Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed an interest in selling rare earth minerals to the United States—including from annexed areas of Ukraine. The proposal comes after President Donald J. Trump and his administration look to negotiate a similar deal with Ukraine as a means to pay back the billions given to the country to fight the ongoing conflict with Russia.
President Putin stated that Russia could give the United States a better deal on resources than Ukraine, arguing it could provide around two million tons of aluminum, for instance. “We would be ready to cooperate with our American partners … if they showed interest in working together,” the Russian leader said, arguing his country has far more rare earth minerals than Ukraine.
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President Trump sent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine earlier this month to begin negotiations with Ukraine. The goal was for the U.S. to get preferential access to rare earth minerals to pay back the billions of dollars in funding and equipment sent to Ukraine since 2022.
However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that he would refuse such a deal. He reportedly became angry during a meeting with Bessent, shouting at the Treasury Secretary. Since then, he has reportedly agreed to a watered-down deal on minerals, although it is not final.
Vice President J.D. Vance has publicly criticized Zelensky’s behavior, telling The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam he finds the Ukrainian leader’s public attacks on President Trump “disgraceful.”
“He’s not dealing with Joe Biden and the Biden administration anymore. He’s dealing with Donald Trump and the Trump administration,” Vance said.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A 27-year-old Norwegian man employed as a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo has been charged with spying on behalf of Russia and Iran, according to documents filed by prosecutors in the country.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Norwegian prosecutors, a 27-year-old spy, the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, and Russian and Iranian intelligence.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The espionage activities are alleged to have occurred between March 2024 and November 20, 2024, with an indictment filed on July 22, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: In the indictment, filed on July 22, Norwegian prosecutors stress the gravity of the espionage, “because the aim was to reveal information to a foreign state.”
🎯IMPACT: The indictment marks the latest concerning incident of espionage being carried out against the United States.
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A Norwegian man employed as a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo has been charged with spying on behalf of Russia and Iran, according to documents filed by prosecutors in the NATO country. Norwegian officials allege the 27-year-old man engaged in espionage, supplying Russian and Iranian intelligence agents with embassy security plans, a list of couriers used by Norwegian intelligence, and the personal contact information for diplomats, staff, and their families. He also allegedly supplied foreign intelligence with a list of license plates associated with U.S. embassy vehicles.
These espionage activities are alleged to have occurred between March 2024 and November 20, 2024—the latter being the date of his initial arrest. In the indictment, filed on July 22, Norwegian prosecutors stress the gravity of the espionage, “notably because the aim was to reveal information to a foreign state.”
The indictment states that the man received payments—which he attempted to conceal—in Bitcoin and euros. Prosecutors state that the estimated €17,000 in payments was deposited in various sums in the accounts of associates.
The accused spy, while acknowledging his actions, rejects the charges against him, according to his lawyer, Inger Zadig.
This marks the latest concerning incident of espionage against the United States and its allies. The National Pulse reported earlier this month that two Chinese nationals were arrested for spying on the U.S. Navy. They face charges of allegedly acting as agents for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime to collect intelligence from U.S. Navy service members and bases and attempt to recruit military members to carry out tasks for the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China’s main intelligence force.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A dual national engineer pleaded guilty to stealing military trade secrets from a Southern California defense contractor.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old citizen of China and the United States, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The unauthorized transfers occurred between March 30 and April 26, 2023, at a Southern California defense contractor. Chenguang Gong pleaded guilty to stealing military trade secrets on Monday, July 21, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “These files describe the methods, designs, techniques, processes, specifications, testing, and manufacture of these technologies and would be extremely damaging economically if obtained by the victim company’s competitors, and would be dangerous to U.S. national security if obtained by international actors.” – U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
🎯IMPACT: The theft highlights ongoing concerns about China’s military-civil fusion policy and its implications for U.S. national security.
