Senators urge Trump to scrap Russian diesel purchase plan
Associated Press reports a bipartisan call to reverse a fuel-price proposal, drawing an unusually large audience for its Short.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 209,809 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (16,422).
Six senators call for Trump administration to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel plan
Lower fuel prices are the administration's stated goal, but buying diesel from Russia has prompted opposition from lawmakers in both parties. Associated Press reports that a group of six senators is urging President Donald Trump's administration to "immediately reverse course" on the plan.
The brief report reached about 168,000 views in its first 15 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short. The appeal is specifically to abandon the proposed purchase, not simply to reconsider how it would work.
That strong start comes while AP's overall daily views are below their usual pace. This particular policy report stands out within a quieter stretch for the channel.
AP also drew an unusually large early audience for a separate report on economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford receiving the Nobel memorial prize in economics. That upload explains their work on models used to help governments and central banks manage economic shocks, including energy crises and inflation: another way into the question of how policymakers respond when costs rise.
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- Channel
- Associated Press
- Subscribers
- 4,690,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 19,003,327
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,107,297 (on a normal day: 2,584,047)
- Video published
- October 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 168,293 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 209,809
The numbers
The diesel-plan report has already exceeded AP's usual first-day audience for Shorts. Its economics Nobel report also made a strong early start.
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