U.S. Crude Supplies Up, Other Petroleum Data Mixed
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending Dec. 1, 179,000 b/d more than the previous...
U.S. Private Sector Adds 103,000 Jobs in November as Hiring Slows
Private companies in the United States added 103,000 jobs in November, indicating slowing job growth in a cooling labor market, payroll data company Automatic...
U.S. Provides Additional Weapons to Ukraine as Biden Urges Congress to Approve More Funding
The United States on Wednesday announced an additional package of military aid to Ukraine to support the country amid its conflict with Russia, as...
Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Vows to Defend Potential 2024 Trump Victory in Court
Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general vowed Monday to defend a potential Donald Trump victory in the swing state next year, saying he’s confident that the...
“We’ll eat less.” Can Rosstat figures be trusted?
Inflation in the North-West region, according to Rosstat, since the beginning of the year has amounted to 6.1%, that is, it was even lower...
After losing Houston mayor’s race, US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to seek reelection to Congress
Two days after losing her bid to be Houston’s next mayor, longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announced on Monday she will seek a 16th...
Early, Often and Unequivocally: How Whitmer’s Fight for Abortion Rights Helped Turn Michigan Blue
Ten years ago, as Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature was on the verge of passing one of the nation’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws at the time,...
A Tit-for-Tat with Uncle Sam: China Puts the Screws on Exotic Mineral Exports
Brussel, Frankfurt (16/11 – 23) A levying of embargoes and export bans, the imposition of sanctions, erection of fearsome “license” (= restriction) protocol: there’s...
Zelenskyy Will Meet Biden at the White House Amid a Stepped-up Push for Congress to Approve More Aid
President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White House on Tuesday as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress...
Xiplomacy: A Letter From XI — A Fond Memory of China-U.S. Solidarity Against Fascism in WWII
In October 2023, U.S. veteran pilot Harry Moyer, who was turning 103, climbed the Great Wall in Beijing where he made his birthday wish:...