Monday, June 22, 2026

ENERGY

WATCH: Tornadoes Reported in the Midwest

(Headline USA) A trail of damaged homes and buildings dotted a wide swath of the U.S. on Saturday after a burst of destructive winds and reported tornadoes tore off roofs, uprooted trees and rendered rural roads impassable with debris. No deaths were reported following Friday's storms that barreled through the Upper...

US Sends Thousands More Troops to Middle East, Considers Ground Ops in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) ​​The United States is sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East and is considering restarting the bombing campaign against Iran or launching ground operations in the country, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US officials. The report said that the forces include 6,000...

U.S. Considers Gas Tax Holiday

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Americans could soon pay more at the pump as the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupts oil markets, while lawmakers debate suspending the federal gas tax, a move Canada has just taken. Similar plans have been discussed in the U.S., but have yet to advance. In early March,...

Record Armada of Tankers Bound for U.S. Gulf to Load Oil

(Alton Wallace, The Center Square)  An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages. Second-term Republican President Donald Trump said Saturday on...

Oil Prices Climb Back Above $100 and Stocks Slip as Hopes Recede a Bit About the US-Iran War

(Headline USA) Oil prices are back above $100 per barrel, and stock markets are falling worldwide Monday after 21 hours of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran failed to end their war. But the moves are more modest than many of the extreme swings that have rocked financial...

Trump Admits Gas Prices Are Likely to Increase By November Midterms

(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) President Donald Trump warned Americans that gas prices may continue to increase through the midterm elections later this year. The war against Iran has caused substantial disruptions to the oil market.  When asked about the possibility that gas prices will continue to increase, the President said,...

Navy to Blockade Iranian Ports Monday at 10 A.M.

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. U.S. Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at 10 a.m....

WATCH: Artemis II Returns From the Moon

(Headline USA) Artemis II’s astronauts closed out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century with a Pacific splashdown on Friday, blazing new records near the moon with grace and joy. It was a dramatic grand finale to a mission that revealed not only swaths of the lunar far...

Inflation May Jump by Most in Nearly Four Years as Gas Prices Spike in Wake of Iran War

(Headline USA) Soaring gas prices are expected to produce a spike in inflation when the government reports consumer prices for March on Friday, likely unnerving the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House. Inflation probably rose to 3.4% in...

California Sees $6 a Gallon as Gas Prices Rise in Southwest

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) California gas prices climbed as high as $6 a gallon as oil prices skyrocketed ahead of President Donald Trump's deadline on Iran to reopen oil trade routes in the Strait of Hormuz. Prices rose in the Southwest before Trump on Tuesday evening announced a two-week...

Gas Tops $4 in Florida

(Merrilee Gasser, The Center Square)  Drivers in Florida have gas prices above $4 per gallon for the first time in four years with crude oil prices rising almost 60% since the Iran conflict began, AAA says. Second-term Republican President Donald Trump put out a strongly worded warning on social media...

Report: Iran, Inflation Concern Small Businesses

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. small businesses reported reduced spending and hiring amid concerns over military strikes against Iran and looming inflation data, according to a new report. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce found business owners across the country are slightly more concerned about the health of their businesses...
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