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Oil prices seesawed overnight on fears that Iran will attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, even after an agreement Wednesday among nations to release a significant amount of petroleum reserves. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday morning told CNN high oil prices were a “short-term energy disruption for just huge long-term gain.” Brent crude…

What began in Fulton will not stay in Fulton.

Crude oil prices eased slightly on Thursday morning after briefly climbing above $100 overnight, as Iran moves to strengthen its hold over the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to ramp up economic pain amid the ongoing war. Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, was trading about 4.7 percent higher at about $98 per barrel…

And it’s “reeaallllly bad” with one particular group, said CNN’s chief data analyst.

“Umm. The split screen says No,” one critic responded to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations’ claim.

Rahm Emanuel has no shortage of action plans for Democrats, whom he thinks are poised for success in the fall midterms if they get their message right. The former Obama chief of staff was an instrumental player in 2006, when Democrats flipped control of the House and Senate after 12 years of Republican control —…

“My God, is this really what this country has become?” one critic asked.

The president has a long history of demeaning comments, especially toward the women of the news media. 

The president’s claim inspired a withering one-word response.

The “Late Show” host mocked the president and his administration for a key failure. 

The late night host mocked Rob Schmitt of Newsmax for calling on the FCC to take action against his show. 

“Wait, what?!?”

The president called the California governor a “cognitive mess” because of his dyslexia. 

The conflict has spread across the Middle East and prompted plans for a record release of strategic oil reserves to dampen one of the worst fuel shocks since the 1970s.

Canadian investor Kevin O’Leary addressed the issue of spiking oil prices on Wednesday amid the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran, saying it will be the “granddaddy issue” in the midterms. O’Leary made the remarks to Fox News’s Martha MacCallum ahead of Trump’s speech in Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon.  “This affordability speech, it’ll be about…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday condemned the strikes on an Iranian elementary school amid growing discontent from European leaders about ongoing joint U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran.  In a speech in front of the country’s Parliament in Rome, Meloni said the attack fell “outside the scope of international law.” “I express firm condemnation…

One state gets hit the hardest when there’s a shock to the global supply of oil.

Democratic senators are demanding answers after the Trump administration moved to ease sanctions on Russian oil reserves in an attempt to offset the impact of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on global oil supplies.  The minority members on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs requested a congressional hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent by…

The president was torched for listening to the same GOP war hawks he used to revile during a blistering CNN panel debate on Tuesday.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday endorsed former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer (D) in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District. Dunn, who defended Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, is mounting his second run for Congress after losing to Rep….

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) denied Wednesday that he reversed his stance on the Senate filibuster rules to curry favor with President Trump amid speculation that he made the switch in order to win the president’s coveted endorsement in his competitive reelection primary. “I’d say that’s not true,” Cornyn told an NBC News reporter when asked…

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) are at odds over a provision targeting institutional investors in housing. 

A statue of President Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as the characters Jack and Rose from the movie “Titanic” has appeared on the National Mall. The statue depicts Trump as Jack and Epstein as Rose in a scene from the movie where Leonardo DiCaprio’s and Kate Winslet’s characters, who fall in love,…

The president apparently guesses the shoe sizes of his staffers and then sends them his preferred choice of footwear ― whether it fits or not.

The FBI recently warned California police departments of Iran potentially launching a retaliatory attack on the West Coast, according to multiple outlets Wednesday. The agency’s Joint Terrorism Task Force sent memos to police departments in late February that Iran allegedly “aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off…