Energy Secretary Chris Wright will face questions from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday morning about President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request and priorities for the department. The hearing also comes as tensions with Iran and in the Strait of Hormuz continue to escalate. The effective closure of the waterway, a key transporter of the global oil supply, has caused gas and energy costs to soar. Wright in recent days has sought to ease fears that prices will skyrocket more, though most Americans in recent polling say they believe the opposite. The White House budget requests $53.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Energy Department, a nearly 10 percent increase from 2026.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins on will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Agriculture Committee on oversight of the agency and President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The hearing comes as the Trump administration is facing a resurgence of the screwworm, a parasitic fly that had been eliminated in the U.S. since the 1960s. Rollins has placed much of the blame for its comeback on lax immigration policies during former President Biden's administration. She is also likely to face questions around the rising cost of fertilizer and energy prices amid the conflict in Iran. President Trump earlier this month sought to ease affordability concerns tied to the war during remarks to farmers in…
Xi said that his visit to North Korea has "successfully concluded," and the relationship between the two countries has reached a "new historical stage."
Both firms stated on Wednesday that they "remain focused" on completing the merger "with the goal of closing the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2026 or sooner."
