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    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California on Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

    Why Meta is positioning itself as an AI infrastructure giant—and doubling down on a costly new path

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    Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin: Inside the newest arm of the Trump crypto empire
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    Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin: Inside the newest arm of the Trump crypto empire

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    US President Donald Trump delivers a special address during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026.
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    Trump’s AI deal for Silicon Valley: Build your own nuclear, skip years of regulation

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    A drill is prepped to test ore deposits for rare earths at Critical Metals' planned Tanbreez mining site in southern Greenland.
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    Greenland rare earths mining company stock spikes nearly 150% on Trump ‘trepidation’

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    ‘We are no strangers to competition and we are no strangers to change’: Ted Sarandos says Paramount is just another Blockbuster

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
    January 21, 2026
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    Electricity as the new eggs: Affordability concerns will swing the midterms just like the 2024 election, Bill McKibben says

    By Seth Borenstein, Amanda Swinhart and The Associated Press
    January 18, 2026
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    Building corporate resilience in a fragmenting world

    By Sunny Mann and Anahita Thoms
    January 18, 2026
    Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to
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    Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

    By Michelle Ma, Alicia Tang and Bloomberg
    January 16, 2026
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    Congress’ solution for rare earths crisis: a brand-new $2.5 billion federal agency

    By Didi Tang, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
    January 15, 2026
    Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods, seated to the right, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with oil company executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Jan. 9, 2026. President Trump is aiming to convince oil executives to support his plans in Venezuela, a country whose energy resources he says he expects to control for years to come. U.S. forces seized Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a sweeping military operation on Jan. 3, with Trump making no secret that control of Venezuela's oil was at the heart of his actions.
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    Trump threatens to keep ‘too cute’ Exxon out of Venezuela after CEO provides reality check on ‘uninvestable’ industry

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    January 12, 2026
    Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt
    Energy

    Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt

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    January 12, 2026
    Trump vows to protect Venezuela and warns Maduro ally Cuba ‘I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’
    Politics

    Trump vows to protect Venezuela and warns Maduro ally Cuba ‘I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
    January 11, 2026
    Fortune Archives: A dispatch from the oil crisis in Caracas
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    Fortune Archives: A dispatch from the oil crisis in Caracas

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    January 11, 2026
    Trump order says Venezuelan oil revenue is being held by the U.S. for ‘governmental and diplomatic purposes’ and not subject to private claims
    Politics

    Trump order says Venezuelan oil revenue is being held by the U.S. for ‘governmental and diplomatic purposes’ and not subject to private claims

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
    January 10, 2026
    Facing a 682% inflation rate, Venezuelans work three or more jobs and still can barely afford any food. ‘Everything is so expensive’
    Economy

    Facing a 682% inflation rate, Venezuelans work three or more jobs and still can barely afford any food. ‘Everything is so expensive’

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
    January 10, 2026
    Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
    Energy

    Trump pushes for $100 billion in oil investments in Venezuela while Exxon and others say it’s currently ‘uninvestable’ without major reforms

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    January 10, 2026
    Donald Trump speaks behind a podium with Marco Rubio frowning in the background.
    Energy

    ‘What we call corruption’: Harvard economist and former Venezuelan minister says Trump’s oil profit motives have no place in Venezuela’s future

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    January 9, 2026
    The future depends on copper, but a coming shortage makes it a ‘systemic risk’ to the economy and a strategic flashpoint, S&P Global warns
    Economy

    The future depends on copper, but a coming shortage makes it a ‘systemic risk’ to the economy and a strategic flashpoint, S&P Global warns

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    January 9, 2026
    A refinery owned by Citgo, a subsidiary of PDVSA, the Venezuelan state owned oil company, sits along the I&M Canal on May 15, 2019 in Lemont, Illinois.
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    Paul Singer’s Elliott Management is one of the big winners in Venezuela’s forced sale of Citgo and the toppling of Maduro

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    January 9, 2026
    US President Donald Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.
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    The U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela has cost $700 million already—and is rising by $9 million daily

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    January 8, 2026
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    Trump chose not to restore democracy in Venezuela, with the opposition’s Nobel winner in hiding and much of the opposition in prison

    By Regina Garcia Cano and The Associated Press
    January 7, 2026
    A visual illustration of the digital twin of Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion demonstration machine SPARC. In collaboration with Siemens and Nvidia, the digital twin of SPARC was unveiled at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
    Innovation

    Fusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia

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    Economy

    Trump’s Venezuela plan just got a whole lot more expensive, as he says the U.S. could give ‘tremendous’ sums to oil companies building there

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    January 7, 2026
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    Politics

    Venezuela’s new president steered $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration—in 2017

    By Joshua Goodman and The Associated Press
    January 7, 2026
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    Trump: Venezuela to sell 30m-50m barrels of ‘high quality’ oil to U.S. at market price

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Aamer Madhani, Megan Janetsky and The Associated Press
    January 7, 2026
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    Energy

    From Latin America’s richest country 100 years ago to a founding member of OPEC, the long history of Venezuela’s oil and U.S. ties, explained

    By James Trapani and The Conversation
    January 6, 2026
    US President Donald Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 3. Trump said U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.
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    President Trump stands ready to send U.S. Big Oil into Venezuela en masse, but the messy reality of rebuilding a ruined industry takes many years

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    January 6, 2026
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    Trump’s strike on Venezuela gives the U.S. 30% of the world’s oil reserves on paper and a $100 billion rebuilding job in reality

    By Sasha Rogelberg and Nick Lichtenberg
    January 6, 2026
    Trump tells NBC U.S. may reimburse firms for Venezuela oil efforts
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    Trump tells NBC U.S. may reimburse firms for Venezuela oil efforts

    By Kate Sullivan, Hadriana Lowenkron and Bloomberg
    January 5, 2026
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    Energy

    Energy stocks rip as JP Morgan estimates the U.S. could hold 30% of all the world’s oil

    By Michelle Chapman and The Associated Press
    January 5, 2026
    ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry says toppling of Venezuela’s Maduro will weaken Russia’s global standing as its oil ‘just became less important’
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    ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry says toppling of Venezuela’s Maduro will weaken Russia’s global standing as its oil ‘just became less important’

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    January 5, 2026

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