Good afternoon and happy Thursday, readers! Permitting reform continued to dominate discussions at National Clean Energy Week here in the District. Keep reading to find out what some lawmakers and industry groups like the National Ocean Industries Association have to say about the ongoing debate.

Mr Trump is urging the EU to join him in a trade war on China. Nato member Turkey could soon be facing tough questions over its energy ties with Russia. Mr Orban has no problem putting his European allies’ noses out of joint. In fact, he even seems to enjoy it.

US President Donald Trump has demanded that allies stop buying Russian oil before he moves on punishing Moscow, and told them to hit China with tariffs.- In a Truth Social post over the weekend, Trump said he would impose "major sanctions" on Moscow if all NATO countries stopped buying Russian oil.

Russia continued its nightly strikes on Ukraine -- including the capital Kyiv -- as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to depart for his state visit to the U.K.

President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer took questions on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and several other topics today as the US leader is wrapping up his state visit to the United Kingdom.

President Trump declined to approve more than $400M in military aid to Taiwan this summer, favoring future arms sales to the self-governing island China claims.

With Donald Trump set to attend the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, Luke Donald braces to avoid US Open-style chaos.