China "Aggressively" Selling Oil In Recent Weeks

BofA Sees Customer Gas Spending Jump 16%, But Discretionary Spending Holds Up The national average for 87-octane gasoline has remained above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon level for two straight weeks after the largest monthly jump in AAA data going back two decades. The fuel shock has Wall Street analysts focused on whether surging pump prices will begin crowding out discretionary spending. Bank of America CFO Alastair Borthwick told analysts on a conference call earlier today that the fuel shock at the pump has not undermined overall consumer strength so far, though...

Mystery Deepens As Spy Aircraft Disappears From US Air Base Without Explanation An SR-71 Blackbird parked for years on an outdoor display at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center is no longer visible in commercial satellite imagery, and the agency has offered no public explanation of where it went. The spy aircraft, the NASA 844, has been absent from its pad since at least May 17, according to Aviation Week. Sources told the publication that the plane was moved into a hangar earlier this year for an inspection, though NASA has not described what that...

Senate Democrat Blocks Immediate Passage Of House-Passed Data Center Utility Rate Bill Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, A Senate Democrat on Sept. 17 blocked Republicans from moving to immediate passage on the Ratepayer Protection Act, a House-passed law that would encourage states to require data centers to pay for their own energy costs. The U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The bill previously passed the House in a 417-3 vote on Wednesday evening. Though progressives in the lower chamber had expressed concerns about the bill's lack of...