Trump’s 50% Super Tariff Punishing India For Being Major Russian Oil Customer Comes Into Force
The tariff rate on India doubled overnight in a bid to discourage the country from continuing to buy cheap Russian oil.

The tariff rate on India doubled overnight in a bid to discourage the country from continuing to buy cheap Russian oil.

India has reportedly shipped its first cargo of diesel fuel to China since 2021, with about 496,000 barrels of ultra-low sulfur product setting sail from the port city of Vadinar on July 18 — only a few hours before the European Union announced new restrictions on the Russia-linked company handling the shipment.

India’s Asian News International (ANI) on Sunday quoted sources in New Delhi who said India has “dramatically increased its crude oil imports from the United States since President Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second term.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that the amount of money for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the reconciliation bill was “only a modest amount of money to grow the storage

President Donald Trump took another step towards unleashing American energy dominance with the opening of a Wyoming mine that will also reduce American dependence on China for critical minerals, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told Breitbart News.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers released a study on Thursday detailing that the Trump administration’s energy policies could add nearly two points to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product by 2035.
The government of Russia announced on Wednesday that it would send its energy minister, Sergey Tsivilyov, to Beijing to meet with several high-ranking Chinese officials and heads of Chinese energy companies, a sign Moscow is concerned of losing business in the face of a threat to impose secondary tariffs by the White House.

Key reforms to federal energy regulations are needed to meet the United States’ growing natural gas and electricity demands as outdated red tape is “masquerading as oversight,” the ALFA Institute said in a new report.

President Donald Trump, officials, and business leaders announced more than $92 billion in AI and energy investments for Pennsylvania on Tuesday at Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh.

President Donald Trump holds a roundtable meeting to discuss energy production and innovation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, July 15.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday released an updated forecast for 2050 which anticipated soaring demand for oil in the medium and long term, once China’s economic outlook improves.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report Monday warning that power outages could increase one hundredfold by 2030 due to increased energy demands and insufficient additions of firm generating capacity.

President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill ends President Joe Biden’s war on American energy production.

American Petroleum Institute’s Dustin Meyer told Breitbart News in an interview that the Big Beautiful Bill would mark a “new era” of American energy dominance.

Chinese leaders are reportedly reconsidering the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, a stalled project that would bring huge amounts of Russian natural gas to China, because the Iran conflict is making Beijing nervous about relying too heavily on the Middle East for energy.

The “fracking revolution” in the U.S. oil and gas industry has reached a new milestone, with the American Petroleum Institute (API) announcing an incredible new record during a Tuesday event with Breitbart News and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Mike Sommers, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, said at a policy event hosted by Breitbart News that durable, bipartisan permitting reform will help cement America’s energy dominance.

President Donald Trump’s repeated message to “Drill baby drill” has sent a message — “We believe in American energy production,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.

There is no evidence that former President Joe Biden knew of at least eight climate-related executive actions he supposedly signed during office, according to a pro-American energy watchdog group.

President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on Friday as his administration works to make America energy dominant.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is reportedly seeking to impose sanctions to prevent the repair of the Nord Stream pipelines and to prevent the link between Russia and Germany from being restored should a Ukraine peace deal be brokered, sparking a backlash from populists within the top EU economy.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has proposed cutting dozens of regulations he says are “driving up costs and lowering quality of life” for the American people, making the announcement on Monday.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively last week that President Donald Trump’s successes at the U.S. border with Mexico have already been “staggering” and “mind-blowing.”

Vice President JD Vance said from India’s northwestern city of Jaipur on Tuesday that India and the U.S. can build a “prosperous and peaceful” future for the world — but if they fail to work together, “the 21st Century could be a very dark time for all of humanity.”

President Donald Trump has moved at breakneck speed throughout the first three months of his second presidency.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) said that the United States has to move on cleaning up its energy network and grid and has a year and a half to do so.

During an interview with CBS News on Wednesday, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) defended DEI programs in the federal government and universities by arguing that “you always wanted a diverse portfolio. You always want diversity when it comes to our energy,

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Prime Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Breitbart News exclusively this week in an interview at his office here in Maximos Mansion that his nation is prepared to help President Donald Trump as he seeks to expand the Abraham Accords and with other major economic development deals.

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump signed four executive actions on Tuesday aimed at protecting and bolstering America’s coal industry.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to unleash American energy production on Tuesday, April 8.

The Syrian energy ministry on Tuesday attributed a nationwide blackout to a “technical malfunction in the electrical system.”

The matter of Russian energy exports is being discussed in talks with the United States, Moscow says.

On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” former Biden Climate Adviser and former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy stated that the Trump administration is “challenging all of the fundamental tenets of what [the] EPA stands for.” And cited as an example, changing the agency’s mission

The U.S. must meet its electricity demands to win the AI war with China, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Breitbart News.

“Drill baby drill” is not the only objective for the Trump administration to reach energy dominance, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.

Breitbart News is hosting a policy event, “A Conversation with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum,” Wednesday morning in downtown Washington, DC. The conversation comes at a time where America is entering into an era of energy dominance, with Burgum playing a key role in making it a reality.

Breitbart News is hosting a policy event with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as the U.S. enters into an era of energy dominance.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit from numerous Republican attorneys general regarding climate change suits against the oil and gas industry.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving increased energy demand, and the United States must continue expanding its sources of reliable, affordable energy to remain a global AI leader, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Y) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

Democrats are chasing bad policy and bad politics in their short-sighted effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s American energy renaissance, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) explained to Breitbart News on Tuesday.
