The year the US doubled down on critical minerals

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By Rebecca Egan McCarthyDec 17, 2025, 9:45 am117 ptsTrending
President Donald Trump spent most of 2025 hacking away at large parts of the federal government. His administration fired, bought out, or otherwise ousted hundreds of thousands of federal employees. Entire agencies were gutted. By so many metrics, this year in politics has been defined more by what has been cut…

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