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Chenguang Gong, a dual citizen of the United States and China, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing over 3,600 files containing military trade secrets from a Southern California defense contractor. These files included blueprints for advanced sensors used to detect and monitor hypersonic, ballistic, and nuclear missiles, as well as sensors designed to warn U.S. warplanes of incoming heat-seeking missiles and jam their infrared tracking systems.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California revealed that Gong was employed as an application-specific integrated circuit design manager at the contractor in January 2023. The unauthorized transfers occurred between March 30 and April 26, 2023, and included files marked “proprietary” and “for official use only.” Gong transferred over 1,800 files after accepting a position with a competitor of the company.
Prosecutors also noted Gong’s previous efforts to apply for Chinese government “Talent Programs,” which aim to recruit overseas scientists and engineers to transfer expertise and technology to China. In one instance, while working for a U.S. technology firm in Dallas in 2015, Gong proposed developing sensors and analog-to-digital converters for a high-tech Chinese organization, emphasizing their military applications. He traveled to China multiple times to secure funding for these projects.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, in its February 2024 complaint, stated: “These files describe the methods, designs, techniques, processes, specifications, testing, and manufacture of these technologies and would be extremely damaging economically if obtained by the victim company’s competitors, and would be dangerous to U.S. national security if obtained by international actors.”
Gong is currently free on a $1.75 million bond and is awaiting sentencing, scheduled for September 29. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Prominent criminal defense attorney Roy Black, known for his role in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 plea deal, has passed away at the age of 80.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Roy Black, his wife Lea Black, and notable figures such as Jeffrey Epstein and William Kennedy Smith.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Black passed away on Monday at his home in Coral Gables, Florida, following an illness.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Roy Black was the greatest criminal lawyer of our generation, perhaps in American history,” said Howard Srebnick, his partner of three decades.
🎯IMPACT: Black’s death comes as Epstein’s criminal activities have been thrust to the forefront of public attention once again, as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has backtracked on claims it would release a “client list” of high-profile individuals tied to the pedophile financier’s sex trafficking activities.
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Roy Black, a criminal defense attorney known for his role in securing Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 plea deal, has died at the age of 80 following an illness. Lea Black, his wife and former Real Housewives of Miami star, shared the news on Instagram, stating, “Thank you for all your blessings.”
“Roy Black was the greatest criminal lawyer of our generation, perhaps in American history,” said Howard Srebnick, his partner of three decades.
Black first rose to national prominence in 1991 when he successfully defended William Kennedy Smith, the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, in a high-profile rape trial. The televised proceedings marked a turning point in criminal defense law, showcasing Black’s skills to a nationwide audience. He later played a significant role in Jeffrey Epstein’s legal defense, negotiating a controversial non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in 2007, finalized the following year.
Under the deal, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution with a minor, receiving a 13-month jail sentence and registering as a sex offender. He was allowed to leave the jail 12 hours a day, six days a week, supposedly to work at a job one of his own nonprofits created for him, during this sentence, and his cell was often left unlocked. He spent hours at a time at his Palm Beach estate during some of these “work-release” shifts.
Epstein’s criminal activities have been thrust to the forefront of public attention once again as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has backtracked on claims it would release a “client list” of high-profile individuals tied to the pedophile financier’s sex trafficking activities. While U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi initially indicated that a client list existed and was “on [her] desk,” she has subsequently stated a client list does not exist.
The National Pulse reported on Tuesday that Bondi is preparing to meet with Epstein associate and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in the near future, following new developments suggesting she may be willing to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein’s network of associates.
High-profile America First voices, including WarRoom host and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon, have called on President Donald J. Trump to appoint a special prosecutor to examine the case in light of what is being seen as an attempted DOJ cover-up.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump’s advisers have paused efforts to replace Joe Biden holdover and suspected leaker Ricky Buria as acting chief of staff to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, allowing him to continue in the role.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ricky Buria, Pete Hegseth, Trump administration officials, and former Pentagon staff such as Joe Kasper and Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Recent months, primarily at the Pentagon and the White House.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Hegseth has since defended Buria at every turn, even as the White House told the defense secretary he could keep Buria but that he would never become chief of staff,” according to The Guardian.
