Saturday, January 17, 2026

Saturday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biggest US Power Grid Gears Up for Arctic Freeze Arriving This Weekend

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Is Pushing Gas to Power AI Boom, But Building Plants Take Years

[AP] Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump

[Reuters] Supreme Court tests limits of Trump's power over the economy in fight over Fed's Lisa Cook

[AP] Trump’s protectionist trade policies allow China to swoop in

[Axios] Exclusive: Energy secretary discusses plans for Venezuela's oil, minerals

[AP] Iran’s leader calls Trump a ‘criminal’ for backing protests and blames demonstrators for deaths

[AP] Ukrainian delegation arrives in US for peace talks as Russia hammers energy sites

[AP] Protesters in Denmark support Greenland after Trump's takeover threat

[Bloomberg] White House Weighs Executive Action to Cap Credit Card Rates

[Bloomberg] Wall Street Gives Trump the All-Clear to Push Disruptive Agenda

[Bloomberg] Fannie, Freddie Stock Woes Deepen as IPO Questions Mount

[NYT] Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump

[NYT] Trump and States Aim to Stop A.I. From Inflating Energy Bills

[NYT] Big Oil’s Complicated Calculus for Investing in Venezuela

[WSJ] The 2025 Inflation Numbers Are Finally In. Here’s the Good and Bad News.

[WSJ] The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us All

[WSJ] Supersize CEO Pay Packages Aren’t Paying Off for Shareholders

[WSJ] How Trump Went From ‘Locked and Loaded’ to Hitting Pause on Striking Iran

[FT] Private credit investors pull $7bn from Wall Street’s biggest funds

[FT] Nvidia suppliers halt H200 output after China blocks chip shipments

[FT] China flies drone into Taiwan’s airspace for first time