Construction on America's First High-Speed Rail Has Begun

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Ground was broken today on what is said to be America’s first high-speed rail.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accidentally ate hallucinogenic mushrooms in China

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to reporters during her trip to China.

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The White House blasts Republicans' budget plans, saying they want to slash Social Security and Medicare and 'force seniors to pay even higher drug costs so Big Pharma can fill more swimming pools with caviar and diamonds'

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US President Joe Biden.

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Republican-controlled states like Oklahoma are rushing to invest in clean energy, even as conservative groups push for more oil and gas

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Republican-controlled states across the country are seeing record investment in renewable energy industries.

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Commercial ships told to stay far away from Iran due to a heightened possibility of attack or seizure

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Iran's naval special forces carrying by a military speedboat past a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran.

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The US government will hand out up to $1.2 billion for companies to suck greenhouse gases out of the air

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Vapor rises from cooling towers in this stock image.

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Biden asks Congress for another $24 billion in aid for Ukraine and other allies

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A BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher fires toward Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion on Ukraine.

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Biden wants to make sure Congress doesn't slash pay for firefighters tackling wildfires raging across the country

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US risks 'funding our own destruction' if investor capital flows to Chinese defense firms, key lawmaker says

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A J-20 stealth fighter jet at the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on November 8, 2022.

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Obama-era rules banning low-efficiency light bulbs are now in full force. You don't have to throw away your incandescents, but switching to LEDs could lower your utility bills.

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Manager Nick Reynoza holds a 100-watt incandescent light bulb at Royal Lighting in Los Angeles, Jan. 21, 2011.

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