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The Interior Department has agreed to pay about $3.9 billion to energy companies to give up 12 offshore wind leases, while losing every court fight over the five projects already under construction. Washington’s offshore wind policy now runs on two tracks: …
The Pentagon’s latest estimate puts the cost of the war with Iran at $43.6 billion as of September 3. Of that, $11.2 billion has been spent …
Congress hasn’t approved significant new money for Ukraine since April 2024, the Congressional Research Service noted in its update of …
On September 30 the chairs and ranking members of the Senate’s two energy and environment committees introduced a bipartisan permitting …
The Surface Transportation Board, the federal agency that regulates freight railroads, is reviewing Union Pacific’s $85 billion takeover of …
On September 18 the President signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. It passed the Senate 86 to 11 and the …
Executive Order 14248, signed in March 2025, told the Election Assistance Commission to require documentary proof of citizenship on the …
On September 30 the US and South Korea announced a framework for up to $120 billion in Korean investment to finance eight large reactors on …
The United States imposed its toughest Russia sanctions in October 2025, when it designated Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil …
On September 30, 2026, GAO published its accounting of what happened to the US Agency for International Development. Between January 2025 …
