ReportedShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundUnited States
U.S. average gasoline price tops $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 3:38 AM in New York
- Where
- United States
Motor club AAA put the national average for regular gasoline at $4.02 a gallon, more than a dollar higher than before the war began and the highest since 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Why it matters
Pump prices bring the war's cost home to U.S. voters, and Trump responded the same day by telling other countries to secure Hormuz themselves.
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