The downturn in the market from the COVID-19 crisis has spurred younger people to take interest in the stock market, picking up shares for cheap. Many people have flocked to the app Robinhood which has no trading fees, and offers a random free share of stock as a perk for signing up. You can download…
Audrey Conklin An Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia was hit by two missiles Friday, the country’s foreign ministry officials said. The reported attack caused an oil leak that has since been plugged, according to The Associated Press, citing Iranian state media. The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) said “the…
Ben Whedon Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard tweeted Sunday that President Donald Trump was making the U.S. act as “Saudi Arabia’s bitch,” addressing Trump’s tweet on drone strikes that hit Saudi oil facilities. The Hawaii representative took issue with Trump’s statement that he would wait for confirmation from the Saudi government before proceeding with a counter-strike….
Jason Hopkins The Trump administration is looking to increase pressure on Venezuela’s socialist government with harsher sanctions, in the wake of President Nicolas Maduro’s re-election. The United States currently employs a mild amount of sanctions against Venezuela for its continued democratic abuses. The White House, for example, has penalized a number of the country’s government leaders, taken…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Secretary of Defense James Mattis declared that the U.S. would not be taking any oil from Iraq prior to departing for Baghdad Monday, contrary to past statements by President Donald Trump. Trump reiterated his declaration that the U.S. should take Iraq’s oil on his first day as…
By Michael Bastasch The U.S. is projected to become “energy independent” within the next decade, according to government analysts, meaning President-elect Donald Trump could deliver on a major campaign promise. The U.S. is “projected to become a net energy exporter by 2026,” according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) annual energy outlook, “but the transition…
By Russ Read The Islamic Republic of Iran drastically increased its oil production by more than 300 percent one year after sanctions were lifted due to its nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers. Iran increased oil production in 2016 from 870,000 to 3.67 million barrels a day by November, an increase of approximately…
By Joseph Hammond “No, don’t pull on that line!” yelled Rex Moore, as he watched the crew of a natural gas drilling rig struggle to work on a frigid and rainy day in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Despite Moore’s 40 years of gas industry experience and the crew’s efforts, the well proved dry. That’s not because they…
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline filed a $15 billion lawsuit Friday against the Obama administration under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
By Chris White Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen appeared in a 2012 documentary attacking BP over the energy company’s 2010 oil spill, where he can be heard ranting and raving against the company’s supposed corruption. “Everybody’s just, get out to get paid,” he said in the documentary called “The Big Fix,” according to CBS News. “They’re like hoping for…