slowed in the second quarter, yet corporate profits accelerated. The durable advantage belongs to companies converting pricing, productivity, and capital discipline into real cash flow. The headline says…

65 Million Americans. Two Emergency Orders. One Grid Warning.

Washington has ordered aging Mid-Atlantic generators to remain available. The immediate fix buys time—but it does not build the capacity PJM still needs. The Mid-Atlantic grid is not in a…

Factory Output Rose 0.2%. America Still Has a Capacity Gap.

July production improved across manufacturing, mining, and utilities—but utilization remains well below its long-run norm. American industry expanded in July, but the stronger signal is not the monthly gain. It…

AI Stock Valuations Are a Bubble, India’s Chief Economic Advisor

Artificial intelligence (AI) has added trillions of dollars to global stock market valuations and turned AI companies like Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic into Wall Street’s hottest trade. But India’s Chief…