The Daily Populous

Tuesday March 24th, 2026 morning edition

image for Minutes before Trump's announcement, $800 million in trades made on oil prices

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

READ MORE: Single Trump post sends oil prices tumbling.

In the space of a minute, more than $800 million in trades was made on oil futures.

The S&P 500 futures market surged and crude oil prices dropped through the floor.

Today's future market trades are not the first time eyebrows have been raised at suspicious bets before a Trump decision.

Meanwhile on Polymarket, 150 accounts bet more than a million dollars that the US would strike Iran the next day. »

Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms

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The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue fossil fuel projects in the US.

Monday’s deal builds on that, by trying to ensure companies can’t continue building under a future administration friendlier to offshore wind.

The Justice Department will use nearly $1 billion in taxpayer funds to reimburse the company for money it spent to purchase leases under the Biden administration. »

UPDATE: Professional Quadruple Amputee Cornhole Player Arrested in Connection to Murder in Charles County

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Charles County Sheriff’s patrol officers responded and assisted in canvassing the locations to which Webber may have fled.

Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant for Webber’s arrest, and located Webber’s car in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The homicide is actively under investigation and further updates will be provided when they suspect and victims identity are released. »