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Industry sources told Reuters on September 13, 2026, that oil stocks at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu can keep exports going for only about five to seven days while the East-West pipeline remains offline after drone attacks. The pipeline had been moving roughly 4 million barrels a day around the Strait of Hormuz. … Read more

Yes. On September 13, 2026, while speaking to reporters at the Irish Open in Doonbeg, Ireland, U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” arguing the attacks were “hurting the world.” Trump said he had spoken with Zelenskyy about it and that Ukraine could pursue … Read more

Up to about 4% of global oil supply, according to Saudi oil buyers and traders speaking to Reuters on September 13, 2026. They said the kingdom could lose that export capacity if it does not restart its East-West pipeline to the Red Sea within days. The pipeline had been moving around 4 million barrels per … Read more

Up to about 319 million SpaceX Class A shares became eligible to trade on September 9, 2026. That release was the 90-day tranche under the company’s IPO lock-up schedule and represented roughly 7% of the shares subject to the 180-day lock-up, excluding Rule 144 affiliates. A separate affiliate block of up to about 59.1 million … Read more

Yes. On Sept. 11, 2026, the U.S. national average retail diesel price reached about $6.06 a gallon, according to AAA data reported by CNBC — the first time the nationwide average has crossed the $6 mark. Truckers and farmers were paying roughly 63% more than a year earlier, and California’s average was near $8 a … Read more

Yes. On September 10, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would send $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees in the 30 states that use the federal Healthcare.gov exchange. Eligible people are those who do not receive premium assistance; the White House said the payments would begin in … Read more

Yes, at least in part. After President Donald Trump told the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, 2026, that every U.S. adult would get a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans keep the House and Senate, Vice President JD Vance spoke within about an hour and narrowed the idea. According to Associated Press reporting, … Read more

Yes. At the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas on September 9, 2026, President Donald Trump proposed paying every U.S. adult citizen a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans win both the House and the Senate in November’s elections. He framed the payout as tied to what he called the country’s economic strength, but offered few … Read more

Yes. On September 9, 2026, Brent crude futures breached $100 a barrel and settled at $101.21, their highest close since late May, after a fresh wave of U.S.–Iran tanker strikes threatened Middle East supply. Front-month Brent rose $3.29 (about 3.4%) on the day and touched an intraday high of $101.58, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate … Read more

Yes. On September 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines under Operation Economic Outcast, using the August 24, 2026 aviation-sector determination under Executive Order 13902. The action was part of a broader set of 36 designations aimed at Iran’s aviation sector, which Treasury says … Read more