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Tracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity

A year after then candidate Trump promised to cut energy bills in half, rising costs are pushing many Americans’ household budgets to the brink

Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%

Setback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forward

Ørsted and other wind developers have faced repeated disruptions to multibillion dollar projects under Trump

The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politics

‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say

A pity that Trump, or one of the 18 intelligence agencies reporting to him, did not trace the image back to its source

Interior department move affects five projects under construction in latest blow to industry targeted by Trump

Federal judge declared January executive order unlawful, ruling in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general

By Jo Nova Donald Trump wants to bring free speech, fertility, hard borders and patriotism back to Europe too Other people have pointed out the dire state of Europe, but the continent can’t ignore the US President.

Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles

Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution

New analysis prompts letter to Trump from Elizabeth Warren: ‘Your administration has no answers for families hit by high energy costs’

US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economies