Ed Kalecki
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President Trump on Saturday, after learning the news posted on Truth Social, Robert Mueller just died.
Good.
I'm glad he's dead.
He can no longer hurt innocent people.
The U.S.
has allowed the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemical products that have been loaded onto tankers to counter rising oil prices due to the war in the Middle East in an effort to ease a fuel supply crunch that's led to a surge in prices.
But Bloomberg senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone says
crude could spike again come Monday.
Bloomberg's Mike McGlone on Bloomberg This Weekend.
Brent closed on Friday above $112 a barrel, the highest since mid-2022.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned of $175 oil prices that would dramatically drive up jet fuel expenses, outlining worst-case scenarios even as the aviation industry benefits from current record travel demand.
Kirby told staff in a memo Friday the already elevated price of jet fuel is prompting the airline to cut five percentage points of capacity in the near term where routes are temporarily unprofitable.
At the same time, he said the carrier is strong enough to weather a crisis and won't defer investments or furlough workers.
The Senate on Saturday blocked an amendment that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women's sports.
It marks the rejection of one of President Trump's priorities as he pressures Congress to act on a broad voting bill.
Senators were holding a rare weekend session to debate the voting legislation, which would put in place strict new requirements for voter registration
and require photo IDs at the polls in an effort to prevent people in the country illegally from casting ballots.
The House passed the bill earlier this year, but the president has since said he wants additional priorities added to the legislation, including the sports ban for transgender athletes.
and a ban on all mail-in voting.
The Financial Times reports OpenAI plans to expand its workforce this year.