🎯IMPACT: Buria remains in a key Pentagon role despite White House reservations, while questions linger regarding his role in internal controversies.
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President Donald J. Trump’s advisers have decided to halt efforts to find a new chief of staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, allowing Joe Biden holdover Ricky Buria to continue in an acting capacity, sources claim. While Buria is not expected to be formally approved for the role, the push to replace him has lost momentum.
Buria’s efforts to amass power within the Defense Department were first exposed by The National Pulse. These efforts appear to have been largely successful, despite his history of donating to Democrats such as Mike O’Brien—who claims President Trump “hates veterans”—through the highly controversial ActBlue platform.
His influence has grown as he filled a power vacuum created by the departure of key aides earlier this year, including Joe Kasper and Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short, amid a contentious leak investigation. Concerningly, Buria himself is accused of being a significant source of leaks, with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations reportedly investigating his alleged disclosures to media that are generally hostile to the Trump administration.
According to The Guardian, “Hegseth has… defended Buria at every turn, even as the White House told the defense secretary he could keep Buria but that he would never become chief of staff.”
Nevertheless, Buria has effectively taken on the role regardless, with West Wing staffers reportedly referring to him as “Chief Ricky.”
Hegseth’s decision to retain Buria has effectively handed him the responsibilities of the chief of staff role, despite the White House’s reservations. The situation reflects ongoing tensions and unresolved issues within the Pentagon’s leadership under the Trump administration.
A favorite of Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Buria has maintained links with several Biden-era staffers. Biden Department of Defense official Anne Powers publicly referred to Buria as her “partner in crime” on LinkedIn.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused former President Barack Obama of manufacturing evidence to suggest Russian interference in the 2016election and released more documents to support her claims.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tulsi Gabbard, Barack Obama, James Comey, John Brennan, James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, and others.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Claims focus on a December 9, 2016, National Security Council meeting and subsequent events, with recent developments occurring in July 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “It is essential that for the future of our nation and our democratic republic, that accountability must occur.” – Tulsi Gabbard
🎯IMPACT: The allegations have sparked further political division, with critics accusing Gabbard of distraction tactics and supporters calling for accountability in intelligence operations.
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U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has said that former President Barack Obama orchestrated a scheme to manufacture evidence implicating Russia in aiding President Donald J. Trump during the 2016 presidential election. Gabbard has released additional documents to substantiate her claims, which involve senior Obama administration officials, including former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan, and former DNI James Clapper.
“We will be releasing further documents tomorrow that will refute that statement,” she said on Tuesday night. “We will be pulling a whole host of statements that were made by the Obama administration, by Hillary Clinton, by senior Democrat officials, by their friends in the media that state, over and over again, after this January 2017 manufactured intelligence document was created, that repeat the narrative.”
The newly declassified evidence comes from a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff report, with Gabbard saying it “exposes how the Obama Administration manufactured the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment that they knew was false, promoting the LIE that Vladimir Putin and the Russian government helped President Trump win the 2016 election.”
“In doing so, they conspired to subvert the will of the American people, working with their partners in the media to promote the lie, in order to undermine the legitimacy of President Trump, essentially enacting a years-long coup against him,” she added.
President Trump has said it is “time to go after people” for attempting to negate his first presidency, telling the media on Tuesday, The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama absolutely cold… They tried to rig the election, and they got caught—and there should be very severe consequences for that.”
