The year the US doubled down on critical minerals

Published on December 26, 2025

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . 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…

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