1 Iran Says It Found A New Oil Field
Recently Iran showed off their increased uranium enrichment capacity...but now they’ve got something else to thumb their noses at the U.S. about: oil. The president of Iran says the country has discovered a new oil field containing 53-billion barrels of crude. President Hassan Rouhani claims the new oil field will increase Iran's known reserves by over a third. In a speech on state television, Rouhani said that the oil field covers over 900-square miles in southwestern Iran. Why does this matter? The country is a founding member of OPEC and sits on the world's fourth biggest oil reserves, but has struggled to sell oil since the U.S. withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions. So it could be a literal goldmine, but how much of the crude is extractable remains to be seen.
2 Arctic Cold Air Blast Coming For Most Of U.S.
Have you unpacked your “winter clothing?” Chances are, you’ll want to bust out a cozy jacket at least as it's going to feel like winter across much of the U.S. this week. And we’re not talking ‘chilly’ – we’re talking 147-million Americans across a vast swath of country being dropped into potentially record-breaking cold. Starting today, an Artic blast will move into the Central Plains and parts of the Midwest – with areas from as far south as Arkansas to New York possibly seeing snow by tonight. But the freeze will dominate the eastern half of the country by tomorrow, bringing wind chill temperatures in the single digits for the northern half and below freezing temps in the southern half. Snow will begin in parts of Montana and the Dakotas tomorrow. “How cold will it be?” By Wednesday afternoon, we’re talking 30-degrees below average temps for this time of year.
3 White House Pushes Back As Impeachment Inquiry Shifts To Public Phase
House Democrats are getting things ready for public hearings on impeaching President Trump. As we told you before, witnesses begin their testimonies on Wednesday. California Democrat Adam Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, says the move comes so that members of the public can listen and "make their own determinations" as to whether the President is guilty of treason and other high crimes and misdemeanors and therefore should be impeached.Not surprisingly, the White House sees things completely differently and is pushing back hard on ahead of this week's public hearings. Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham tells Fox News much of the focus has been on protecting the anonymous whistleblower, but she said a key question remains: where the whistleblower who filed the complaint got the information. President Trump has called the inquiry a hoax and called for the whistleblowers to be outed – something prohibited by federal law. Meanwhile, in case you’re wondering how much Twitterspace President Trump is giving to the impeachment inquiry, Axios compiled an impressive list. On Saturday, while flying to and from a collegiate football game in Alabama, President Trump tweeted or retweeted 82 times. Though in September, he set a personal tweeting record by tweeting or retweeting nearly 800 times, almost 100 posts beyond what he published in any previous month of his presidency so far.