NEW YORK — Oil prices eased in early trading Sunday, falling further from a two-month high set last week, after the United States and Iran refrained from launching military strikes in the Persian Gulf for a second straight day. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil to be delivered in September dropped 4.9% … Read more
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his latest mission to assuage nervous U.S. allies in Europe about the Trump administration’s intentions with NATO or at least put a friendlier face on whipsawing changes and uncertainty about American troop reductions. Rubio will attend a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Sweden on Friday — … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to loosen a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, in what officials say is a push to lower grocery costs. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, said the Biden-era rule imposes costly restrictions that … Read more
VATICAN CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran angered the Holy See and sparked ongoing sparring between the two American leaders. Rubio, a practicing Catholic, had an audience scheduled with … Read more
Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthened in light of the shooting at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Amtrak has been considering the policy change since at least early this year, after being … Read more
Justice Department moves to ease restrictions on some marijuana products – CBS News Watch CBS News The Justice Department issued an order rescheduling certain marijuana products to a lower drug classification. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul has more. Source link
The Justice Department on Thursday announced that it was moving to ease restrictions on state-licensed medical marijuana, opening the door for more research and treatment options. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post to X that he had … Read more
Although an eleventh-hour truce between the U.S. and Iran immediately eased tensions between the warring countries, it could take some time for Americans to see relief from the soaring fuel costs that have pushed gasoline prices to their highest level in years, energy experts and economists said. Patrick De Haan, a petroleum expert at GasBuddy, … Read more
The Trump administration will temporarily lift summer gasoline regulations as prices at the pump near $4 a gallon amid the Iran war. The emergency fuel waiver allows refiners and retailers to sell E15 gasoline, which is blended with 15% ethanol, over the summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday. Restrictions on selling E10 gasoline, … Read more
President Trump is temporarily waiving a 100-year-old law to try to ease rising energy costs. He issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, which requires that all goods traveling between U.S. ports be U.S.-built, crewed and flagged. CBS News MoneyWatch reporter Megan Cerullo has more. Source link