An aerial view of the MP Materials’ mine in Mountain Pass, Calif., in 2024. MP Materials via AP Las Vegas-based MP Materials said on Nov. 19 that it will build a rare earths refinery in Saudi Arabia with the Pentagon and Saudi state-owned mining company Maaden. MP Materials and the Pentagon, through a joint venture,
Saudi Arabia releases U.S. citizen Saad Almadi after four years for social media posts criticizing the royal family, following Trump's meeting with Crown Prince.
Texas state Rep. Matt Morgan holds a map of proposed new congressional districts in Texas during a legislative session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Aug. 20, 2025. Sergio Flores/Reuters A federal judge who was outvoted in a judicial panel’s decision to strike down a redrawn election map in Texas issued a blistering
A sample of yttrium (Y) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, on June 23, 2025. Benoit Tessier/Reuters Global supplies of the rare earth element yttrium are running low due to Chinese export restrictions, sparking fears of shortages and surging costs that could hit aerospace, energy and semiconductor
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins court approval to intervene in a Harris County bail reform lawsuit, vowing to do "everything in my power" to reverse the policy.
A federal appeals court temporarily halted an order restricting immigration agents' use of force in the Chicago area, calling the ruling "too prescriptive."
Federal agents at an anti-ICE protest at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 12, 2025. Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Six Democratic lawmakers have called on members of the military and the intelligence community to disobey “illegal orders” from the top command. A video was released on X on Nov. 18