The War That Is Not A War Sends Diesel To A Record $5.85
Six months of fighting have raised the freight economy's principal fuel by 56 percent, a material consequence of an increasingly immaterial noun.
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20 stories on fileA running record of the winning. There is now so much of it that some citizens report being tired.
Pentagon Laser Shoots Down Three Cartel-Linked Drones After Earlier Shooting Down A Customs Drone
The directed-energy program has now demonstrated that it can defeat hostile aircraft once the owner is correctly identified.
FBI Expands Applicant Pool To Candidates Who Kept Certain Misconduct Below The New Limits
Past prostitution and employer theft are no longer automatic bars in some cases as the bureau works to replenish its ranks.
Trump Endorsement Wins The Primary, Then Leaves The Campaign Website
Republican candidates prized the president's support in spring. Several discovered independent leadership by summer.
Teleprompter Operator Bets On President's Next Words After Reading Them First
A White House aide made $107,539 trading prediction contracts on phrases in speeches he could see before the public.
Court Reopens Visas For 75 Countries; State Department Pauses The World
A judge rejected a nationality-based suspension. Days later, immigrant visa appointments everywhere stopped for staff training.
President Asks FCC To Punish The Phrase 'Mixed Results' After Mixed Results
Kristen Welker described a primary record that included wins and losses. The White House identified the missing third result: federal punishment.
The Gas Was Cheap Because The Fuel Bill Wasn't Paid, Supplier Alleges
Trump praised a network selling gas 40 cents below market. A lawsuit says a distributor behind some of those gallons left nearly $4 million unpaid.
The Four-To-Five-Week Iran War Enters Month Seven Right On Schedule
The original military timeline has survived by becoming a ceasefire, a peace memorandum, a blockade, and an open-ended economic campaign.
Canceled Wind Deal Produces $900 Million Tailwind For Trump Donor
A federal settlement reimburses RWE for abandoning offshore wind, then directs most of the money into a gas investment purchased from a donor-led fund.
U.S. Secures 65 Billion Barrels Of Venezuelan Oil After Securing Venezuela's President
Trump says the agreement gives America majority control at no taxpayer cost. The oil is real; the terms are not yet public.
Trump's Fed Pick Prepares To Raise The Rates He Was Chosen To Lower
Chairman Kevin Warsh says inflation remains too high and that the central bank has work to do if prices do not move faster toward 2 percent.
President Breaks Meatpacking Monopoly By Asking Ranchers To Become Meatpackers
The administration plans to waive processing rules after first trying to lower beef prices with more imported beef.
America Defends Europe By Moving Its Patriot Missiles To The Iran War
Officials say European stocks are 'beyond critical,' with limited ability to stop even a stray Russian ballistic missile.
Job Market Protects Existing Positions By Creating Almost No New Ones
Layoffs remain rare and unemployment is low. The arrangement works less well for anyone attempting to obtain a job.
Saudi Nuclear Deal Goes To Congress While It Waits For Saudi Arabia To Recognize Israel
The civilian energy agreement has entered a 90-day review tied to a separate diplomatic breakthrough that has not happened.
Political Outsider Wins Senate Nomination With A Famous Name, An Appointment And The President
Darline Graham defeated a five-term congressman after entering the race as the sitting senator and the late senator's sister.
President Visits South Carolina To Confirm That Everything, Including The Gas Prices, Is Going Extremely Well
The stop cited record tax cuts, the most secure border in history, plunging crime, and an emergency waiver for the fuel prices, which are at a record high.
Told The $1.7 Billion Troop Deployment Did Not Lower Crime, The Administration Countered With A $5 Billion Lawsuit
A think tank found the National Guard surge had no measurable effect on violent crime. The reply was a demand to retract by Friday, or pay.
WINNING: Florida Taxpayers Spend $5.5 Million Renaming Airport After President Whose Family Just Trademarked His Name On Umbrellas
The Trump Organization says it will take no royalty on the renaming, and has chosen a dignified silence on the flight suits.