Showing posts with label gas prices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gas prices. Show all posts

Friday, July 24, 2026

K Street girds for Democrats’ oil oversight onslaught - POLITICO

K Street lobbyists are bracing for an onslaught of oversight investigations if Democrats capture one or both chambers of Congress in November. And the party winning back committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — will make the Trump administration’s dealings with the oil and gas industry a top target. 

Democrats are honing their affordability message with the 2028 presidential election looming. Any links they can uncover, real or perceived, between the Trump administration’s policies and rising electricity and gas prices could be fodder for that message, according to lobbyists who are already beginning to prepare clients for their turn under the spotlight…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/k-street-girds-for-democrats-oil-oversight-onslaught-01006936


 

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Mystery Freedom Fuel stations that sold discounted gasoline tied to NFL coach and commodities trader - POLITICO

A federal judge entered judgment in February in favor of a fuel distributor that alleged in a civil lawsuit that Kazmi’s company had taken roughly $667,000 worth of fuel over 10 days in August 2021 without fully paying for it. Kazmi denied the allegations, but the court entered a default judgment after what the judge described as the defendants and their lawyers’ “serial flouting of Court orders and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” during the case. 

 In a separate federal case, a judge ruled in January that Kazmi’s company had failed to pay more than $700,000 in rent at 17 stations it operated in Florida and that the franchisor lawfully terminated franchise agreements. Kazmi argued that his company had been unable to pay the rent because the franchisor withheld credit-card proceeds during a contract dispute…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/trump-promoted-freedom-fuel-stations-linked-to-ravens-coach-and-commodities-trader-00998334


Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Friday, June 5, 2026

Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks - POLITICO

The oil industry is warning the Trump administration that a Hormuz-sized hole in the world’s petroleum market is steadily draining inventories to levels that are likely to send global energy prices surging in the next several weeks, according to four executives.…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/oil-price-spike-white-house-hormuz-00949435


 

Friday, May 29, 2026

Consumer confidence reaches all-time low amid rising gas prices, UM study finds

“We have people from across the political spectrum telling us how frustrated they are by the persistence of high prices, and how that's kind of feeding into their worries about the future of the economy,” Hsu said...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2026-05-27/consumer-confidence-reaches-all-time-low-amid-rising-gas-prices-um-study-finds


Saturday, May 23, 2026

The $5.02 ghost: Trump’s team faces a symbolic blow to one of its favorite economic talking points - POLITICO

That possibility portends poorly heading into election season. 

“There is definitely a concern of just not gas, but everything — all these benchmark costs being more under Trump than under Biden,” said one of the former Trump administration officials. “Inflation is higher today than when Biden handed off the administration to Trump, that’s what they’re concerned about. … They’re freaking out about meat prices that they’re literally threatening Justice Department investigations into price fixing. I think they look at every benchmark and have concerns.”

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/the-5-02-ghost-trumps-team-braces-for-a-symbolic-blow-to-one-of-their-favorite-economic-talking-points-00932878


Sunday, May 17, 2026

Trump Blew Up the Economy—and Bragged About It!

Will Saletan takes on Donald Trump’s own words on the Iran war, gas prices, inflation, and the economy — and methodically shows how Trump keeps contradicting himself on camera. From $300 oil to “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” this is a devastating walkthrough of Trump’s economic and political logic.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_gyPPyb3AE

Friday, May 1, 2026








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