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Trump Is Making Deals With Big Oil

Mark Hertsgaard Democrats and the press should be paying attention to how this pay-to-play behavior relates to the midterms The post Trump Is Making Deals With Big Oil appeared first on The Nation .

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12 States Push Back on New Mexico in Oracle Natural Gas Pipeline FightThe attorneys general of 12 US states have asked federal regulators to authorize construction of a natural gas pipeline needed to power an Oracle Corp. data center in New Mexico, arguing that a broader environmental review threatens to complicate similar projects across the country.

Bloomberg9h agoWhole story →

Volodymyr Zelensky openly defies Trump’s ban on Russian oil refinery strikes, Ukraine will resume attacks: ‘We’re done’“The block is out. We’re done,” Zelensky told the Financial Times during a London visit.

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'To End Billionaire Control Over Our Politics,' 97% of Talarico Historic Fundraising Arrives as Donations of $100 or LessJames Talarico, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Texas, says that his near record-breaking fundraising haul in the third quarter—one built almost entirely on small-dollar donations—is proof that grassroots energy is on his side as he faces off against the full weight of the Republican Party's money machine, including the world's richest man Elon…

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Ukraine resuming attacks on Russian oil refineriesUkraine's attack struck a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, Russia’s Defense Ministry and Ryazan Gov. Pavel Malkov said.

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Zelenskyy accuses Trump of taking the 'wrong side,' complains of betrayalVolodymyr Zelenskyy — the Ukrainian leader whose five-year presidential term officially ended over two years ago — is presently on a media blitz, trying to shore up British and European support. So far, his efforts have been successful even in Germany , where an ex-Ukrainian special forces officer is on trial for allegedly leading the undersea bombings…

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Zelenskyy orders new Russia refinery attacks in Trump rebuke - Thu, 15 Oct 2026 PSTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered attacks on Russian oil refineries to resume in a spiraling confrontation with Donald Trump over restrictions on U.S. intelligence assistance.

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Mike Rogers' Wife Hands Out $10 Gas Cards, Begging Michiganders to Vote for Her HusbandAs President Donald Trump's Iran War drives up gas prices, the wife of Michigan's Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers was seen resorting to a desperate—and legally dubious—tactic to persuade voters to tick the box for her husband: handing out $10 gas cards. Kristi Rogers, the wife of the former GOP congressman, was filmed Wednesday strutting around…

Common Dreams8h agoWhole story →

Republican’s Wife Tries to Win Voters With Cheap Gift CardThe wife of Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers is at gas stations in Detroit handing out $10 gas gift cards while begging people to vote for her husband. This is an illegal, desperate, and ironic move given that the spiking gas prices were directly caused by President Trump’s Iran war, which Rogers has supported wholeheartedly . The Michigan…

The New Republic7h agoWhole story →

US Families Have Spent an Extra $4,700 Each Due to Trump Policies—Including $100 Billion on GasDemocrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Thursday published updated data estimating that President Donald Trump's policies have cost the average US family $4,700 during the first two years of his second term. One major driver of price increases has been Trump's illegal war with Iran, which led to a global spike in energy prices after…

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Gas Prices+Social SecurityCongress has yet to address a looming funding shortfall that could leave the retirement program unable to pay 22 percent of scheduled benefits by 2032.

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