Gas prices surged past $4, and Americans are driving less, canceling vacations, and budgeting more
The war in Iran has done what once seemed impossible: forced Americans to rethink the idea of driving everywhere. The ...
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‘Tethered to a galaxy far, far away’: former diplomats doubt Trump’s Iran talks can deliver in time
Sometime on Tuesday, two New York real estate developers will walk into a hotel in Islamabad to try to end ...
Karoline Leavitt Says Gas Prices Are Down. The Internet Calls Cap
by Jameelah Mullen April 16, 2026 If ‘playing in our faces” were a person. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ...
Trump says the Iran war is ‘very close to over’—despite no deal, a live blockade, and threats mounting
President Donald Trump told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran war is “very close to being over”—even as ...
Only five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, far below Iran’s pledge as negotiations begin
Only five ships moved through the Strait of Hormuz on April 9 during the ceasefire agreement between Iran and the ...
Within a day, the Iran-U.S. ceasefire began breaking down. Markets shrugged
Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Wednesday that three clauses of the 10-point ceasefire framework with the United States ...
Trump’s warning to Iran: ‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again’
President Donald Trump posted a dire warning on Truth Social Tuesday morning that Iran—one of the oldest civilizations on Earth, ...
Markets rally hard on Iran’s promise to play nice at Hormuz
Markets breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after Iran’s state news agency reported the country is drafting a protocol ...
Paul Krugman smacks down Trump speech with argument that $4 gas is ‘less than half’ of the Hormuz hit. Here’s what he’s talking about
In a primetime address to the nation Wednesday night, President Donald Trump cast the U.S. effort in Iran as a ...
Iran Attacks World’s Largest Gas Facility, Spiking Prices at Pump
by Sharelle B. McNair March 19, 2026 The attacks sent shockwaves to United States gas pumps as the price of ...
Gas Prices Soar Across U.S. As Iran War Stunts Global Oil Supply
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman March 8, 2026 U.S. gas prices have risen to to a national average of $3.41 a gallon. ...
How the cost of eggs, gas and more changing under Trump
President Donald Trump has been in office a little under two months, but the economic landscape looks vastly different than ...
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