The Kremlin shot down rumors that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had been sacked, calling the reports “completely untrue.” Speculation began to swirl around the veteran foreign minister this week when he was notably absent from a meeting on Wednesday with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council. Sources told Russia’s Kommersant special correspondent, […]

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Friday, Daily on Energy, readers! We have a jam-packed newsletter for you to close out the week looking at the news around the fallout of the latest sanctions on Russian oil and the upcoming lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet 🇲🇽 🏔️🛢️.  COP30 kicks […]

Former President Barack Obama appeared in a live taping of Pod Save America on Thursday, celebrating the Democratic victories in Tuesday’s elections. Obama flexed his political influence in the 2025 gubernatorial elections, successfully stumping for Govs.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) in the lead-up to Election Day. He drew massive crowds in Newark, […]

Ukraine held its breath during President Donald Trump’s Friday bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House, through which Orban steadily sought to move the president off his current position on its war against Russia. Orban’s meeting with Trump, over lunch in the White House’s Cabinet Room, comes as Ukraine expresses […]