Top economist Steve Hanke says Iran is channeling Muhammad Ali — and could deal a 'knockout blow' to the US

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Steve Hanke.

Steve Hanke

What smart people are saying about oil's latest spike to nearly $120 a barrel

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Nobel economist Paul Krugman warned a prolonged oil shock could trigger stagflation.

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A Major Offshore Wind Farm Just Finished Construction. Trump Is Already Plotting a Counterattack

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Vineyard Wind is the first offshore wind farm to finish construction under Trump. The administration is now weighing a billion-dollar deal to stop the next one.

Zelenskyy says Russia has already earned back $10 billion of its 2026 deficit in 2 weeks of the Iran war

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at an event in Paris.

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The Iran war is driving an oil shock — but not a broad supply chain crisis, Goldman Sachs says

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Honor Fuchs, 25, left pumps gas alongside a UPS driver at the Mobil on Beverly Boulevard.
Oil's rally after the Iran conflict is expected to ripple through consumer prices.

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The more Americans learn about data centers, the less they like them

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The Pew Research Center published its first survey on data centers on Thursday.

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The US is temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil, a key pressure point for the Kremlin's war chest

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference at Trump National Doral Miami in March.

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See what Fukushima looks like 15 years after the nuclear disaster

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The three active cores at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experienced meltdowns.
The three active cores at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experienced meltdowns.

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Scientists Just Used Some of Earth’s Worst Chemicals to Produce Battery-Grade Lithium

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A new method transforms a "persistent environmental liability" into a much-desired resource, the researchers say.

Oil's price spike is bad news for power-hungry AI

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An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
AI data centers are highly energy-intensive, making them vulnerable to rising power costs.

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