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West Coast

Locality of Tasmania, Australia, a mostly uninhabited area between the Arthur River and Queenstown

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Nov 26, 2025
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How many votes did Kamala Harris get in the 2024 election (if she ran) and what were the official totals?

Available reporting shows Kamala Harris was the Democratic nominee in 2024 and lost the election to Donald Trump; most sources report vote totals in the high tens of millions — for example, one outlet...

Nov 25, 2025
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How did U.S. refinery capacity and outages between 2021–2025 affect retail gasoline prices?

U.S. operable refinery distillation capacity hovered around 18.4 million barrels per calendar day (b/cd) at the start of 2024–2025, essentially flat year‑over‑year, though EIA projects capacity to fal...

Nov 6, 2025
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Average price of gas in 2017

The best-supported figure for the U.S. average retail price of gasoline in 2017 is approximately , based on monthly-average data and EIA reporting. Sources provided show minor variations around that m...

Jan 25, 2026

Did authorities recently raid a major trucking facility and find drugs being shipped throughout the US in hidden spaces under the tractor trailer floors?

Recent reporting and official releases show multiple law‑enforcement inspections and seizures at border commercial facilities and on highways where narcotics were concealed in tractor‑trailers — notab...

Jan 20, 2026

What contracting mechanisms (no‑bid, modifications, competitive bids) did ICE use most often to expand bed capacity after H.R.1 passed?

After H.R.1’s passage ICE overwhelmingly expanded bed capacity not by running long competitive procurements but by leaning on contract modifications, guaranteed‑minimum “bed quota” provisions, expedit...

Nov 26, 2025

Does New Zealand have any uranium deposits?

New Zealand does contain naturally occurring uranium mineralisation in a few locations — notably the Hawks Crag Breccia in the Buller Gorge and scattered West Coast and Paparoa Range occurrences disco...

Nov 8, 2025

CURRENT NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR GAS

The available data through November 8, 2025 shows , but published averages differ by data source and publication date because agencies use different collection methods and update cadences. Key federal...

Jan 22, 2026

How do federal spending patterns differ between red and blue states by program category?

Federal flows show a persistent pattern: higher-income, Democratic-leaning “blue” states tend to be net fiscal donors to Washington while lower‑income, Republican-leaning “red” states more often recei...

Jan 21, 2026

Which U.S. regions saw the biggest gasoline price differences between 2021 and 2025?

Between 2021 and 2025 the public record shows the most notable regional swings in pump prices clustered on the and the —each for opposite reasons: the one of the largest retail declines into 2025, whi...

Dec 1, 2025

How did the frequency and context of Trump's 2020 autopen use compare to past administrations?

President Trump has publicly criticized President Biden’s use of an autopen and announced plans to void documents he says were signed with it, claiming roughly “92%” were autopen-signed (reported in C...

Dec 1, 2025

Is Whatipu beach in New Zealand's Auckland region an iron sand beach?

Whatipū Beach on Auckland’s west coast is widely described in regional guidebooks and news reporting as a black, iron‑rich sand beach — part of the West Coast ironsand system that stretches along the ...

Nov 25, 2025

How did U.S. fuel import/export flows and refinery capacity additions or retirements between 2021–2025 moderate domestic gasoline prices?

Between 2021 and 2025 U.S. petroleum trade and refining dynamics shifted in ways that helped moderate retail gasoline prices: exports of total petroleum rose (the U.S. exported roughly 10.2 million b/...