Russia Says Three Diesel Tankers Are Headed for the U.S. The Two We Can Name Carry About 410,000 to 430,000 Barrels, Less Than 3 Hours of American Demand

Moscow says three cargoes are on the water under the Trump-Putin diesel deal. Diesel is $6.34 a gallon, up $2.70 in a year, and Russia’s drone-battered refineries are the real bottleneck. Why Russia has so little to sell Russia has about 6.5 million barrels a day of installed refining capacity across 32 major refineries, but […]

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Trump Announces $8 Billion in Emergency Diesel Relief for U.S. Farmers: Details of the Harvest Fuel Relief Program and Potential Effects on Consumer Prices

On October 19, 2026, President Donald J. Trump, speaking at a campaign rally in Park City, Kansas, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would make $8 billion available through a new Harvest Fuel Relief (HFR) Program. The program provides one-time payments to American farmers to help offset elevated diesel costs and other increased […]

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President Trump Signs Executive Order Waiving Key Russian Sanctions and Tariffs Under the Graham Act, Helping Keep Oil Flowing

On October 16, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 while simultaneously waiving most of its new sanctions, restrictions, and duties. The move, taken under the Act’s national-interest waiver authority (Section 115), came just days before the measures were set to take […]

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