Big Oil

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 18, 2026 in New York City.
Energy

Oil prices hit nearly $110 as Iran vows to escalate the war in ‘new ways’

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March 18, 2026
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Middle East

Ray Dalio warns a brutal ‘final battle’ for the Strait of Hormuz is coming—and losing could end the American empire

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1970s car waiting for gas during the gas crisis of the 1970s.
Middle East

So, what happens during a gas crisis, anyway? Your older relatives have a reason to bring up what could come next

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A bomb disposal officer in 1945 pulling a mine from the sea on the South East coast of Britain near Hythe.
Middle East

Iran’s simplest weapon is now holding the global economy hostage

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March 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the Republican Members Issues Conference at Trump National Doral Miami on March 9, 2026 in Doral, Florida.
Energy

The fog of war is coming from inside the White House—and it cost oil markets $84 million in 10 minutes

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March 11, 2026
OAKLAND, CA - APRIL 17: A job seeker looks at job listings posted at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center April 17, 2009 in Oakland, California. The California state unemployment rate surged to 11.2 percent in March, the highest level since 1941 when unemployment was 11.7 percent. An estimated 2.1 million Californians are out of work. . (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Economy

The abysmal February jobs report shatters hopes of a labor market recovery for 2026 and leaves the Fed ‘between a rock and a hard place’

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March 6, 2026
Asia faces an energy shock from the Iran war and a closed Strait of Hormuz, as governments halt exports and draw down stockpiles
Energy

Asia faces an energy shock from the Iran war and a closed Strait of Hormuz, as governments halt exports and draw down stockpiles

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March 5, 2026
Snow falls on the U.S. Supreme Court building.
Environment

Supreme Court will hear Big Oil’s attempt to block lawsuits seeking to hold it liable for climate change

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
February 23, 2026
A member of the Kurdish security forces guards an oil refinery on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, in June 2014.
Energy

Big Oil embraces global exploration again as Chevron returns to Libya

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February 11, 2026
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, far right, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump,left, speaks during a meeting with oil company executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9. President Trump is aiming to convince oil executives to support his plans in Venezuela, a country whose energy resources he says he expects to control for years to come. US forces seized Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a sweeping military operation on January 3, with Trump making no secret that control of Venezuela's oil was at the heart of his actions.
Energy

Exxon and Chevron decline new spending in Venezuela while taking a wait-and-see approach for the years ahead

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January 30, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026. Trump said Sunday his administration was working well with Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez and that he would be open to meeting with her.
Energy

American oil company CEOs feel increasingly ‘slighted’ by Trump’s focus on Venezuela: ‘That’s bad for U.S. producers’

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January 23, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House on January 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. The President is expected to travel to
Politics

Trump’s TACO ‘solution’ to Greenland crisis: Backing off his 10% tariff threats against Western Europe

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January 21, 2026
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods, seated to the right, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with oil company executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Jan. 9, 2026. President Trump is aiming to convince oil executives to support his plans in Venezuela, a country whose energy resources he says he expects to control for years to come. U.S. forces seized Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a sweeping military operation on Jan. 3, with Trump making no secret that control of Venezuela's oil was at the heart of his actions.
Energy

Trump threatens to keep ‘too cute’ Exxon out of Venezuela after CEO provides reality check on ‘uninvestable’ industry

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January 12, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Energy

Trump pushes for $100 billion in oil investments in Venezuela while Exxon and others say it’s currently ‘uninvestable’ without major reforms

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January 10, 2026
Donald Trump speaks behind a podium with Marco Rubio frowning in the background.
Energy

‘What we call corruption’: Harvard economist and former Venezuelan minister says Trump’s oil profit motives have no place in Venezuela’s future

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January 9, 2026

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