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Fuel prices in the US are akin to a constantly displayed economic scorecard where the pump can trump politics Gas prices in the US have surpassed the psychologically important $4 barrier in all 50 states as the repercussions of the Iran war continue to reverberate.The US is perhaps the only country where the fluctuations in the cost of gas are news. Monitoring the cost at the pump is a uniquely American pastime – and one often with a political tinge.With a record 39 million Americans expected to hit the roads for Memorial Day weekend, RT looks at why gas prices…

Troop numbers have hit their lowest level in at least 25 years, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Global peacekeeping operations have declined sharply amid geopolitical divisions and funding pressures, increasing the risk of further conflicts, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).A total of 78,633 international personnel were deployed in peacekeeping operations as of December 2025. This is the lowest figure recorded since at least 2000, down 49% from 2016 levels, SIPRI said on Monday. Deployments also fell by 17% year-on-year, marking the steepest annual decline of the past decade.“If things continue…

Colombia’s presidential candidates concluded their campaigns this weekend in anticipation of the Sunday, May 31 election. Colombian voters will head to the polls to choose who will succeed Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist president ever, once his term ends in August. The election has been marred by violence for years, beginning with the assassination of conservative presidential frontrunner Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay. Sen. Uribe, 39 at the time of his death, was shot in the head twice and once in the leg by a child as he held a rally in Bogotá on June 7, 2025. While 14 presidential…

Oklahoma Republican candidate for governor Jake Merrick is promising to curb the state’s use of H-1B visas for migrants seeking American jobs. His promise highlights the rising concern among middle-class voters that they and their children are being sidelined by local use of the federal government’s various visa-worker programs. Merrick is pledging to support Donald Trump’s immigration policy and to oppose doling out more H-1B work visas for migrants who are hoping to take jobs from Oklahomans. In his “Statement on Immigration and Protecting Oklahoma Workers,” Merrick said, “As the next Governor of Oklahoma, I will always put Oklahoma families…

The police chief of New Chicago, Indiana, Earl D. Mayo, is facing felony charges over accusations that he sold guns from police investigations to a pawn shop. According to the Chicago Tribune, “[Forty-five-year-old] Mayo… faces seven felonies including two theft counts, two official misconduct counts, one attempted obstruction of justice count, and two counts of unlawful possession of anabolic steroids.” He is also facing a misdemeanor charge for theft. ABC 7 reported that Mayo was arrested in Clark County, Ohio, on Friday. Mayo’s father is Jerry Williams, an Indiana State Police Major and candidate for sheriff of Lake County, Indiana. Williams…

Terrorism should be condemned wherever it happens, not selectively, the former British MP has said EU leaders are losing their remaining credibility by condemning Russia’s retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian military targets while ignoring Kiev’s deadly drone attack on a college dorm in the Lugansk People’s Republic, former British MP George Galloway has said.Ukraine struck a teacher training college dormitory in the Russian town of Starobelsk with several waves of UAVs on Friday, killing 21 people – most of them teenage girls – and injuring 60 others.On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had carried out a large-scale retaliatory raid…

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) appears to be moving toward a possible run for the White House, Axios reported Sunday. Although she has said she has not made a decision on the matter, Ocasio-Cortez has been on a national tour rallying voters and making endorsements in several races, the outlet said. The Axios article detailed some of her recent movements and plans: Addressed the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta with Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock. (Democrats note that Warnock, the church’s senior pastor, doesn’t always allow visiting politicians to speak at this church. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg didn’t speak…

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed on Monday to run for his Kentucky House seat in 2028, less than a week after losing a primary fight against a challenger backed by President Donald Trump. Massie became the latest victim of Trump’s revenge tour last week when former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein successfully ousted him in a primary that shattered electoral spending records. Trump repeatedly railed against Massie, who has broken with the president on several high-profile issues in recent months, including the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. Massie also helped lead the congressional effort to force Trump to release the…

France’s welfare state now masks deeper fracture, rising crime and a political shift in its urban outskirts As a result of the March 2026 municipal elections, as many as 11 French cities came under the control of migrants. This is no exaggeration. First, that was the election agenda itself, formulated with utmost clarity by La Courneuve mayoral candidate Ali Diouara: “My issue is our own, the locals. And when I say ‘our own, the locals,’ I mean Blacks and Arabs.” Second, the new mayors from Mélenchon’s party have already announced a phased disarmament and reduction of the municipal police.It is…

Google has filed an appeal against a 2024 antitrust ruling that determined the company violated competition laws by paying billions to become the default search engine on Apple’s iPhone devices. MacRumors reports that in a legal filing submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Google contested the lower court’s determination that its search dominance stemmed from anticompetitive practices rather than legitimate business competition. The company argued that the district court erred in its conclusion about the nature of Google’s market success. Google’s legal team maintained that the company achieved its market position through superior product development,…