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U.S. refiner Phillips 66 on Monday said it would buy crude from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after submitting a winning bid in an auction held earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Energy.
It was not immediately known which other companies submitted winning bids for the up to 8 million barrels of sweet crude being sold from the strategic reserves. Continue reading “Phillips 66 to buy crude from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve”
A pipeline in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan has leaked 200,000 liters (52,834 gallons) of oil in an aboriginal community, the provincial government said on Monday.
The government was notified late in the afternoon on Friday, and 170,000 liters have since been recovered, said Doug McKnight, assistant deputy minister in the Ministry of the Economy, which regulates pipelines in Saskatchewan. Continue reading “Canada oil pipeline spills 200,000 liters on aboriginal land”
Washington, 23 January (Argus) — President Donald Trump’s administration moved to block pending regulations that have not yet taken effect, such as a pipeline leak reporting rule and tax guidelines for master limited partnerships.
A memo issued today freezes publication of last-minute regulations from President Barack Obama’s administration that have been completed but not yet published in the Federal Register. It also imposes a 60-day delay on published regulations that have not yet taken effect, a change that might apply to new refinery safety regulations issued last month. Continue reading “Trump freezes last-minute energy regulations”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.
A State Department official and several congressional aides said the outgoing administration formally notified Congress it would spend the money Friday morning. The official said former Secretary of State John Kerry had informed some lawmakers of the move shortly before he left the State Department for the last time Thursday. The aides said written notification dated Jan. 20 was sent to Congress just hours before Donald Trump took the oath of office. Continue reading “US sent $221 million to Palestinians in Obama’s last hours”
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Beginning Monday, the Black Lives Matter movement could become a curriculum topic in classrooms across the city.
A Philadelphia School District teachers’ group has planned six days of action this week, encouraging educators to introduce optional curriculum and activities – from “The Revolution Is Always Now” coloring pages for very young students to a science lesson about the biology of skin color for older ones. Continue reading “Philly teachers plan Black Lives Matter week — not all are happy”
DEVELOPING – A small plane crashed at the Tucson International Airport in Arizona Monday, and officials confirmed it was deadly. Continue reading “At least 1 dead after small plane crashes at Tucson airport”
Washington Post – by Ylan Q. Mui
President Trump began recasting America’s role in the global economy Monday, canceling an agreement for a sweeping trade deal with Asia that he once called a “potential disaster.”
Trump signed the executive order formally ending the United States’ participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Oval Office after discussing American manufacturing with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room. The order was largely symbolic — the deal was already essentially dead in Congress — but served to signal that Trump’s tough talk on trade during the campaign will carry over to his new administration. Continue reading “President Trump signs order to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump held their first conversation Sunday evening which was characterized by Trump as “very nice.”
The conversation lasted less than 30-minutes.
Trump invited Netanyahu to come to Washington and meet him in February. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the exact date of the meeting will be determined in the coming days.
Continue reading “Trump invites Netanyahu to come to White House in February”
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Protesters took control of vehicle lanes at one of the busiest crossings on the U.S. border Sunday to oppose Mexican gasoline price hikes, waving through motorists into Mexico after Mexican authorities abandoned their posts.
Motorists headed to Mexico zipped by about 50 demonstrators at the Otay Mesa port of entry connecting San Diego and Tijuana, many of them honking to show support. The demonstrators waved signs to protest gas hikes and air other grievances against the government of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Continue reading “Protesters take control of Mexican border crossing with US”
Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish
Cannon Ball, ND — All water protectors must leave the camps — and abandon plans to relocate to a higher elevation — the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Council wrote in a resolution passed during an executive session of a district meeting just before President Donald Trump took the oath of office.
Decisive, sharp consequences soon followed. Continue reading “While Americans Focus on DC, Cops Unleash Fury During DAPL Water Protector Eviction”
Activist Post – by Catherine Frompovich
What would you think or say if I were to tell you black is white; up is down; Planet Earth is square, not spheroid in shape; and night is day? You probably would say I’m off my rocker and really don’t know what I’m talking about. Do you think that some segments of vested scientific research are capable of being equally outrageous?
I propose that very sort of scientific mischief and outrageousness is going on within vested-interest microwave technology sciences so as to keep you, the gullible and enthralled technology ‘smart’ device consumer, confused into believing there are no adverse health effects from microwaves EXCEPT what’s acknowledged and called thermal radiation, which can heat skin. Continue reading “Microwave EMF Science: Deliberate Claptrap Misinformation?”
Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos
An investigation by a New York Times affiliate has revealed that billionaire globalist financier, George Soros, who recently called Donald Trump a “would-be dictator” during an interview at Davos, and whose Open Society Foundation works to finance and forward progressive causes across the world, and is intimately connected to numerous color revolutions, the Arab Spring, and various other political uprisings across the globe, has been revealed to be connected to more than 50 of the groups that organized the nationwide “Women’s Marches” that saw millions of Americans take to the streets across the country. Continue reading “Globalist Soros Exposed Funding Over 50 Organizations In Women’s March On DC”
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is dead in the water after the administration of new United States President Donald Trump announced the country’s withdrawal from the trade agreement following his inauguration on Friday.
In a formal statement issued over the weekend, the White House said the president has decided to base its foreign policy on an “America first” attitude that involves returning “millions of jobs to America’s shores” by backing out of multilateral trade agreements such as the TPP. Continue reading “Trump dumping Trans-Pacific Partnership”
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — At least four people were killed in southern Mississippi early Saturday when a destructive tornado roared through the Hattiesburgarea, leveling homes, ripping off roofs and tossing trees into roadways across the region.
The city of Hattiesburg on Twitter and Forrest County emergency management confirmed the deaths. Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict said two of the fatalities were in a trailer park. Continue reading “Tornado rips through southern Mississippi, leaving 4 dead”
Activists and politicians rallied huge crowds who descended on the nation’s capital today for the Women’s March on Washington this morning, the biggest of hundreds of similar marches taking place today.
The rally featured speeches from women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, Madonna, actresses Ashley Judd and Scarlett Johansson and director Michael Moore among others. Continue reading “Politicians, Activists Rally Crowd at Women’s March in Washington”
A new bill wants to give first dibs on H-1B visas to the “best and brightest” foreign students educated in the U.S.
Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin, both long-time H-1B reform advocates, plan to reintroduce their bill for revamping the program imminently. The bill was first introduced in 2007. Continue reading “Bipartisan bill aims to reform H-1B visa system”
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “ease the burden of ObamaCare.”
Trump signed the order in front of reporters at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, one of his first official acts as president.
The order did not direct any specific actions, but instead gave broad authority to the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies to take actions available to them under the law to ease regulatory requirements from ObamaCare. Continue reading “Trump signs ObamaCare executive order”
Paramount Pictures has announced a $1 billion financing deal with two Chinese firms, strengthening the U.S. studio’s ties with a lucrative but difficult market.
Huahua Media and Shanghai Film Group will put money into all Paramount’s films over the next three years, the companies said in a statement. The Chinese firms will even set up an office on the Paramount lot later this year. Continue reading “China’s latest Hollywood move: Pumping $1B into Paramount movies”