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⚡ Urenco USA Expansion 75% Complete at New Mexico Plant The only commercial-scale uranium enrichment facility in the U.S. is three-quarters through its latest expansion, advancing domestic nuclear fuel supply goals. Urenco USA announced Oct. 8 that the sixth of eight new centrifuge cascades at its National Enrichment Facility in New Mexico has begun production. The seventh cascade is expected later this year, with the eighth due in spring 2027. The expansion aligns with the Trump administration's push to reestablish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy and reduce reliance on foreign uranium supplies. Source

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⚖️ Senate Democrats Demand EPA Drop Abortion Pill Water Study The entire Senate Democratic caucus has written to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin demanding the agency remove mifepristone, misoprostol, and their metabolites from its list of emerging contaminants in drinking water. Led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Democrats said the EPA study to detect the abortion pill mifepristone in drinking water is politically motivated and called on Zeldin to halt it. The letter marks a unified pushback from Senate Democrats against the agency's research direction under the current administration. Source

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🪖 US Navy Deploys Drone Ship With Carrier Strike Group for First Time The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group has deployed from San Diego with a large unmanned surface vessel — the first time in US Navy history a carrier strike group has done so. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao announced the milestone Wednesday, calling the drone ship "a force multiplier." The strike group is expected to sail to the Middle East, where the US already has two carrier strike groups and an amphibious ready group maintaining a naval blockade against Iranian ports. Since mid-July, US forces have disabled four commercial vessels for violating the blockade; last weekend, an American fighter jet struck a cargo ship after it left an Iranian port. Large unmanned surface vessels can carry missiles, drones, sens

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Trump's Russian diesel deal exposes transatlantic double standards Trump is defending his Russian diesel deal by pointing at Europe's hypocrisy, but neither side comes out clean. Trump's move was forced by necessity. Diesel prices in the US have spiked past $6 a gallon amid the Iran war, hitting record highs, and with the midterms less than a month away, Republican prospects are in danger. The Russian diesel volumes in the deal amount to roughly twelve hours of global consumption — nowhere near enough to bring prices down. It's a political gesture Trump made to placate angry voters, not an energy strategy. But Europe has no room to talk. The EU lectures Washington about not easing pressure on Russia while importing record volumes of Russian LNG — 6.9 billion cubic meters in the fir

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💼 Anduril Valued at $90 Billion in Employee Tender Offer Defense tech startup Anduril Industries is set to be valued at $90 billion through an employee tender offer, according to reporting on the deal. The company has emerged as a major beneficiary of the U.S. defense technology boom and President Donald Trump's push to reindustrialize the American military, positioning it among the most valuable private defense firms in the country. The tender offer would allow employees to sell existing shares, a common mechanism for high-value private startups to provide liquidity without a public listing. Source

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💵 Hot CPI Data Tightens Fed's Rate Dilemma U.S. consumer prices came in hotter than expected, leaving the Federal Reserve with little room to maneuver on interest rates. The bond market responded sharply to the report, with rising yields reflecting investor concern that inflation remains sticky. The data complicates the Fed's path forward, as higher rates risk slowing the economy while cutting too soon could reignite price pressures. The CPI report reinforces expectations that the Fed faces a prolonged period of difficult policy choices with no clear exit. Source

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💵 U.S. Inflation Rises to 3.7% as Fuel Costs Climb U.S. inflation accelerated in September to 3.7%, reversing three months of stagnation, driven by higher gasoline, diesel, and airfare prices. The increase adds pressure on households and complicates the Federal Reserve's path forward on interest rates, with midterm elections weeks away. Source