Trump administration orders restart of oil drilling along California coast amid Iran war

13 March 2026, 1:01 pm

Sable Offshore Corp.'s Harmony oil platform off the coast of Refugio State Beach. (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times) President Trump is asserting executive authority to demand the controversial ...... Read More »

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