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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at a minimum as President Donald Trump claims the crucial waterway is open.  The tracking agency Kpler reported on Tuesday that 32 ships transited the Strait between Friday and Monday, including just six on Sunday. 17 of the vessels used Iranian-approved shipping lanes, with only 11 using […]

The Push For A Robotic Workforce: Chris Murphy Introduces Bill For Massive Minimum Wage Hike Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, Sen. Chris Murphy has finally found a constituency that truly gets him. Robots and automated systems around the country likely whirled and beeped with approval as he introduced the Senate version of the Living Wage for All Act. At a time when workers are being replaced at record numbers due to the cheaper labor of automated systems and AI programs, Murphy moved to price out millions of more workers by...

Trump Set To Suspend Jones Act To Help Tame Oil Prices One day after the Trump administration flip-flopped on using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) - eventually deciding to release 172 million barrels to try and counter the rising price of oil, they're now planning to issue temporary waivers for a century-old maritime law, the Jones Act, that requires American-built ships to be used to transport goods between US ports, in yet another attempt to control crude.  Under the plan, 30-day waivers would be issued that would allow foreign tankers to help supply refiners on...