
US President Donald Trump said the United States could destroy Iran’s electricity infrastructure within an hour if it chose to escalate the conflict, while also revealing that authorities were investigating a possible Iranian revenge plot involving drones launched from a boat off the California coast. ...

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said energy markets could face short-term disruption as the conflict involving Iran affects oil flows, but insisted the impact would likely be temporary and that military operations would eventually stabilise global energy supplies. ...

More than 40 US senators have demanded answers from the Pentagon over the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran that reportedly killed at least 168 people, most of them children, during the opening phase of the Trump administration’s war against Iran. ...

More than a century after federal law recognised that Native American reservations carried reserved rights to water, senators returned to a question that remains unresolved for many tribal families in Arizona: why do thousands of homes still lack running water? ...

US President Donald Trump told supporters at a rally in Ohio that the United States was experiencing an economic surge driven by tax cuts, new investments, and expanded energy production, as he defended his policies and urged voters to back Republicans in upcoming elections. ...

The United States must rapidly expand electricity generation and modernise its power grid to sustain the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, warning that decades of under-investment in energy infrastructure could constrain the country’s technological ambitions. ...

Two US senators introduced legislation seeking sanctions against individuals involved in alleged forced organ harvesting in China. ...

The US pet industry has reached a record $157 billion in spending, but small business owners told senators that rising healthcare costs, regulatory hurdles, labour challenges, and financing constraints are making it harder f...

The United States has launched a sweeping trade investigation targeting India and 15 other economies over alleged excess industrial capacity in manufacturing sectors, a move that could eventually lead to tariffs or other trade measures....

The United States has become dangerously dependent on China for the raw materials and ingredients used in many of its most common medicines, lawmakers and expert witnesses warned at a Senate hearing, casting the problem as both a national security threat and a looming public health crisis. ...