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Several U.S. oil and gas companies have warned that they will not be looking to increase production unless prices increase significantly. President Donald Trump stated he wanted to “Drill, Baby, Drill”, when it came to oil and gas. However, oil majors are concerned that increasing oil and gas output even further could create a glut and drive prices down, something they want to avoid. On his first day in office, President Trump declared an energy emergency, stating, “The integrity and expansion of our Nation’s energy infrastructure is an immediate and pressing priority for the protection of the United States’ national...

Conservatives on social media are having a field day mocking the Democratic National Committee for featuring a handful of "beyond parody" moments during its leadership vote over the weekend, which critics say underscores that Democrats have "learned absolutely nothing" from their 2024 election losses. **SNIP** Conservatives and critics took to social media over the weekend to highlight what they viewed as the most out of touch speeches and comments from party leaders, including the election of left-wing activist David Hogg as one of its three co-chairs. Hogg is an outspoken gun control advocate and the co-founder of March for Our...

What do you think of the following information about the hiring of air traffic controllers? Candidates “whose worst subject in high school was science [and who played a lot of sports] and candidates who are unemployed receive the most points possible on the test” (for the position), wrote The Blaze in 2018. “In contrast, licensed pilots and those with extensive air traffic control knowledge aren’t highly scored.” How could this be?It was the result of “diversity” efforts — what’s now called DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) — instituted under Barack Obama and continued by Joe Biden. It gets worse, though,...

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than an atomic bomb has triggered global space agency alarms. The odds that the space rock dubbed Y4, which is nearly the size of a football field at between 130 and 300 feet wide, could hit Earth is now too close to ignore, they warn. “If you put it over Paris or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs,” Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society, told Agence France-Presse last week. The asteroid was first observed on...

Over a year after a 15-foot great white shark was found dead with mysterious bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, DNA analysis uncovered its killers. Two animals, orcas, also known as killer whales, and broadnose sevengill sharks, were responsible for the gruesome attack... The body of the massive shark, known as the Carcharodon carcharias, was discovered in October 2023 in southeastern Australia, baffling scientists. ... The carcass sparked significant attention from the public due to its size, bite marks, and the speculation of it being the result of a killer whale predation, ... Although its head, spine, and...

"I believe that this visit opens a way to build a new stage of relations, that is how I see it, that is how I felt it on the part of Secretary Marco Rubio and at the same time try as far as possible to increase US investments in Panama."

It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn't want to so much as mention. A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see. The United States won't stand for it, we will act. Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!

Currently there is an ongoing standoff between a MASSIVE wall of law enforcement and anti-ICE protesters, illegals reportedly among them, who have been blocking a freeway in DTLA.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted in an interview that he hasn’t even seen half of the nearly $200 billion in foreign aid that the United States has sent to Ukraine since war broke out with Russia. According to Ukraineoversight.gov, As of September 30, 2024, the U.S. Ukraine response funding totals nearly $183 billion, with $130.1 billion obligated and $86.7 billion disbursed. Congress appropriated $174.2 billion through the five Ukraine supplemental appropriation acts enacted FY 2022 through FY 2024, of which $163.6 billion was allocated for OAR and the Ukraine response. Additional funds of $18.2 billion were allocated from annual agency...

Likely Dem primary voters in the upcoming mayoral election overwhelmingly say New York City is in crisis — with nearly half saying that if things get any worse, they may leave, a dismal new survey shows. The pessimism is broad and deep. Eighty percent of the respondents say they are worried about the current level of crime, while 75% believe their city is in a state of crisis, and 70% are “fearful and anxious” about its future, according to the poll by Democratic strategists with the Honan Strategy Group. Advertisement

A left-wing group that serves as the lead contractor for a massive federal immigration contract claims the immigration system is "intentionally designed" to exploit "Black and brown people," opposes the use of police officers for "immigration purposes," and says "no immigrant should be detained." Acacia Center for Justice, based in Washington, D.C., is one of the largest federal immigration contractors, overseeing a $769 million program

Venezuela has agreed to take back its violent criminal migrants nabbed in the US — including members of the Tren de Aragua gang wreaking havoc on the Big Apple and other cities, President Trump says. “We are in the process of removing record numbers of illegal aliens from all countries, and all countries have agreed to accept these illegal aliens back,” the president wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. “Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the U.S., including gang members of Tren de Aragua,” Trump said. The announcement comes...

