Monitors will include personnel from the Civil Rights Division and from U.S. Attorneys’ Offices.

The move follows a statement last month from Saudi Arabia’s energy minister that the group could reduce output at any time.

Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91.

Ukraine applied for membership less than a week after Moscow invaded on Feb. 24. 

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world.

ProPublica reviewed more than 3,000 pages of internal emails, obtained through public records requests.

State officials blame the population loss on a declining birth rate coupled with an increase in deaths from the pandemic.

Americans on average use about 21 million barrels of oil daily, with about 40% of the consumption devoted to gasoline.

President Biden says that Russian President Vladimir Putin was wrong to assume NATO would be divided over Ukraine.