The House of Representatives has passed a federal funding package totaling nearly $180 billion, putting Congress one modest step closer to averting a government shutdown at the end of this month. The legislation accounts for just over $174 billion aimed at partially or fully funding the departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior and Energy, including laying out the budget for NASA, ...

Dozens of House Republicans voted alongside Democrats on Thursday in a failed attempt to override the first — and so far, only — vetoes of President Donald Trump’s second term. Trump has only issued two vetoes thus far since taking office in January 2025. Both veto override efforts failed, but it’s significant that more than 20 Republicans voted to defy ...

The House of Representatives passed a bill to revive and extend COVID-19 pandemic-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies in a major victory for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Seventeen House Republicans broke ranks with GOP leaders to support the legislation after Democrats were successful in forcing a vote via a mechanism called a privileged resolution. The bill passed 230-196. A discharge petition ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington next week. During an appearance on Fox News’ ‘Hannity,’ Trump was asked if he intends to meet with Machado after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro. ‘Well, I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and ...

Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQX: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (‘Skyharbour’ or the ‘Company’), is pleased to announce that it has acquired by low-cost staking forty new prospective uranium exploration claims in Northern Saskatchewan, increasing Skyharbour’s total land package that it has ownership interest in to 662,887 hectares (1,638,029 acres) across 43 projects. The newly staked claims, which are 100% owned by the ...

TSXV: DMCU; OTCQB: DMCUF; FSE: 03E) provides an exploration update. The company has received analytical results for 310 surface samples from the summerFall field campaign at the Smart Creek Project (‘Project’) in Montana. The program was designed to characterize known mineralized zones, refine drill target locations and identify new areas for follow-up exploration. The program has successfully identified high-grade gold, ...

(TheNewswire)   January 8th, 2026 TheNewswire – Muskoka, Ontario  Steadright Critical Minerals Inc. (CSE: SCM,OTC:SCMNF) (‘Steadright’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce it has entered into a Mineral Claim Purchase Agreement (signed January 7th, 2025) with EMTF, the license holder of Exploration Permit No. 3843143, covering a historic copper–lead-silver project in Morocco. Following careful due diligence and ongoing field ...

Nickel prices stabilized on Thursday (January 8) after a turbulent week that saw the market swing sharply higher before retreating as traders reassessed the balance between existing supply risks and a growing overhang of inventory. Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) hovered near US$17,900 per metric ton, recovering from a mid-week slump but still up roughly 7 percent ...

Nextech3D.ai Launches AGORACOM Cashless AI Marketing Program Correction: The number of warrants and common shares underlying the convertible notes was incorrectly reported as 2,299,412 common shares at a warrant exercise price/conversion price of $0.14/share. The corrected warrant exercise price/conversion price is $0.165/share and the corrected number of warrants and common shares underlying the convertible notes is 1,951,012 Correction: Nextech3D.ai Provides ...

Blackrock Silver Corp. (TSXV: BRC,OTC:BKRRF) (OTCQX: BKRRF) (FSE: AHZ0) (‘Blackrock’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce the completion of its non-brokered private placement (the ‘Offering’) previously announced on December 24, 2025. 2176423 Ontario Ltd., a company beneficially owned by Eric Sprott, purchased an aggregate of C$6,999,960 of the Offering. The Offering consisted of a total of 13,636,300 units of ...