US Embassies Say They Can’t Help Evacuate Americans From the Middle East Despite Advisory to Leave

AI Demand, War, & Climate Pressure Push World Back To Nuclear Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The US and Canada each announced plans this week to build ten new nuclear reactors, the biggest coordinated nuclear push in North America in decades. The moves come as the AI boom, the war in Iran, and broader geopolitical instability push energy security to the top of the policy agenda worldwide. China added 34 gigawatts of nuclear capacity over the past decade to the US's one plant, and is on track to overtake both the US...

Private Equity To Be Blocked From Buying Homes? Authored by Matt Stoller via BIG, Based on a vote last week, it seems very likely Congress will ban corporate ownership of most existing single family homes. "People live in homes," said Trump in January. "Not corporations." While Trump has sometimes talked a big game on constraining Wall Street, he generally hasn't followed through. In this case, though, he did. And somehow, a very corporate-friendly legislature came through as well. It's almost impossible to believe, but here's the relevant provision in the 21st Century...

President Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire and US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding are “over” and called Iranian leadership “scum” after the US bombed Iran again and the Iranian military hit back at US bases in the region. “To me, I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore. I think they’re […]