Energy in America

In laying out his national security strategy, President Donald Trump sold short the records of his predecessors, speaking as if the energy boom started with him and the gates of America were wide open before he came along.

___ Group sees '18 tax cuts across all incomes, biggest for rich WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonpartisan group says the Republican tax bill would cut taxes on average for all income groups next year, with bigger reductions for upper-income people.

President Donald Trump has made statements on energy and immigration that call for scrutiny.

Federal officials say they have found fresh evidence of an "ongoing oil release" at the site of a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, where chronic sheens often stretch for miles (kilometers) off Louisiana's coast.

Wall Street continued its record run Monday, pushing the Nasdaq to 7,000 for the first time, as investors built on hope that Republicans will pass tax cuts this week.

Poland's new Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says a planned gas pipeline to link Russia with Germany that bypasses Poland threatens central Europe's security.

Share prices were mostly higher in Asia on Monday, lifted by robust trade data from Japan that suggest a sustained recovery in demand in China and other major markets.

Share prices were mostly higher in Asia on Monday, lifted by robust trade data from Japan that suggest a sustained recovery in demand in China and other major markets.

North Dakota law enforcement purchased more than $600,000 worth of body armor, tactical equipment and crowd control devices during the height of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, state invoices show.

The Latest on Republican tax overhaul legislation (all times local): 10 a.m.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading Friday, erasing modest losses from the day before.

President Donald Trump's mining regulators are reconsidering regulations meant to protect underground miners from breathing coal and rock dust, the cause of black lung disease, and diesel exhaust, which can cause cancer.

New Jersey's electric utilities would be required to pay for credits from nuclear power plants under legislation lawmakers unveiled Friday as part of an effort the state's largest energy company says is needed to rescue a major source of power in the state's energy grid.

The Latest on proposed legislation to rescue New Jersey's nuclear power sector (all times local): 3:30 p.m. New Jersey utility ratepayers could end up paying between roughly $31 and $41 annually under proposed legislation aimed at helping the state's nuclear power plants remain solvent.

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. slipped by one this week to 930.

After years of double-digit growth, home solar installations in the United States are poised to fall for the first time this year, according to a report released on Thursday by GTM Research.

Lebanon's energy and water minister says the country will start exploratory offshore drilling for oil and gas in 2019.

U.S. industrial production rose 0.2 percent in November due to a rebound in extracting oil and natural gas after a stoppage due to Hurricane Nate.

US industrial production rose 0.2 percent in November; gains mostly came from restarting oil and natural gas drilling.