When he launched his presidential campaign in late 2022, then-candidate Donald Trump blasted his successor for aggressively releasing oil from Americaâs emergency stockpile ahead of the midterm elections. âThe strategic national reserves, which I filled up, have been virtually drained in order to keep gasoline prices lower, just prior to the election,â Trump said during his 2024 campaign launch at Mar-a-Lago, referring to President Joe Bidenâs record-setting releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). But now, as voter frustration over high gas prices mounts, President Trump is draining the nationâs pile of emergency oil at an even faster pace than Joe Biden ahead of this yearâs midterms. Not only has the magnitude of SPR releases under Trump surpassed records, but the amount of crude left in the reserve is approaching the lowest levels since the early 1980s. Back then, the United States had a far smaller economy that consumed less energy. The emergency steps taken this spring underscore the scale of the oil crisis set off by the war with Iran and the scramble around the world to replace crude trapped in the Persian Gulf. The shrinking pile of emergency oil als
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Borrowers face stricter payment timelines after Biden-era Save repayment plan was ended by Donald Trump The American student loan repayment system is set to undergo a significant overhaul next month, changing the way millions of borrowers…
View source →The list of government AI use cases has ballooned by 70% since Biden left office and includes many plans to hand over sensitive governmental functions to AI On 14 April, the Trump administration quietly acknowledged the widespread use of…
View source →A study commissioned by President Joe Bidenâs administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms was released independently on Tuesday, after President Donald Trumpâs administration decided not to feature the researchersâ…
View source →This article was published on June 8, 2026 NSPM-11 rescinds Biden’s AI national security framework and tells defence and intelligence agencies to onboard frontier models “without delay,” as Warren demands hearings on whether the rush is…
View source →President Donald Trump uses a lot of fictional statistics. He usually deploys them with a breezy confidence. At an event in Wisconsin on Friday, though, he made a statistical claim that sounded so clearly dubious that he wondered aloud…
View source →Switching from fossil fuels to electricity for heating is no longer covered. Federal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover a switch from fossil fuels to electricity for heating, according to long-awaited guidance from the…
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