Bipartisan members of the House yesterday introduced legislation intended to boost mineral diplomacy and counter China's global minerals dominance. The Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies – or DOMINANCE ACT focuses on US work with international partners to develop supply chains for critical minerals through the Minerals Security Partnership.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is calling on tech companies to advocate with the President to compromise with Democrats who want to lift a pause on wind and solar projects in order to restart permitting reform talks. But even as Democrats are calling for them to enter the debate, representatives for the Data Centers say they've been advocating in favor of permitting all along. A representative for the Data Center Coalition said, in part, quote, "It's a pretty simple equation. The time it takes to build a data center and the time it takes to build new energy infrastructure is just mismatched in this country, so our priority lies in trying to minimize that delta as much as possible."

And questions around the independence of the Fed, let to another historic day for gold and silver prices yesterday, with both setting new records.