Diesel moves the North State. Logging trucks, cattle haulers, grocery trailers, gravel, and harvest equipment all drink it. When the national average crossed $6 a gallon this month — and California pumps ran well past $8 — that was not a Redding quirk. It was our bill for a world short of finished diesel, not a world short of oil in the ground. America is pumping crude at record rates. American refineries are running at almost full capacity. The missing piece is diesel that u

In a stunning development that could reshape the Middle East and global energy markets, President Donald Trump announced late Friday that peace negotiations with Iran have reached a decisive breakthrough. Iran has publicly declared the Strait of Hormuz completely open to all commercial ship traffic for the remainder of the current ceasefire, a move Trump hailed as Tehran “capitulating on all points.”

In a striking Oval Office moment on March 24, President Donald Trump revealed that Iran had delivered a major “present” — an oil-and-gas-related concession tied to the Strait of Hormuz — calling it proof that the U.S. is now “dealing with the right people” in Tehran. The announcement was made during a swearing-in ceremony for new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.