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Oil briefly reaches $119 per barrel

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Oil briefly reaches $119 per barrel The conflict in Iran is causing a massive disruption in the global oil supply and sending energy prices skyrocketing. © Erin Hooley, Associated Press It’s unclear how long

Trump more popular than Harris, Newsom: Survey

Despite a dip in job approval ratings, President Trump is still beating out former Vice President Kamala Harris (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in an overall popularity contest. In new NBC News survey results released Monday, 41 percent of respondents expressed

Watch live: Trump addresses Republicans at retreat

President Trump on Monday is scheduled to address Republicans at their annual retreat in Miami. House Republicans are gathering at Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their

Why Kharg Island is a strategic focus as Iran war escalates

Global energy markets have been rocked by the U.S. war with Iran, as shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have been all but completely cut off. But one location that has not been hit is Kharg Island, which is roughly 16 miles off the coast of Iran and 300 miles from the

Course unveiled for DC Freedom 250 Grand Prix

IndyCar will host the first-ever street race on the National Mall later this summer, the auto racing organizer announced on Monday. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will be held Aug. 22-23 in Washington, marking the first sanctioned auto race on the National Mall. The 1.7-mile

Trump: 'Nowhere near' US boots on ground in Iran

While President Trump has left the door open to putting boots on the ground in Iran, he told the New York Post on Monday he is “nowhere near” taking that step. “We haven’t made any decision on that. We’re nowhere near it,” Trump said, regarding sending ground troops to

GOP lawmaker makes formal switch to independent

Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) announced Monday that he will formally leave the Republican Party this week to become an independent. Kiley had previously announced that he will run for reelection in the midterms as an independent. But he accelerated the process on Monday, saying he

Trump Officials Are Suddenly Buying Doomsday Bunkers

At least two members of the president’s Cabinet have recently purchased bomb-proof bunkers. Ron Hubbard, the creator of Atlas Survival Shelters, told The Telegraph over the weekend that orders have gone up “tenfold” since the United States and Israel attacked Iran earlier this

Trump Sons Back New Drone Company Amid Iran War

President Trump’s sons are trying to sell drones to the Pentagon. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are merging their publicly traded golf-course holding company with Powerus, a Florida-based drone company, with the goal of filling the gaps left by the Trump administration’s ban

Trump Causes Global Panic Over Surging Oil Prices

The American and Israeli war on Iran is causing oil prices to skyrocket, fueling alarm around the world. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven, a collection of the world’s seven wealthiest nations, plan to meet on Monday to discuss a possible joint release of their

The Battle to Enact a Billionaire Tax In California

When the Los Angeles chapter of 50501, one of the loosely organized groups behind the No Kings marches against President Trump over the past year, heard about a proposed initiative to tax Californian billionaires, its volunteer members quickly signed up to help get the measure