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Mesabi Metallics picks Iowa for $15 billion steel complex
Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, Iowa, fed by its new Minnesota iron mine. It promises at least 1,750 permanent jobs.
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Sienna Brook
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Sienna Brook covers the United States desk, with 25 stories on Washington, energy policy and federal politics. Much of the beat is nuclear power and fuel, from Army microreactors to the NRC, along with the end of the LNG export pause and the Venezuela oil deal. Brook has also covered the White House press lawsuit and help for student loan borrowers in default.
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Student loan borrowers in default get an online help center
Treasury and the Education Department opened an online Defaulted Loans Support Center on 30 September for the 9.3 million student borrowers in default.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue over the White House press ban
CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued over Trump's White House ban and the loss of their reporters' press passes. A hearing was set for Wednesday.
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America marks 25 years since September 11 with 2,983 names
The 9/11 Memorial read 2,983 names on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. They killed 2,977 people, not counting the 19 hijackers.
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Utah marks Charlie Kirk Day one year after UVU shooting
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared Sept. 10, 2026, Charlie Kirk Day, a year after the UVU shooting, as the case against Tyler James Robinson advanced.
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Four Reactors Hit Criticality
Four advanced reactors passed an early test, zero-power criticality, by 4 July 2026, beating the Trump administration's goal of at least three.
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Six bills, zero nays, four criticalities
Six nuclear permitting and fuel bills cleared House Energy and Commerce unanimously in early September, as a House panel heard reactor pilot results.
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SPARC Puts Lunar Reactor on Paper
NASA Glenn has posted a draft SPARC solicitation for space nuclear power, including a lunar reactor, with a 2030 goal for landing on the Moon.
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Six Nuclear Bills Cleared Committee
Six bipartisan nuclear permitting bills have cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously, one of them 44 to 0.
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The uranium left Venezuela
The US Energy Department moved the last 13.5 kg of enriched uranium from Venezuela's RV-1 research reactor to its Savannah River Site, with IAEA help.
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Wright says the US won't be operator in Venezuela's NABEP deal
Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in Caracas that the US government won't be the operator or producer under the NABEP deal.