Brazil's Socialist Lula Cries 'Foreign Interference' At UN As Bolsonaro Ties Him In Runoff Polls

Biden's Pardon Can't Protect Fauci From Legal Consequences Dr. Anthony Fauci may have believed his Fifth Amendment marathon at the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday would shield him from prosecution, but he miscalculated. Before he refused to answer questions from the committee, Fauci did deliver an opening statement, during which he attacked Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and explained his decision not to answer any questions. "Given Senator Paul's obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me, and, recently, his publicly...

Visualizing 75 Years Of America's Electricity Transition Over the past 75 years, the U.S. electricity system has shifted from one dominated by coal to one in which natural gas and renewables supply nearly two-thirds of generation. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows annual U.S. electricity generation by source from 1950 to 2025 using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It tracks output in billions of kilowatt-hours and each source’s share of the electricity mix over time. Natural Gas and Renewables Lead U.S. Electricity Generation Coal supplied 46.4% of U.S. electricity in...

Goldman Warns Diesel Crisis Is Setting Up The Next Gasoline Squeeze: Here's How Goldman Sachs commodity experts Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby and Daan Struyven warned in a Wednesday note that the global diesel crisis is tightening gasoline supplies as refiners prioritize higher-margin diesel production. This shift raises the risk of further gasoline price increases ahead of the US midterm elections. The US national average diesel price has already reached a record $6.40 a gallon, adding to household and business fuel costs. "The key reason for this new recommendation is that refiners' switching...