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US Energy Chief Says Oil 'Fear Premium' Over Iran Is Temporary, Says Prices To Fall In 'Weeks, Not Months' Energy Secretary Chris Wright made the rounds on network TV Sunday to reassure viewers that the sharp rise in oil and gas prices due to the Iran war - which Trump has no problem sticking US consumers with for a while - would prove short-lived, and has downplayed the spike as a transient "fear premium" vs. a fundamental supply issue. In conversations to CBS, CNN, and Fox News, wright emphasized that global energy markets remain well-supplied despite...

Mamdani Proposes Massive Estate Tax Exemption Cut From $7M To $750K, Among Other Tax Increases New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging Albany to consider a sweeping overhaul of New York’s estate tax, proposing to sharply lower the exemption threshold and dramatically increase the top rate on large inheritances. His plan would cut the exemption from more than $7 million to $750,000 while boosting the highest tax rate from 16 percent to 50 percent, Bloomberg reported.  The idea was included in a policy memo his administration recently shared with state...

Democrats Will Try Not To Act Like Children During Trump's State Of The Union Address President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and according to reports, many seats will be empty. Earlier this month, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave his caucus its marching orders in a closed-door meeting: sit in the chamber with "silent defiance" or don’t attend.  "The two options that are in front of us in our House is to either attend with silent defiance or to not attend, and send a...