President Donald Trump moved on several fronts to prolong US reliance on coal power, as he ordered the Pentagon to purchase electricity from plants and announced millions of dollars to upgrade existing facilities.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a “Champion of Coal” event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he intended to press ahead on talks with Iran, and that his preference was to reach a deal with the Islamic Republic despite reservations from the visiting leader.
US President Donald Trump speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Trump launched a new website to help Americans directly buy select medicines at a discount, seeking to counter cost-of-living concerns that pose a threat to his party in November's congressional elections.
President Donald Trump will unveil plans to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain US coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a coal mining executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2025.
President Donald Trump will unveil plans to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain US coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a coal mining executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2025.
The US Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to repeal a policy that provides the legal foundation for a raft of rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions, marking President Donald Trump’s most consequential retreat from the fight against climate change.
Emissions rise from an oil refinery in Memphis, Tennessee, US.
President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of a new bridge that connects Michigan and Ontario until the US was given compensation and ownership of half of it, saying he’d start negotiations immediately.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge connects southern Detroit, Michigan, US, and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
The US is moving to reduce its so-called reciprocal tariff on goods from Bangladesh and offering a new exemption for textile products, the White House said Monday, in the latest adjustment for the South Asian country.
Raw materials stacked in a warehouse inside a garment factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has stepped down from his post leading the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, according to a Trump administration official.
Stephen Miran Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
The US government is preparing to issue a general license allowing companies to pump oil in Venezuela, part of the Trump administration’s plan to ease sanctions and rebuild the nation’s moribund energy industry.
Oil rigs south of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on Jan. 31. Photographer: Maryorin Mendez/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump formally announced plans to launch a $12 billion critical minerals stockpile, in his latest effort to aid manufacturers while minimizing reliance on Chinese rare earths.
Bags of rare earth concentrates wait for transport at a mine in Mountain Pass, California.
President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical-minerals stockpile with $12 billion in seed money, a bid to insulate manufacturers from supply shocks as the US works to slash its reliance on Chinese rare earths and other metals.
A rare earths mining and processing facility in Mountain Pass, California.
President Donald Trump said he plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for about two years to carry out renovations after his takeover prompted a significant backlash.
Workers add US President Donald Trump's name on the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, in December.
The Trump administration issued a general license expanding the ability of oil companies to operate in Venezuela, marking a significant step to ease sanctions under the new US-backed leadership in Caracas.
A fishermen in front of Petroleos de Venezuela SA oil rigs on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
The Trump administration issued a general license expanding the ability of oil companies to operate in Venezuela, marking a significant step to ease sanctions under the new US-backed leadership in Caracas.
A fishermen in front of Petroleos de Venezuela SA oil rigs on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump said he would announce his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve “next week,” and reiterated his expectation that the central bank’s new leader will lower interest rates.
Vehicles pass in front of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump said he would announce his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve “next week,” and reiterated his expectation that the central bank’s new leader will lower interest rates.
Vehicles pass in front of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
The Trump administration is demanding that South Korea take concrete steps to implement its six-month-old trade deal with the US in order to prevent tariffs from rising to 25%, according to US officials.
Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Busan Port Terminal in Busan, South Korea.
President Donald Trump warned Iraq’s largest political bloc against tapping former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to return to office, saying the US would “no longer help” the nation if he was back in power.
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