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AAA put the national average at $4.56 a gallon, up $1.38 from a year ago, with the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz driving prices higher

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“Gas prices are skyrocketing because of Trump’s war,” said the Democratic House whip. “If just a few Republicans are willing to choose the American people over Trump, we can stop this reckless war today.”

America’s current credit rating masks a fatal contradiction, and a downgrade is the only honest assessment of an empire in decline. The expanding war in Iran and the subsequent crisis in the Strait of Hormuz have fractured global energy supply chain

The combination of a data center boom, rising gas exports and cuts to clean energy tax breaks could spike American energy bills, analysts say.

So, get ready: it’s coming this fall. And unless the administration acts quickly, there will be nothing they can do about it. Gas at $6 a gallon could easily throw the election to Trump…

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Now, fossil fuel giants are trying to "cash in on inflation and the crisis in Ukraine"

A conservative-leaning city purchases a fuel center in an effort to drive down gas prices for local residents.