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Duffy Claims Gas Prices Will Fall Immediately After Hormuz Reopens Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Sunday that gasoline prices should begin to decline “immediately” once shipping resumes through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing back against analyst warnings that relief for consumers could take months. Duffy, speaking on ABC’s “This Week” program on May 3, acknowledged that prices may take time to return to pre-war levels but said reopening the critical oil transit chokepoint would quickly ease pressure at the pump. “Once the Strait...

Iranian officials are in negotiations with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) about creating a system to charge fees for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran is seeking to impose a toll on vessels entering and exiting the Persian Gulf similar to how Turkey taxes ships transiting […]

"Need Solidarity , Not Stigma": African Officials Say US Ebola-Related Restrictions Unnecessary The U.S. government on May 18 said it will not let people without U.S. passports enter the United States if they have been to African countries affected by, or close to, a new Ebola outbreak within the past 21 days. As Zachary Stieber reports for The Epoch Times, the countries are Uganda, Congo, and South Sudan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a public health order. The order, signed by acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya,...