2026-10-28 03:00 UTC | BLOCK 973486
BITCOIN $80,902 | GOLD $4,047 | OIL $111.09
1. Trump Moves to Terminate Biden-Era Methane Rules for Oil and Gas
-- At a rally in Lubbock, Texas, Trump said his administration is "terminating" Biden-era rules that held oil and gas operators accountable for large methane leaks, citing $45 billion in savings and 210 million barrels of unlocked oil, about 10 days of US petroleum consumption.
-- Weaker monitoring and repair mandates cut compliance bills, most sharply for small operators, but vented gas is mainly methane that could have been sold, so the rollback trades near-term cost relief against recoverable volumes and emissions while Brent sits at $111.09.
2. OpenAI Plans to Buy Google's AI Chips, Report Says
-- OpenAI plans to buy chips from Google, The Information reported, adding an outside buyer for Google's tensor processors as the lab broadens where it sources compute.
-- Splitting accelerator orders across vendors hedges allocation risk and gives Google's in-house silicon a reference customer beyond its own data centres, mirroring Meta's decision to bring chipmakers in as cornerstone investors and Oracle's widening of cloud supply past Nvidia.
3. Senate Control Could Stay Undetermined for Weeks as Counts Drag
-- Tight races and state-specific counting rules in Alaska, Maine and elsewhere could leave control of the Senate unresolved well past November 3, Axios reported, with Republican operatives struggling to see a majority beyond 51 seats and the Justice Department already moving to block certification in Alaska if Dan Sullivan loses.
-- A chamber that cannot be called for weeks freezes the lame-duck agenda, committee gavels and any leadership power-sharing talks, while the federal challenge in Alaska points to court fights that may settle the majority before a winner is seated.
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