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May WTI crude oil (CLK25 ) today is up +1.83 (+2.64%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK25 ) is up +0.0380 (+1.69%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today are sharply higher, with crude posting a 5-week high and gasoline posting a 7-month nearest-futures high. Crude is climbing today after President Trump...

President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky of trying to "back out" of a minerals deal between the two countries

Putin’s refusal to accept Zelenskyy’s legitimacy has upset Trump. His threatened sanctions could unsettle oil markets.

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Donald Trump Jr., 47, and Bettina Anderson, 38, went public with their relationship at President Trumps’ inauguration in January but are believed to have been dating since last summer

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‘Very angry’ Trump says he will punish all buyers of Russian oil if he believes Putin is scuppering a ceasefire deal on Ukraine

Pro-Kremlin newspaper reports Washington and Moscow talks have started; US president speaks out against Russian president

‘He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal,’ Trump told reporters on Air Force One. ‘If he does that, he’s got some problems. Big, big problems’