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The House voted to undo the Biden administration’s decision to block off mining in a wilderness area in Minnesota on Wednesday, using a limited legislative tool to go after the 2023 action. The ...

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The opposition and the Maduro regime will face a new variable at the negotiating table: the United States and its heavy military presence off Venezuela’s coast. As a direct party, the Trump ...

As bitcoin wobbles, all eyes are on Strategy . The company, which is the largest public treasury holder of bitcoin, wields considerable power to kneecap the asset's price if it liquidates some of its ...