Morning News: December 30, 2025

The Lows of the Trump Administration’s Climate Onslaught

Venezuela Starts Shutting Oil Wells as US Blockade Halts Flows

Oil Holds Gain as Geopolitical Risks Counter Oversupply Outlook

Inside China’s Shadow LNG Fleet Offering a Lifeline to Putin

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa

Iran’s President Moves to Calm Protests With Vow to Fix Budget

Citi to Take $1.1 Billion Loss on Russian Business Unit Sale

China Extends Home Purchase Tax Cut to Bolster Property Market

Gold, Silver Plunge After Historic Rally: ‘When It Gets This Stretched, Be Careful’

Silver Rises After Biggest One-Day Drop in Over Five Years

The Quiet, Fateful Shift in Who’s Buying America’s Debt

Trump’s Funding Cuts Put America’s Consumer Watchdog on the Brink of Collapse

Please Mitt Romney, Do Not Pay More In Taxes

Is Social Security Going Bankrupt? What You Need to Know

‘You Had to Be Brave’: Wall Street Remembers a Wild 2025

Congress Could Make Itself Relevant Again. Anytime.

Why Direct-to-Consumer Drug Sales Are the Future

Cancer’s Soaring Cost Wrecks Patients’ Finances in a Broken System

Five Things to Know About Nvidia’s $20 Billion Licensing Deal

Admit It, You’re in a Relationship With AI

Insilico Surges After Hong Kong IPO Amid AI Drugmaking Optimism

The New Billionaires of the A.I. Boom

Caterpillar’s Surging Stock Is Fueled by AI, Not Yellow Excavators

Meta to Acquire Manus in $2 Billion Bet on AI Agents

Tesla Broadcasts Downbeat Car Sales Estimates in Unusual Move

Arizona Wants To Make An American Autobahn And That’ll Probably Be A Bad Thing

Starbucks Doesn’t Want to Be on Every Street in New York and Los Angeles Anymore

The Case of the $400,000 Massachusetts Lobster Heist

Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Launches Proxy Fight to Overhaul Board

Nintendo Has Everything to Prove Again in 2026

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