NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet as the 38-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on, acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told reporters Tuesday. “We got folks sleeping in cars,” Stahl told reporters at Washington’s Reagan National … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Despite the ongoing conflict in Iran, President Donald Trump’s “energy czar,” Doug Burgum, is confident the “temporary blip up” in gas and energy prices facing Americans will come back down very soon as the president’s “drill baby drill” agenda takes effect. In an interview with Fox … Read more
When gauging a war, Americans consider at least two important things: what the goals are overseas and its impact back home. Right now, Americans want a lot of things to happen in Iran: Most feel it’s important to stop its nuclear program, ensure the Iranian people are free, and, now that the conflict is underway, … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy was supposed to start the year with a bang, fueled by an unusually large jump in tax refunds from President Donald Trump’s tax cut legislation. Yet spiking gas prices are on track to eat up those refunds, leaving most Americans with little extra to spend. “Next spring is projected to … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Major flood emergency prompts mass evacuations and rescues in Hawaii 01:51 Nuclear sites targeted across Middle East amid war with Iran 02:38 U.S. ramps up pressure on Cuba as Trump considers possible action 01:54 Good News: Officer’s daughter shows him … Read more
Mortgage rates A third place the Iran war is poised to take an even bigger financial toll on Americans is in the mortgage market. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has climbed a full half point since the war began, from just under 6% the day before the U.S. attacked Iran, to … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Markets drop as gas prices, mortgage rates rise 00:53 UP NEXT Cost of war in Iran hits America’s heartland 02:31 Strike hits Jerusalem’s Old City 02:01 Trump weighs deploying ground troops 01:45 Action hero Chuck Norris dies at … Read more
HAVANA — José Menenses, a taxi driver, slept in his 1952 Ford convertible along with hundreds of other drivers to save his spot in line to get an allotted 5 gallons of gas amid the country’s fuel shortage. “This is not the first time we’re in great difficulty, so we’ve always managed to have a … Read more
Although the Trump administration is pulling multiple levers to tame energy costs amid the widening Iran war, the average price of gasoline in the U.S. on Friday neared $4 a gallon, raising questions about whether those efforts are working. The most effective measure for bringing down oil prices would be to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, … Read more
8m ago Explosions over Dubai, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as more Iranian weapons intercepted Heavy explosions shook Dubai as air defenses intercepted early incoming fire over the city, where people were observing Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, and mosques made the day’s first call to prayers. Bahrain’s … Read more