In a bid to fast track grid-infrastructure construction, the department is set to become the lead federal agency coordinating environmental approval of major transmission projects, providing a one-stop shop as utilities race to meet rising power demand. 

U.S. natural gas futures continued their selloff overnight, pushing the May contract to a new low ahead of the EIA’s weekly storage report.

Business groups race to block FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements, and crypto mixer Samourai Wallet’s co-founders arrested for money laundering. Also, Ecuador’s former comptroller general convicted in case tied to Odebrecht.

Andrzej Duda called the flyovers in Polish airspace provocations that put infrastructure and people in danger.

Musk argues that agreeing to hide footage of the stabbing of a bishop from users worldwide would risk allowing any country to control the entire internet.

Global commodity prices are expected to soften this year and next but remain considerably above prepandemic levels, making it harder for central banks to lower inflation and loosen monetary policy, the World Bank said.