Trump continues to push for release of Tina Peters as Colorado governor weighs clemency

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his calls to release Tina Peters, a pro-Trump election worker who was convicted for her role in a scheme aimed at finding evidence of election fraud in the president’s 2020 election loss. Peters, a former election clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, … Read more

Justice Department blocked release of secret Epstein drug probe file, Sen. Ron Wyden says

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon accused a top Justice Department official of blocking the release of a document related to a secret investigation of drug trafficking and prostitution by Jeffrey Epstein. Wyden said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche blocked the release of an unredacted 2015 memorandum prepared by the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Drug … Read more

Jesse Jackson’s family says Illinois Senate endorsement release was not authorized

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The family of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson said Monday that no endorsement had been finalized in Illinois’ Democrat Senate primary, after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s campaign claimed his backing over the weekend. The dispute stems from sample ballots circulated by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Jackson’s civil … Read more

Trump admin asks Spanberger, Virginia officials not release illegal charged with groping high school girls

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump Department of Homeland Security has requested that Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and officials in immigrant-friendly Fairfax County not release an adult illegal alien charged with groping several high school girls on school grounds. Illegal alien Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, is facing nine counts of assault … Read more

Planned release of strategic reserve would put U.S. supplies at lowest levels in 44 years

The Trump administration ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve this week, making it the second-largest release from the reserve in its history after former President Joe Biden’s 2022 withdrawal of 180 million barrels. The move was meant to stem oil prices, which hovered over $100 a … Read more

Cuba will release 51 people from prison, an unexpected move amid pressure from Trump

Cuba’s government said Thursday night it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons, in an unexpected move that comes as the Trump administration puts immense pressure on the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the release will take place in the coming days. It cast the release as an act … Read more

Massive emergency oil release fails to stem investor fears as oil surges above $100 a barrel

Stock futures slid and oil prices surged above $100 a barrel on Thursday as Iran continued its assaults on U.S. Gulf allies and tankers in the Persian Gulf, with a massive release of oil supplies by the International Energy Agency doing little to calm jittery investors. “Iran’s strategy of sowing economic chaos in the Gulf … Read more

International Energy Agency to release 400 million barrels of oil in move to lower energy prices

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday it would release 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves, the largest release in the multinational organization’s history. The announcement comes as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed because of the Iran War. Normally, roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply flows through the … Read more

Dozens of countries agree to release 400 million barrels of oil to ease Iran war crunch

The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that member countries had unanimously agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from their reserves in a bid to ease prices that are soaring due to the Iran war. “The oil market challenges we are facing are unprecedented in scale, therefore I am very glad that IEA Member … Read more