JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday cited BP PLC for a second set of alleged violations stemming from the 2010 well blowout that killed 11 rig workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. (more)
A well-timed bout of illness by an oil-industry executive reduced President Barack Obama’s exposure to embarrassing media questions about the president’s simultaneous support for oil drilling off Brazil’s coast and opposition to oil drilling off the coast of the United States. (more)
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil oil-spill lawsuit Wednesday against a BP PLC unit and several other companies, the federal government’s first major legal action in the Gulf of Mexico disaster. (more)
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million bribery scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. (more)
WASHINGTON—Halliburton Co. testing conducted before the BP PLC Gulf of Mexico oil spill showed that cement similar to that pumped into the blown-out well would be unstable, but there is no evidence that the contractor sounded alarms to BP, according to a presidential commission investigating the disaster. (more)
Gulf Coast residents are fuming at oil giant BP’s report, released Wednesday, in which BP says it isn’t fully at fault for the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (more)
BP said in an internal report released Wednesday that “a sequence of failures” involving “multiple companies and work teams” caused the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (more)
As high-school seniors across the country ready themselves for the grueling college application process, we at The Daily Caller have compiled a definitive ranking of America’s very best colleges. Over the next several days, we will lay out what schools made the cut. (more)
A team of federal investigators known as the “BP squad” is assembling in New Orleans to conduct a wide-ranging criminal probe that will focus on at least three companies and examine whether their cozy relations with federal regulators contributed to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to law enforcement and other sources. (more)
The Department of Interior won’t comment as to whether or not Goldman Sachs is being investigated for having prior knowledge of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig’s vulnerability. (more)
What a tumultuous week for Keith Olbermann! MSNBC announced that frequent “Countdown” substitute host — and actor! — Lawrence O’Donnell will host his own show at 10 p.m. weeknights, bumping the nightly rerun of “Countdown” to 11 p.m. Now who will cover for Keith when takes a month off, or gets so mad that he decides not to come to work? (more)
A New Orleans federal judge presiding over lawsuits related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said he sold his investment in companies linked to the disaster to avoid any appearance he might be biased. (more)
As Congress investigated its role in the doomed Deep Horizon oil rig, Halliburton donated $17,000 to candidates running for federal office, giving money to several lawmakers on committees that have launched inquiries into the massive spill. (more)
When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met with Gulf Coast state attorneys general on Tuesday in New Orleans about the oil spill’s long-term effects and ongoing cleanup efforts, he left Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, a Republican, off the invitee list. (more)
My erstwhile boss, the legendary crisis-management guru Linda Robinson, used to say, “Good PR can’t fix bad facts.” (more)
In a speech Wednesday night at the George Washington University, Howard Dean told College Democrats that “the Tea Party is about a generation who grew up in an America where everyone looked like them” and implied that the movement is hostile to President Obama because of his race. (more)
