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Jul 18, 2022

The president is back from Saudi Arabia. Time will tell if more oil came with him.

There’s some official buzz that oil production from the Middle East could be on the rise after President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday. The BBC reports on the heat wave in Europe, which has ignited wildfires that have caused evacuations in Spain, France and Portugal. Thanks to inflation, the real value of the federal minimum wage is the lowest it’s been in more than 60 years.

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US President Joe Biden (C-L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.
US President Joe Biden (C-L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.
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