Gas prices are still on the rise and could soon reach $5 per gallon avg, a figure that has forced some Americans to rethink their leisure travel. The national average gas price climbed five cents Monday night into Tuesday and 10 cents since Saturday, now hitting a record $4.92 per gallon, according to the American […]
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‘Not my fault’ says Biden as gas prices double since elected
Since Biden took office in January 2021, the price for a gallon of gas has doubled. On Jan. 20, 2021, the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide was approximately $2.39. As of Saturday, the price for a gallon of gas has skyrocketed to $4.81, up five cents from Friday, according to AAA. The […]
Despite high gas prices, More Memorial Day travel is expected
AAA estimates that 39.2 million people in the U.S. will travel 50 miles or more from home during the holiday weekend. To drive, or not to drive? This Memorial Day weekend, with surging gas prices that are redefining pain at the pump, that is the question for many Americans as a new COVID-19 surge also […]
Biden praises high gas prices as ‘incredible transition’ Americans must go through
President Biden said that the country is going through an “incredible transition” away from fossil fuels via the high gas prices being experienced nationwide. Biden made the statement on gas prices during a joint press conference with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday. “Here’s the situation. And when it comes to the gas prices, […]
Biden blamed as gas prices reach new record high
Average gas prices in the U.S. reached a new record high Thursday, according to AAA’s gas price calculator, after Republican senators slammed the Biden administration for a “de facto ban on new drilling.” The national average cost of a regular gallon of gasoline hit $4.589 early Thursday morning. This price topped Wednesday’s previous record of […]
Biden’s ‘Temporary Inflation’ is still here nearly a year later
It has now been 300 days since President Joe Biden said that high inflation would be “temporary” as the cost of consumer goods including gas has continued to climb. On July 19, 2021 Biden addressed inflation in remarks delivered at the White House and argued that the significant price rises that had taken place amid […]
Gas prices jump to record highs; Will they go higher?
In another blow to the US economy, prices at the pump soared to fresh record highs. The national average price for regular gasoline climbed more than four cents on Tuesday to $4.37 a gallon, according to AAA. That takes out the prior record of $4.33 set on March 11. The gas spike — prices are […]
Oil and gas drilling to reopen on public lands in a first under Biden
As federal officials weigh efforts to fight the climate crisis against pressure to bring down high gasoline prices, the interior department is moving forward with the first onshore sales of public oil and natural gas drilling leases under Joe Biden. The move also calls for a sharp increase in royalty rates for companies, ostensibly to […]
Latest Poll says Most Americans blame Vladimir Putin, oil companies for high gas prices
As politicians spar over who’s to blame for recent increases in gas prices, a large majority of Americans say oil companies and Russian President Vladimir Putin are major culprits, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. Along party lines, Americans are more likely to blame Democrats for the increase in gas prices than Republicans, according to […]
Biden’s new oil reserve plan falls drastically short
Oil prices are pulling back sharply as investors gear up for the White House to potentially unleash a record amount of crude from US reserves in a bid to ease pressure at the pump following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What’s happening: President Joe Biden is weighing a plan to release around 1 million barrels per […]
Is Biden’s Presidency cursed? ; gas prices are latest headache as midterms loom
The left are urging a green energy revolution. The right are sounding a battle cry of “Drill, baby, drill”. And American voters, tired of political excuses, are feeling angry. Rising gas prices pose a fresh election year headache for Joe Biden. Republicans accuse him of pushing “a radical anti-US energy agenda”. Democrats put the blame […]
Americans Blame Biden First for Gas Prices, Oil Companies Second: Poll
Most Americans say President Joe Biden is the most responsible for rising gas prices, according to a new poll. The YouGov/Yahoo News survey found Biden topped the list when it came to who to blame as prices have soared to their highest level in more than a decade. Thirty percent of Americans said the president […]