Direct Federal Investment, ‘Great Reactor Race’ Highlight Trump’s First-Year Energy Policies

The Exxon Mobil Baytown Refinery in Baytown, Texas, on Jan. 13, 2026. Brandon Bell/Getty Images In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration unrolled few energy policy surprises in doing what he vowed to do while campaigning—aggressively support oil, gas, and coal production; boost investment in nuclear energy development; roll back

Trump’s Davos Speech Marks One-Year Return to the White House

President Trump’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday laid out a vision centered on national sovereignty, economic nationalism, and Western cultural renewal. He highlighted new initiatives aimed at lowering costs for Americans, including banning institutional buyers from single-family homes, purchasing mortgage bonds to reduce rates, seeking a temporary cap on credit

Internal memo authorizes ICE to enter homes without judicial warrants in some cases

A newly disclosed whistleblower complaint indicates that Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules. Historically, ICE has told its officers that they could not rely on administrative immigration warrants — signed by officials at the

Trump repeats false or exaggerated claims about Greenland as he pushes for U.S. ownership

President Trump has made a series of claims about Greenland in recent weeks, insisting the United States needs to take control of the island to protect Americans — a view Greenland officials and NATO allies reject. At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Mr. Trump called acquiring Greenland “a core national security interest