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U.S. crude oil production hit 12 million barrels per day in mid-February, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest report. EIA’s weekly petroleum report, for the week ending Feb. 15, showed crude output…

MIAMI - A federal judge ruled Thursday that a team of federal prosecutors that included Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta broke federal law when they brokered a plea deal with child molester and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein,…

WASHINGTON - Negotiators with the United States and China continue to haggle over the terms of a potential trade deal as President Donald Trump’s deadline of March 1 creeps closer. If no deal is reached by the deadline, Trump may…

NEW YORK – Southwest Airlines saw an unusual spike in maintenance issues on its aircraft “just days after our last negotiations session” with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). Southwest first noticed…

NEW YORK – Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris refuted two of her potential 2020 presidential primary challengers on Wednesday when she stated that she does not agree with their acceptance of open borders. (…

WASHINGTON - Despite a record number coal plant closures across the United States, the country’s power sector still experienced a rise in carbon emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual report on…

NORTH CAROLINA - North Carolina Republican politician Mark Harris’s son testified that he had warned his father about a “shady” political operative, appearing to contradict earlier claims by his father, at a Wednesday hearing on a…

NEW MEXICO – A woman sued Planned Parenthood after she said she traveled over 700 miles to abort her six-week-old baby and the procedure failed, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Bianca Coons drove from Idaho to Planned…

CALIFORNIA - Oakland, California teachers walked out of a school district with more than 36,000 students Thursday to protest what they believe to be unlivable salaries. An entry-level teacher with only a bachelor’s degree can earn…

CHICAGO - Chicago radio host William Kelly said “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett owes an apology to the entire city after allegedly perpetrating a fabricated racial attack against himself. “The manpower of the Chicago police…