U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visits the Idaho National Laboratory on Dec. 8, 2025. Idaho National Laboratory The U.S military is developing a small-scale pilot refinery in Idaho to domestically process a critical mineral needed for national security as efforts to break China’s hold on the critical minerals market expand. Plans for the test refinery
Some of Hollywood’s most ardent anti-Israel activists are flocking to Saudi Arabia this week for a government-sponsored film festival—and the kingdom is compensating them well for their time. The Red Sea International Film Festival, which has been held annually in Jeddah since 2021 under the authority of the Saudi Ministry of Culture, has drawn a
‘If you’re serious about better energizing the world, you also should be all in on natural gas and nuclear,’ Energy Sec. Chris Wright tells Free Beacon Energy Secretary Chris Wright tours one of the Idaho National Labratory’s facilities alongside the lab’s director John Wagner on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho—The Trump Department of
Wesley Lowery determined to force his way back into the national discourse Wikimedia Commons/Getty Images Wesley Lowery has been keeping a low profile since May, when the Columbia Journalism Review published a disturbing report on the accusations of sexual assault that forced his resignation from American University. He seems increasingly eager to insert himself back
WASHINGTON—Robert Kiyosaki, coauthor of one of the bestselling finance books of all time, “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” has empowered millions of people to think like the rich and take control of their personal finances. Now he’s sounding the alarm on what he says are hidden communist methods that are capturing the nation’s financial systems and
ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone screen in Chicago on Aug. 4, 2025. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File House Democratic leaders are forming a new commission to shape their approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and the broader innovation economy, saying Congress must both foster U.S. leadership in AI and guard against potential harms. House Democratic Leader
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2025. Reuters/Jonathan Alcorn The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has temporarily halted a lower court’s decision to halt the Trump administration’s ban on troops with gender