Monday, April 27, 2026

ENERGY

Winds, Blizzards and Triple-Digit Heat Put Over Half of the US in the Path of Extreme Weather

(Headline USA) From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather on Monday put more than half the nation’s population in the path of extreme cfonditions. Airport delays and cancellations piled up in some of the nation’s...

‘Not Our War’: US Allies Decline Trump’s Request To Send Ships To Open Strait of Hormuz

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Several US-allied nations have already publicly declined President Donald Trump’s request for them to send warships to the Middle East to help open the Strait of Hormuz, which is not being tightly controlled by the Iranian military. “What does … Donald Trump expect a handful or two...

Report: Longtime Oil Exec Worked for CIA, Helped Oust Maduro

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to the Journal, the former Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, worked for the CIA...

Oil Blasts Through $100 as Iran War Escalates

(Headline USA) Oil prices have eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was at $101.19 shortly after trading resumed...

War in Iran Shocks Markets, Costs U.S. Taxpayers $1 Billion a Day

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The escalating war in Iran has already rattled global markets and driven oil prices to their highest levels since April 2024. If the conflict persists, the strain on the global economy deepens and the burden on U.S. taxpayers grows. With U.S. military operations costing more...

American Gasoline Prices Increase Most in One Week Since 2020

(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) American gasoline prices continued to rise on Friday and are up the most of any week since 2022. Iran widened attacks on energy-producing countries near its borders and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping, dashing hopes for a quick resolution to a crisis...

Pentagon Personnel Injured by Iranian Drone Attack on Hotel in Bahrain

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An Iranian drone attack on a hotel in Bahrain injured at least two US Department of War employees, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a State Department diplomatic cable. “Two US DOW personnel were injured,” the cable said. No other details were included in the cable,...

WATCH: Trump Terminates Obama-Era Climate Change Policy

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The Trump administration on Thursday terminated the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Endangerment Finding,” a landmark policy that led to sweeping climate change regulations and higher costs across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0qpvMs5Ms "This action will eliminate over $1.3 trillion in regulatory costs and help bring car prices tumbling down...

Trump Administration to Create a Strategic Reserve for Rare Earth Elements

(Headline USA) The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth metals, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. The White House confirmed on Monday the start...

‘Bomb Cyclone’ Collapses House in North Carolina

(Headline USA) A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still...

30 People Dead From Effects of Winter Storm as More Freezing Cold Pummels US

(Headline USA)  Many in the U.S. faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the Northeast and kept parts of the South coated in ice. At least 30 deaths were reported in states afflicted with severe cold. Deep snow...

DOE Issues Emergency Orders to Mitigate Blackouts in New England, Texas

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square)  U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued emergency orders to mitigate blackouts in New England and Texas as 24 states have declared an emergency due to an Arctic blast moving across the U.S. over the weekend. More than 200 million people are in Storm Fern’s 2,300-mile...
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