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DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Approve No-Bond Immigration Detention Policy Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to approve its policy of detaining illegal immigrants who have been in the country for years without releasing them on bond. D. John Sauer, then the U.S. solicitor general nominee, testifies during his confirmation hearing in Washington on Feb. 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The petition in Raycraft v. Lopez-Campos was docketed on June 24, but at time of publication did not appear on the court's...

Geothermal Heats Up: Fervo Drilling Rates Soar 143% While Quaise Raises $134M While the Trump administration keeps pushing domestic energy addition through funding vehicles and executive orders aimed at grid reliability and AI-driven demand growth, two next-generation geothermal developers just posted updates that move past announcements and into measurable progress on drilling and capital formation. Fervo announced that its third-generation well design at Cape Station in Utah has lifted drilling rates by 143% compared with the first Cape well.  The latest well, Sawtooth 7, reached 19,448 feet measured depth, including a 7,500-foot...

Services Sector Survey Surge Sparks US Growth Rebound Hopes In August After a relatively ugly series of disappointing macro data - and a hectic week of interventions - preliminary August data from S&P Global's PMI survey was expected to signal a slowdown in growth for the US economy (but still growth). But, the respondents had other things on their mind as while Manufacturing slipped, the Services sector of the economy soared Flash US Services PMI Business Activity Index: 56.8 (July: 54.6). 20-month high. Flash US Manufacturing PMI: 53.2 (July: 53.9). 5-month low.  “US business...