All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2026 // Almost all US power grids will lack critical spare capacity by 2030 as demand surges to supply data centers, with bottlenecks threatening to hand China an edge in the artificial-intelligence boom, according to an analyst...
Jan 8 2026 // Swedish automaker Volvo Cars is recalling 413,151 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the rearview camera, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday.The software will be...
Jan 8 2026 // A US lawmaker is proposing legislation that would require manual door releases in new cars, a move to address growing safety concerns with the type of electrically powered handles popularized by Tesla Inc.The measure from...
Jan 8 2026 // Orsted A/S filed a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s order to halt construction of its offshore wind project near New York.In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, Orsted’s...
Jan 7 2026 // The U.S. seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia’s flag, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate oil flows in the Americas and...
Jan 7 2026 // The new year may mark the last time Texas farmer LG Raun plants a rice crop.“I guess I’m going to be the one that’s going to screw up the tradition of growing Raun family rice,” said the...
Jan 7 2026 // Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday the United States government wants to get Venezuelan oil flowing again, deposit money into U.S.-controlled accounts and create conditions for U.S. oil companies to enter the...
Jan 7 2026 // In their latest report on the U.S. auto insurance market, analysts from S&P Global Market Intelligence predict the strongest overall U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting results in 18 years for 2025, driven by...
Jan 6 2026 // UK insurer Admiral Group plc announced it has completed the sale of its U.S. motor insurance business – including Elephant Insurance Co. and Elephant Insurance Services – to J.C. Flowers & Co., the private equity...
Jan 5 2026 // UK insurance broker Howden agreed to buy M&A protection specialist Atlantic Group as the City firm presses ahead with a rapid expansion in the key US market.Atlantic Group’s founders — Richard French, Joe...
Jan 5 2026 // The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.No airline flights were...
Jan 2 2026 // The US Department of Agriculture unveiled long-awaited details of its $12 billion aid package for farmers, with American growers of rice and cotton standing to get the biggest payments.But while the payments were welcomed...
Jan 2 2026 // The Trump administration stepped up a pressure campaign against Venezuela’s oil exports by sanctioning companies based in Hong Kong and mainland China, along with related oil tankers it accused of evading...
Jan 2 2026 // The US government has lifted sanctions on three people who it previously accused of aiding in the proliferation of “Predator” spyware, a sophisticated surveillance technology that’s allegedly been used...
Dec 31 2025 // Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave and the Trump administration announced an investigation into the school’s security measures after a shooting rampage this month that killed two...
Dec 30 2025 // QBE Insurance Group announced it has closed a new catastrophe bond, which provides the re/insurer with $400 million of collateralized reinsurance cover for named storms and earthquakes in the US and earthquakes in...
Dec 30 2025 // The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.Google and Verizon are among a list of companies...
Dec 30 2025 // A winter storm that brought intense winds and rapidly falling temperatures to the Northern US including New York has left more than 200,000 customers without electricity. A weather pattern known as a “bomb...
Dec 30 2025 // The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has issued interim safety recommendations in connection with the agency’s ongoing investigation into the August 11, 2025, fatal explosion at U.S. Steel’s...
Dec 30 2025 // In a Christmas court filing, Howden US filed its response to a request by rival Brown & Brown for a temporary restraining order, saying the recent exodus of Brown & Brown employees to Howden US was “caused...