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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump views an honor guard with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Akasaka Palace on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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The Eccles Building of the Federal Reserve on June 2, 2016, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after receiving the credentials of 18 new ambassadors at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 16, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A woman walks past a mural depicting a US drone painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in Tehran on February 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn at the White House on January 16, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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The Battleship Missouri Memorial is seen from the waterside in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 17, 2025. (US Navy)
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Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to his supporters after the Canadian federal election on April 29, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Getty Images)
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Tech leaders sit as they testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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