Them's Fightin' Words

Nigeria Needs New Export Markets As UAE's Exit Rattles OPEC By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Nigeria should market its crude oil to new buyers as the UAE’s decision to leave OPEC is dislocating the balance that the cartel and the OPEC+ group have been seeking for years, according to Wole Ogunsanya, chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). The official urged Nigeria’s state oil and gas firm NNPC and other producers of Nigerian crude to tap new markets. “When OPEC gives you a quota, it’s left for you to find who...

Johnson Says $5,000 Trump Payments Require Congress To Act House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Sunday that President Trump's plan to send $5,000 dividend checks to American adults if Republicans keep both the House and Senate would require an act of Congress.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during the second day of the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas on Sept. 10, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times "I would assume, yes, he'd need Congress to act, and that’s a creative idea," Johnson told CNN in a "State of the Union" interview. Tapper: Where would...

President Trump has said he’s undecided on moving forward with a massive $14 billion package of arms deals for Taiwan following his visit to Beijing and talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I’ll make a determination over the next fairly short period. I’m gonna make a determination,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as […]