🧵 New evidence has emerged of the most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history. Per President @realDonaldTrump‘s directive, I have declassified a @HouseIntel oversight majority staff report that exposes how the Obama Administration… pic.twitter.com/0sS4Df8yoI
❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump says the U.S. has struck a significant trade deal with Japan ahead of his August 1 deadline to avoid higher tariff rates.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, key industries in both nations, and American and Japanese consumers.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The trade deal was announced late Tuesdady, July 22, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made. Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it.” — President Trump
🎯IMPACT: Japan will open its domestic markets to U.S.-made goods and will invest $550 billion in American-based supply chains involving pharmaceuticals, defense technology, and semiconductors, among other products.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced late Tuesday that he has struck a significant trade agreement with Japan. The announcement came as a major shock to pundits in both nations, with critics of Trump’s tariff policies insisting a trade deal with Japan would be impossible to complete before the August 1 deadline for reciprocal U.S. tariffs to take effect.
“We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made. Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social late Tuesday. “Perhaps most importantly, Japan will open their Country to Trade including Cars and Trucks, Rice and certain other Agricultural Products, and other things. Japan will pay Reciprocal Tariffs to the United States of 15%.”
The America First leader added, “This is a very exciting time for the United States of America, and especially for the fact that we will continue to always have a great relationship with the Country of Japan. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Japan’s acquiescence to U.S. demands that the East Asain nation open its markets to a bevy of American products is significant. For decades, Japan has largely blocked foreign imports from its domestic market—especially regarding foreign competition to its automobile industry. This position has frustrated numerous U.S. presidents and major American companies that have sought access to Japan’s consumer base of 124.5 million people.
Critically, Japan is also pledging a $550 billion investment in the U.S., mainly focused on establishing U.S.-based supply chains for certain pharmaceuticals, defense technology, and semiconductors.
If a deal had not been reached, Japan would have faced a 25 percent tariff on its exports to the U.S. starting on August 1. The lower tariff rate is being celebrated as a significant political win for Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Liberal Democratic Party, which was reduced to a governing minority in the country’s parliament after the populist Sanseitō party surged in elections last weekend on a ‘Japanese First’ platform.
The deal with Japan comes on the heels of two other U.S. trade agreements with Indonesia and the Philippines, both announced earlier on Tuesday. With Japan’s agreement now finalized as well, pressure on China to make further concessions to the Trump White House in order to end its trade conflict with the U.S. is likely mounting.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. State Department criticized the European Union (EU) censorship regime, calling it “Orwellian.”
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. State Department, Vice President J.D. Vance, and American social media companies.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The criticism was made in a social media post on Tuesday, following remarks by Vance earlier this year.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This Orwellian message won’t fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom.” – U.S. State Department
🎯IMPACT: The statement links EU’s Digital Services Act to censorship concerns, affecting tech and social media companies.
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The Trump administration has openly criticized European Union (EU) speech restrictions on social media, describing them as “Orwellian” censorship in a recent social media post by the U.S. State Department. The department linked these actions to the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
“In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments,” the department stated. “This Orwellian message won’t fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom,” it added, sharing the message alongside a graphic reading, “All the DSA protects is European leaders from their own people.”
The State Department’s remarks come as American social media giants such as Facebook parent company Meta and Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) face legal challenges under the DSA, which went into effect in 2022. These companies have been scrutinized under the EU’s stringent content moderation rules for failing to censor their users sufficiently.
Earlier this year, Vice President J.D. Vance voiced concerns about EU censorship at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, saying, “The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within.”
President Donald J. Trump later concurred, telling reporters, “I think it’s true; in Europe, they’re losing their wonderful right of freedom of speech. I see it.”
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee got in line with the Trump administration and effectively banned men from competing in women’s sports.
The details: The revised policy doesn’t mention “transgender” athletes specifically, but confirms the committee would be in compliance with President Trump’s Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, signed in February.
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In its policy update, the committee said: “We’re ensuring women have a fair and safe competition environment
Zoom out: The shift comes after global backlash over recent competitions – namely Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who failed gender testing but won gold in the women’s welterweight boxing division at the Paris Games.
The numbers: A recent NBC poll found 75% of Americans oppose men competing in women’s sports – including two-thirds of Gen Z.
Looking ahead: The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Los Angeles while Trump is still in office.
The last word goes to former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who wrote on X: “It’s hard to applaud an organization for merely following the law, but nonetheless, this is a win.”
