YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Trump points to U.S. pipelines as answer to rising gas prices
President Trump says the U.S. does not need to worry about a slowdown in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, pointing instead to new pipeline projects in Texas, Alaska and Iraq as renewed fighting with Iran raises fears of higher costs. Trump said the strait remains open to everyone except Iran, which he says is now blocked both in and out. NewsNation's Alicia Nieves has the latest. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NYTIMES (Peter Eavis) - Lesson Learned From Iran War: Reduce Reliance on Strait of Hormuz
Increased stockpiles, more pipelines and other tactics could loosen the waterway’s stranglehold on the global economy.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Alaska LNG Pipeline Showdown: Dunleavy Rejects Senate Amendments, Calls New Special Session
NYTIMES (Michael D. Shear) - 3 Russian Submarines Detected Near Britain Were Spying, U.K. Says
John Healey, the defense secretary, said the vessels were gathering information about undersea pipelines, and said he believed President Vladimir V. Putin “would want us to be distracted by the Middle East.”
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Trump administration invokes Defense Production Act to restart California offshore oil operations
The directive gives priority to bringing oil production and pipeline capacity back online so crude can move through the Las Flores Pipeline System to Pentland Station
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Oil and gas industry pumps billions into Texas | Morning in America
Southeast Texas is riding a massive energy wave as companies pour billions of dollars into refineries, pipelines and power plants. Oil and natural gas workers are now earning far above the state average, and the industry paid an estimated $27 billion in state and local taxes last year. NewsNation’s Xavier Walton joins “Morning in America” with the latest on this energy boom. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.