Anthony Scaramucci says the US economy isn't facing a recession. It's already in one.

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Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, speaking at an event.

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US Renewable Power Generation Beats Natural Gas for the First Time, Defying Trump

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Renewable energy is gaining ground in the U.S. power mix.

Maine is poised to ban new data centers. These 11 other states tried and failed.

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Active servers are seen at a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia on November 12, 2025.
The data center infrastructure boom has taken off across the country as it meets local resistance.

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Scientists Are Using Lightning in a Bottle to Turn Methane Into Methanol

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The findings potentially resolve a long-standing issue with methanol conversion, which has tended to be clunky, inefficient, and environmentally detrimental.

Utilities are spending $1.4 trillion to power the AI boom, and it's hiking up electric bills across the US

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An Entergy power plant in Texas.

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The Midwest's rise to America's second-biggest data center hub is fueled by these key states

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Construction for a Meta data center campus is underway in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

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IMF director says shock from US-Iran War is already 'baked' into the economy

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A plume of smoke rises above Tehran after a strike on March 3.
A plume of smoke rises after a strike on Tehran on March 3. The US and Israeli war on Iran has upended the global economy.

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Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz 'effective immediately'

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US President Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump.

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Gas prices had their biggest monthly spike ever in March

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Gas prices rose by more than 20% in March.

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Inflation rose in March to the highest rate in 2 years as the Iran war lifted energy prices

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new consumer price index data, including data on energy and gas.

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