Four men and one juvenile are charged in connection with an assault on a Fridley basketball player with a tire iron during a high school basketball game on Tuesday.Dursa Muktar Mohamed, 18; Ayub Mohamed Ali, 19; Yahya Abdul Khanyare, 18; Mubashir Nasir Ali, 18; and a 16-year-old juvenile were all charged with one count each of second-degree assault and second-degree riot. Mohamed was additionally charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle.None of the suspects were Cooper High School students or affiliated with Robbinsdale Area Schools.All five suspects were arrested Tuesday following the attack at Cooper High School...

Vice President JD Vance was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to discuss the recent aviation crash in DC, President Trump’s tariffs and foreign policy initiatives. “There is a very direct connection between the policies of the last administration and short-staffed air traffic controllers. That has to stop,” Vance said. “The President made very clear that he wasn’t blaming anybody, but he was being very explicit about the fact that DEI policies have led our air traffic controllers to be short-staffed. That is a scandal, thankfully it’s a scandal the President has stopped,” Vance continued. “We are talking...

This electric crossover isn’t just for show. It’s fitted for the race track. Ford’s new Mustang Mach-E EV prototype is upgraded with three electric motors and borrows parts from its current NASCAR Cup Series. Check out the new EV below. Meet Ford’s new Mustang Mach-E NASCAR EV prototype The Mustang Mach-E NASCAR prototype was unveiled Thursday night during the Ford Performance Season launch. Ford’s 100% electric racer pulls components from the current NASCAR Cup Series, including a fine-tuned suspension, brakes, steering, and wheels. The Mustang Mach-E prototype is powered by three electric motors housed in a carbon fiber tub and...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino that the Panama Canal must be rid of Chinese influence or else Panama could face retaliation from the Trump administration. Rubio made his first foreign trip as the nation’s top diplomat to Panama where he met with Mulino on Sunday. President Donald Trump and Rubio have been highly critical of China’s growing influence, particularly when it comes to the fentanyl and opioid crisis plaguing the United States. “Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to...

Earlier this month Stake 'n Shake announced it plans to use "100 percent beef tallow," or animal fat, for cooking its fries rather than vegetable oil. Vegetable oil has been sharply criticized on health grounds including by President Donald Trump's secretary of health nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The move has raised questions over whether other fast-food companies such as McDonald's could adopt similar policies, with one nutrition expert telling Newsweek such a move could "might resonate" with the restaurant chain's history. Newsweek contacted the McDonald's press office for comment via email. Why It Matters Kennedy, who Trump wants to...

Following his meeting with the Panamanians, the country’s president announced that it will not be renewing its deal with China’s Belt and Road

These pictures show the the newly poured, #DEI concrete at the #ObamaPresidentialCenter. The DEI contractor who did the defective work is now suing for #racism, because someone complained about the cracks. https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-center-subcontractor-files-40m-011519969.html#ObamaCenter #Woke #Obama #News #Politics #Trump #Construction #Chicago

Pictured: Pediatric patient and mom killed in Philadelphia plane crash READ MORE: Devastating Pennsylvania plane crash scene pics emerge By NOA HALFF FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 16:50 EST, 2 February 2025 | Updated: 17:07 EST, 2 February 2025 e-mail 12 shares 47 View comments A young patient who had just completed life-saving hospital treatment and her devoted mother have been identified as victims of the devastating Philadelphia air ambulance crash that claimed seven lives. Valentina Guzman Murillo, 11, and her mother Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, 31, of Mexico have been identified as two of the victims in Friday's devastating crash that claimed...