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U.S. sanctions are causing delays in Russian crude oil deliveries, with many tankers struggling to reach their final destinations. A significant number of tankers loaded with Russian oil, particularly from Sakhalin Island, are experiencing prolonged sea voyages. Buyers, especially India, are avoiding sanctioned tankers, leading to logistical challenges and a reshuffling of the supply chain. ... Tankers continue to load crude oil from Russia but many of these are seeing difficulty in delivering the cargo to ports as buyers avoid supply chain sanctioned by the United States, ... Deliveries from Russia’s Arctic projects are also being delayed by weeks as...

The Biden administration’s EPA didn’t just mismanage taxpayer dollars—it may have orchestrated a last-minute heist before the clock runs out. The Department of Justice and FBI are now investigating what EPA Chief Lee Zeldin is calling a “gold bars” scheme, a stunning $20 billion transfer to eight so-called “green” entities. Citibank has since frozen the funds, throwing a wrench into what looks like a desperate, eleventh-hour cash grab. A last-minute payout before power shifts? The timing couldn’t be more suspect. Zeldin, in a formal request to the EPA’s Inspector General, outlined an alarming pattern: reckless financial decisions, outright conflicts of...

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said the Department of Health and Human Services had terminated a contract paying Family Endeavors $18 million a month to operate an empty facility in West Texas. The organization is also known as Endeavors, and you may have seen its administrative headquarters and wellness center on De Zavala Road, where it has a cluster of buildings and storefronts. DOGE focused on an overflow housing facility for migrant families that Endeavors operates in Pecos, Texas. DOGE says the facility has been sitting empty while Endeavors has been receiving...

Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago mayor and most recently the U.S. ambassador to Japan, is not ruling out making another bid for the city’s top job or even seeking the Illinois governorship but stressed both the city and the Democratic Party in which he’s long been a leading voice have a lot of work to do. Emanuel, who was mayor from 2011 to 2019 after serving two years as chief of staff to President Barack Obama, said Monday that the city will remain his home and that he wants to “take some time to think about what I’m going to...

A woolly mouse, a breed created by scientists using genetic engineering. The development is a first step toward reviving a version of the extinct woolly mammoth. Colossal Biosciences Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics of an extinct animal that was far larger — the woolly mammoth. This "woolly mouse" marks an important step toward achieving the researchers' ultimate goal — bringing a woolly mammoth-like creature back from extinction, they say. "For us, it's an incredibly big deal," says Beth Shapiro, chief science officer at Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas company trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other...

Whoa. If there was one thing I didn’t expect to hear today, it was former “Meet the Press" and NBC News political pundit Chuck Todd blasting former President Joe Biden in deeply personal terms. But he did exactly that on Sunday and sure didn’t hold back, saying that Biden’s image as a family man was utter bull droppings and that “he never should have been there [in the Oval Office] in the first place. He was speaking with Steve Schmidt, co-founder of the odious Lincoln Project, on "The Warning" podcast, and the two were talking about why the Democrats lost...

Democrats keep trying to make federal worker victimhood happen. No matter how often they’re told it’s not happening, they keep tripling, quadrupling and decupling down on it. Next up is Trump’s speech to Congress. Some Senate and House Dems are planning to boycott it. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), one of the most senior Democrats in the Senate, will not attend Trump’s speech on Tuesday, Axios has learned Neither will Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who will instead host an online town hall. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told Axios he is leaning against attending the speech because “when Trump does it, it’s...

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Two cases of measles have been confirmed in New York City as of the end of February, according to the New York City Health Department. Officials didn’t disclose the ages or vaccination status of the two cases, but they are urging parents to vaccinate their children. The news comes as New Jersey has issued a measles alert in response to three confirmed cases in Bergen County. According to NYC’s health department, the two cases are unrelated, with one occurring earlier this year

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At 10 a.m. EST, the court expects to issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term.Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos.scotusblog will be live-blogging the release of Opinions at the link below:Scotusblog

Special Dispatches to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Friday, March 3. Congress has worked with great vigor to-day, and in the House business so far progressed, last night, that whatever important measures were brought up to-day were not rushed through with as much carelessness as has marked similar occasions heretofore. The Senate, being a less active and heavier body, is further behind, though much has been done to-day. The Senate, yesterday, held a continuous session of fourteen hours, without adjournment. A large number of committee reports were made in the Senate this morning, and the committees discharged from the consideration of...

FAT TUESDAY The last day of Carnival and the day before Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday is the intertwining of a period of festivals and feasts that lead to a time of fasting and reflection. Also known as Shrove Tuesday and Mardi Gras, this enduring celebration has many traditions and deep roots around the world. #FatTuesday Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) dates back to an ancient Roman festival honoring the deities Lupercalia and Saturnalia which took place in mid-February. When Christians arrived in Rome, they incorporated the festival into Lenten preparations. For centuries, this solemn feast prepared Christians for the...

The head of the FBI's New York field office resigned Monday afternoon, facing pressure from President Donald Trump's administration. James Dennehy announced his resignation in an email to staff, NBC News reported. His resignation comes after Kash Patel began his first week leading the bureau last week. Before that, Justice Department deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, began a search for all FBI staff who worked on cases around the Jan. 6 attackers. Dennehy clashed with Bove over that probe into the staff.

The top special agent overseeing the FBI’s largest field office has been forced to retire, according to an email he sent to colleagues and obtained by CNN.

The European Union’s leadership is obviously behind the decision to bring charges against Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu, the SVR emphasizedMOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. Brussels is waging a war on those European leaders who openly support US President Donald Trump, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said. "According to available data, the European bureaucracy has declared a war on 'non-systemic leaders' who are open supporters of US President Donald Trump and refuse to follow instructions from the EU’s ruling liberal elites," the SVR press bureau said in a statement. According to the SVR, "Brussels is extremely concerned that the new US...

VIDEOChuck Todd was discussing the coverup of Joe Biden's loss of cognition on a podcast with Steve Schmidt. While piously (and inaccurately) defending the role of the press, Todd called Joe Scarborough an IDIOT for his absurd defense of Biden's mental abilities. In addition to Morning Joe, this video features a cameo appearance by another media person who acted like an ...IDIOT.

As Pope Francis approaches death, millions of Catholics around the world put aside their differences with the man to pray for him. Some pray for what Catholics call a “happy death” free from mortal sin. Some pray for his return to health. Some pray for his conversion or repentance.“It’s a sad thing to say but there should be no controversy whatsoever about people sincerely praying for the salvation of the pope’s soul,” said Frank Wright, a British Catholic journalist. “I see nothing but good intentions for that. I pray for the soul of the pope myself. It’s our duty.”It might...

Canada should seek closer ties with Britain because its nuclear weapons can help protect the country against Donald Trump, a Liberal party leader running to replace Justin Trudeau has said. Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister under Mr Trudeau, said that US president is "clearly threatening our sovereignty" with his campaign to absorb Canada as the 5lst state of America. Freeland said she would build closer security partnerships with European Nato allies and "I would be sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons". "I would be working urgently with those partners to build a closer...

The defense of free speech by Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich, Germany, has led to open panic on the left in fighting to maintain European censorship and speech criminalization. The response of the American press and pundits was crushingly familiar. From CBS News to members of Congress, Vance (and anyone who supports his speech) was accused of using Nazi tactics. It is the demonization of dissent. In one of the most bizarre examples, CBS anchor Margaret Brennan confronted Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vance’s support for free speech given the fact that he was “standing in a country...