In a closed-door industry conference today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Zeldin announced plans to roll back the 2024 methane regulations for the oil and gas sector. These rules, finalized last year, established critical requirements to reduce methane emissions and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from new and existing oil and gas infrastructure. The proposal also […]
In a move aimed at easing the financial burden on truckers and farmers, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that temporarily permits the use of red-dyed off-road diesel on highways and defers the federal excise tax on the fuel through the end of the year. The order directs the Secretary of the […]
Oil prices climbed more than 2% on Tuesday, driven by escalating attacks on energy infrastructure and heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The surge comes as Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government announced a major military campaign on Sunday to recapture all areas controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis. The conflict has already disrupted a critical […]
Rescuers in Ukraine have ended their search and rescue operation at the site of a Russian missile strike on a five-story apartment building in the northern town of Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region. The attack, which occurred on the morning of October 7 while many residents were still asleep, killed at least 22 people, including […]
Three people were killed and 36 others injured in a series of Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports this week, according to the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). The assaults mark a sharp escalation in the Yemen conflict, which had largely been contained by a UN-brokered truce in 2022. The attacks also come amid […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been directed by their leadership to increase daily arrests by 1,000 people in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, according to a new report. CNN reported this week, citing two sources familiar with the situation, that the directive would raise the daily arrest goal to 3,000, […]
As the November midterm elections approach, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has significantly expanded its election-fraud operation, drawing on tens of millions of records, scrutinizing dozens of nonprofit voter-registration groups, and even considering deploying undercover agents to investigate organizations suspected of helping noncitizens register to vote. According to CNN, this extensive infrastructure within the […]
President Donald Trump kicked off what he promises will be 32 consecutive days of campaigning leading up to Election Day, starting with a Thursday event in Texas to boost Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton. The rally, held at a Dallas-area truck factory, is part of Trump’s broader blitz through traditionally red states aimed at energizing […]
Martín Soto, a New Jersey immigrant and labor activist, walked free on Tuesday after spending eight months in federal immigration custody. His release followed a sustained campaign led by his wife, Gabriela Soto, who became a vocal advocate for his freedom while pregnant with their child. Soto’s detention at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in […]
A group of at least 73 immigrants detained at a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Georgia has launched a hunger strike to protest prolonged detention and alleged poor conditions inside the center. The strike began Tuesday at the Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center in southeast Georgia, which is operated […]
The US Department of Justice announced on Monday a sweeping move to strip citizenship from 40 naturalized Americans, marking what Attorney General Todd Blanche called the “largest denaturalization effort in modern history.” The announcement targets individuals accused of concealing critical facts during their naturalization process, including serious criminal offenders such as a person convicted of […]
A new ProPublica report reveals that 506 U.S. citizens were detained by immigration agents between January 2025 and September 2026, a figure the outlet calls an undercount. The detentions occurred under the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement, which has increasingly swept up American citizens. One case in Key Largo, Florida, involved a woman detained for […]
