With Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has quietly become the world's oil safety net — sending record amounts of crude to Asia to replace supplies that can't pass through. It's a strong display of U.S. energy power, and it is helping prevent the crisis from worsening. But there's a complication in the data: a large share of that oil is being drawn directly from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the country's emergency stockpile. The U.S. can continue to plug the gap — but only for a limited time.
Federal taxes are due on April 15, but a growing number of Americans are refusing to pay as an act of resistance against President Donald Trump’s administration. Attorney Rachel Cohen is one of them. Cohen is an organizer who has been pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed for protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s violent deportations. This year, she decided she needed to withhold payment of her federal tax dollars as another form of protest.
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