Biden Administration

On May 28, U.S. lawmakers released a draft of a bill allowing the U.S. to increase its debt ceiling. This bill also included a number of add-on taxes, such as the Digital Assets Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax which proposed taxing crypto miners 10% of the cost of the electricity used for...

OPEC+ on Sunday announced that it will limit combined oil production to 40.463 million barrels per day in 2024, with voluntary cuts announced by some of the members that were set to expire by 2023 extended to 2024. Saudi Arabia said it would implement an additional 1 million barrel per day cut for...

Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital (NASDAQ: MARA) received a second subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning its 100-megawatt data center located in Hardin, Montana. Marathon disclosed in a quarterly report on May 10 that the subpoena, issued on April 10, was...

For the first time in history, the Biden administration has declared a substance to be an emerging threat to the country. What happened: Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) officially designated fentanyl combined with...

The skies above the U.S have seen a spate of unusual activity as the military has been forced to take down unidentified objects of mysterious origin on a now near-daily basis. This began with the shoot-down of a Chinese balloon off the coast of South Carolina and has led to concerns about...

As tensions between nations continue to escalate in the realm of advanced technology, a Friday report said Japan and the Netherlands are expected to join the U.S. in implementing strict export controls on crucial semiconductor manufacturing equipment bound for China. The trilateral talks were...

Shares of U.S. solar stocks including Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Solaredge Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SEDG) and Enphase Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH) are rising as a result of U.S. officials' discovery that four of the eight major Chinese solar companies...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reduce its crude oil exports to some term contract clients in its core market Asia by 5% in December. What Happened: According to Reuters, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the largest oil company in the UAE that exports almost all of the oil in...

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday it would extend the pause on student loan repayment, interest and collections. What Happened: The payment hold, which was initially introduced and repeatedly extended during the Trump administration, was set to terminate on Dec. 31....

The U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement on Oct. 14 that said the U.S. has delivered unprecedented security assistance to Ukraine while it continued its struggles with Russia, and to meet Ukraine's evolving battlefield requirements, the U.S. would continue to work with its Allies...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is not under a national security review, a White House spokesperson said on Monday. What Happened: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made the comments in response to a question by a reporter at a press briefing. Jean-Pierre was asked to comment on...

Optimi Health (OTCQX: OPTHF) has released an operational update on its planned year of commercialization, including the launch of psychedelics catalog. Optimi is licensed by Health Canada as a producer and supplier of natural GMP psilocybin and synthetic psychedelic substances....

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo had meetings with high-profile corporate tech chiefs, including Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook and Amazon, Inc's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Andy Jassy in April 2021, Bloomberg reported, citing a copy of Raimondo's calendar it obtained....

Democratic representative for Hawaii and former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard blasted VP Kamala Harris over ‘hypocrisy.’  While Harris has been criticizing Russia for imprisoning WNBA player Brittney Grinner for marijuana possession charges,...

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says he’s planning to travel to Russia in the near future in the hope of striking a deal to free WNBA superstar Brittney Griner who is now nearing five months of detention in a Russian jail.   An anonymous source told ABC News that Richardson...