This school year has been a challenging one for educators. Many teachers are navigating new curricular restrictions—topics, historical periods, people, and identities that have suddenly been deemed ...

A person speaks at a podium in front of an audience, with a US flag to their right and a flag with the official seal of the US to their left. US secretary of state Marco Rubio speaks at the Critical ...

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes this week’s critical minerals ministerial in Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other government officials pose at the Critical Minerals ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday unveiled plans to marshal allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, proposing coordinated price floors as ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - About 30 countries want to join a club of allies and partners on trading critical minerals to reduce reliance on China, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told a ...

The “Project Vault” initiative is intended to reduce U.S. reliance on China for key technology components. By Alan Rappeport and Tony Romm Reporting from Washington President Trump on Monday rolled ...

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Ever wonder why rats are so spectacularly successful in our cities? They live in our walls, our subways, our basements. They flourish in places we find impossible. Why? Because they are critical ...

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On January 15, 2026, President Trump signed the first critical minerals executive order (EO) of the year, titled “Adjusting Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products into ...

1. On October 24, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products ...

SUPPORTING AMERICAN INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Act) ordering the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S.