On Election Day 2025, the national average gas price reached $4.12 per gallon and diesel $6.28, the highest ever recorded for a US election, according to GasBuddy. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to 282.2 million barrels, its lowest level in 44 years, as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans spent the past two years cutting EV incentives, halting charging infrastructure funding, and loosening fuel economy standards.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-03
At a Lubbock, Texas rally, President Trump announced the termination of Biden-administration methane regulations on oil and gas producers, framing them as the cause of soaring fuel prices. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin backed the move, saying it would 'unleash' an estimated 210 million barrels of oil. The announcement comes as gas prices have risen sharply since February, from $2.98 to $4.27 a gallon, a period that coincides with US military conflict with Iran and retaliatory fuel embargoes in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-29
Carnival Corporation has posted record-breaking cruise bookings even as consumers face weak confidence, high gas prices, a shaky labor market, Middle East conflict, and anxiety over AI. The company's results suggest travel demand has remained resilient despite broader economic and geopolitical pressures.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-04
GasPulse is a free iPhone app that uses Energy Information Administration data to display weekly gas price trends by state or region, along with up to five years of historical pricing. It also includes an Outlook feature predicting future price direction, state comparisons, price alerts for up to six areas, and home/lock screen widgets with Siri support.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-19
A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane operated by 21 Air under Amazon's Prime Air branding overshot the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and caught fire. At least five people died and five more were injured, forcing the airport to shut down its runways temporarily.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-08
The national average price for regular gasoline reached its highest point ever recorded for a Labor Day weekend, driven by ongoing refinery disruptions and continued instability tied to the Iran conflict. Despite the record for this specific holiday period, prices remain below the all-time high of $5.02 per gallon reached in June 2022.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-07
Affirm Holdings' stock rose 7% Friday after the buy now, pay later company posted better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results. CEO Max Levchin told CNBC that elevated gasoline prices are straining household budgets, pushing more shoppers toward installment payment plans to manage costs.
cnbc.com
· 2026-08-28
A developer built a tool that scrapes Costco's undisclosed gas-price data from an internal API called AjaxGetGasPricesService, pulling prices from roughly 600 warehouses nationwide. The project began as a personal effort to compare two nearby Costco locations in Tampa during a spring fuel price spike tied to Strait of Hormuz tensions, then expanded into a broader dataset showing how Costco's gas pricing moved relative to competitors.
jack.bio
· 2026-08-24
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