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee got in line with the Trump administration and effectively banned men from competing in women’s sports.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons discussed the agency’s focus on worksite enforcement actions targeting crimes like human trafficking and child exploitation.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Todd Lyons, acting ICE Director, and ICE enforcement teams.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Remarks were made during a broadcast of NewsNation’s Cuomo this week.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We want to go ahead and [tackle] those American businesses that are illegally taking credit off the men and women that they have working for them. We are going after the businesses as well.” – Todd Lyons
🎯IMPACT: ICE is emphasizing enforcement against businesses involved in illegal practices, alongside its focus on criminal warrants.
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Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons has stated the agency’s current focus on worksite enforcement actions will see the agency go after bosses who employ and exploit illegal aliens. These operations are aimed at locations with potential human trafficking, child exploitation, or other criminal activities.
Lyons stated, “We hear all the time, from the left and the right, hey, we’ll support you if you have a criminal warrant, search warrant signed by a judge. And when you see a lot of the worksite that we’ve done, like the marijuana grow farm or the events on June 6 that led to the riots and the protesting of us in L.A., they were actual federal criminal warrants that ICE was going to a location that either had possible human trafficking, child exploitation, or some type of criminal event. That’s what ICE is focused on right now.”
He further explained that the agency is not solely focused on illegal immigrants working illegally. “We want to go ahead and [tackle] those American businesses that are illegally taking credit off the men and women that they have working for them. We are going after the businesses as well,” Lyons said.
The ICE raid of a marijuana farm in California earlier this month saw agents discover illegal immigrant children being exploited. Despite this, the state’s Democrat Governor, Gavin Newsom, took aim at ICE’s methods, complaining that they were using tear gas on women and children.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. steel industry is experiencing a resurgence under President Donald J. Trump, following years of decline under the Biden government.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics, Nucor, and U.S. Steel, alongside President Donald J. Trump.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Q2 2025, across key U.S. steel-producing states including Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We have started to see the positive impact that tariffs have on domestic manufacturing, protecting domestic jobs and national security.” – Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs.
🎯IMPACT: Increased steel production, higher earnings for steel companies, and stronger national security through protective tariffs.
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The American steel industry is seeing a revival under President Donald J. Trump, who has imposed tariffs on foreign nations that attempt to tilt international trade in their favor. Despite being hammered by unfair foreign competition enabled by the former Biden government—resulting in job losses and threats to U.S. national security—a number of major players in the U.S. steel industry have seen significant economic improvements in the second quarter of 2025.
Ohio’s Cleveland-Cliffs steel manufacturer says it hit a record number of shipments in Q2. “Cliffs is a major supplier of steel to the automotive manufacturers, and the Trump Administration continues to show strong support to both the domestic steel and the domestic automotive sectors,” CEO Lourenco Goncalves stated, adding: “We have started to see the positive impact that tariffs have on domestic manufacturing, protecting domestic jobs and national security. We expect this trend to continue, promoting the resurgence of the American automotive industry supported by a thriving domestic steel industry.”
In addition, Indiana-based Steel Dynamics reported a 39 percent increase in operating income and a 19 percent increase in adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) in Q2 2025. EBITDA is a financial metric that focuses on the core earnings generated by a company’s business activities, excluding factors related to financing (interest), government obligations (taxes), and non-cash accounting adjustments (depreciation and amortization) to determine said company’s operational performance and profitability. Meanwhile, North Carolina-based Nucor announced that it expects Q2 earnings to be four times higher than the preceding quarter.
The National Pulse reported on Tuesday that General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra, in a letter to shareholders, said the company is in the process of moving billions of dollars of production back into the U.S., as well as retrofitting some of its American manufacturing facilities to produce more internal combustion engine autos instead of electric vehicles. Barra emphasized that the auto giant will likely undertake additional measures beyond an already planned $4 billion U.S. production investment to “greatly reduce our tariff exposure.”
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