
What Biden's shock-and-awe campaign means for high gas prices
CNN
President Joe Biden is taking a go-big-or-go-home approach toward easing the supply shock caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Biden on Thursday announced a release of a record-shattering 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the nation's emergency stockpile of oil.
The staggering size of the release -- more than triple the prior record, set just four months ago -- is aimed at cushioning the loss of Russian oil sidelined since the invasion began.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











