Challenging China, Graphite Production Returns to US, Revives New York Mining Town

FOWLER, N.Y.—A fierce wind is slinging sleet and forcing 30-foot hemlocks to genuflect in its gusts this gray, cold November morning, but Joel Rheault is enjoying a warm and fuzzy moment atop a dynamited blast bowl. Below, a bulldozer is churning through newly dredged soil and shoving boulders aside in an open pit burrowed into

Challenging China, Zinc Production Returns to US, Revives New York Mining Town

FOWLER, N.Y.—A fierce wind is slinging sleet and forcing 30-foot hemlocks to genuflect in its gusts this gray, cold November morning, but Joel Rheault is enjoying a warm and fuzzy moment atop a dynamited blast bowl. Below, a bulldozer is churning through newly dredged soil and shoving boulders aside in an open pit burrowed into

This NY Town Shows the Promise of Mining to Come in Battle With China

FOWLER, N.Y.—A fierce wind is slinging sleet and forcing 30-foot hemlocks to genuflect in its gusts this gray, cold November morning, but Joel Rheault is enjoying a warm and fuzzy moment atop a dynamited blast bowl. Below, a bulldozer is churning through newly dredged soil and shoving boulders aside in an open pit burrowed into

Trump Signs Bill to Release Epstein Files

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 17, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Nov. 19 signed into law a bill to release the files surrounding the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act—which was introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)

Jessica Tisch to Remain NYPD Commissioner Under Mamdani

NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during a news conference in New York on Feb. 18, 2025. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Nov. 19 that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has agreed to remain in her role. Her decision comes after Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist who once called for defunding

Trump Nominates 20-Year ATF Veteran to Be New Director

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive personnel in a file image. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has nominated a 20-year veteran of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to be its new director. The ATF has been run by interim directors since former Director Steve Dettelbach resigned just