Gas Prices Surge in U.S. as Iran War Chokes Oil Supply
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
The article says energy and gas prices are rising sharply because of the war with Iran.
Recent reporting shows oil prices jumping above $90 per barrel as the conflict disrupts energy shipments in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a route that normally carries about 20% of global oil supplies. U.S. average gas price has already jumped roughly 11-14% (depending on the source) in one week, with analysts warning prices could climb much higher if the conflict continues.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it would keep the strait open to all traffic except U.S. and Israeli ships, but tanker transits have nonetheless dropped to zero since Wednesday and Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have further disrupted production.
Trump told Reuters he wasn't concerned about the price increases.
At the same time US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.4%, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (though some of the February decline was driven by temporary factors like the Kaiser Permanente strike, which sidelined more than 30,000 workers during the BLS survey week). But even without the Kaiser strike, the economy still lost jobs, December was revised into negative territory, and it was the third trash jobs report in five months.
How the f*ck do you think the GOP wins the midterms with this administration's handling of jobs and the economy:
rising gas prices companies not hiring
another war in the middle east
mass firings and forced retirements of federal workers (over 300,000 federal jobs lost since January 2025)
tariffs declared illegal
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
The article says energy and gas prices are rising sharply because of the war with Iran.
Recent reporting shows oil prices jumping above $90 per barrel as the conflict disrupts energy shipments in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a route that normally carries about 20% of global oil supplies. U.S. average gas price has already jumped roughly 11-14% (depending on the source) in one week, with analysts warning prices could climb much higher if the conflict continues.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it would keep the strait open to all traffic except U.S. and Israeli ships, but tanker transits have nonetheless dropped to zero since Wednesday and Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have further disrupted production.
Trump told Reuters he wasn't concerned about the price increases.
At the same time US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.4%, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (though some of the February decline was driven by temporary factors like the Kaiser Permanente strike, which sidelined more than 30,000 workers during the BLS survey week). But even without the Kaiser strike, the economy still lost jobs, December was revised into negative territory, and it was the third trash jobs report in five months.
How the f*ck do you think the GOP wins the midterms with this administration's handling of jobs and the economy:
rising gas prices companies not hiring
another war in the middle east
mass firings and forced retirements of federal workers (over 300,000 federal jobs lost since January 2025)
tariffs declared illegal
Gas Prices Surge in U.S. as Iran War Chokes Oil Supply
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
The article says energy and gas prices are rising sharply because of the war with Iran.
Recent reporting shows oil prices jumping above $90 per barrel as the conflict disrupts energy shipments in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a route that normally carries about 20% of global oil supplies. U.S. average gas price has already jumped roughly 11-14% (depending on the source) in one week, with analysts warning prices could climb much higher if the conflict continues.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it would keep the strait open to all traffic except U.S. and Israeli ships, but tanker transits have nonetheless dropped to zero since Wednesday and Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have further disrupted production.
Trump told Reuters he wasn't concerned about the price increases.
At the same time US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.4%, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (though some of the February decline was driven by temporary factors like the Kaiser Permanente strike, which sidelined more than 30,000 workers during the BLS survey week). But even without the Kaiser strike, the economy still lost jobs, December was revised into negative territory, and it was the third trash jobs report in five months.
How the f*ck do you think the GOP wins the midterms with this administration's handling of jobs and the economy:
rising gas prices companies not hiring
another war in the middle east
mass firings and forced retirements of federal workers (over 300,000 federal jobs lost since January 2025)
tariffs declared illegal
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