#Biden official admits few options to lower gas prices

#Biden official admits few options to lower gas prices

“Biden official admits few options to lower gas prices” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo admitted Tuesday that the Biden administration is running out of options as it scrambles to bring down gas prices that have surged to record highs across the nation in recent weeks. “Unfortunately, that is the brutal reality,” Raimondo told CNN. The stark…

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#Gas prices keep soaring to record highs across country

#Gas prices keep soaring to record highs across country

“Gas prices keep soaring to record highs across country” Gas prices across the country keep shooting up with the average nationwide price a now-record $4.67 per gallon. A gallon of regular unleaded gas nationwide jumped 49 cents from a month ago with summer about to get underway, according to AAA. New Yorkers were paying on…

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#More travelers worry about gas prices, inflation than COVID

#More travelers worry about gas prices, inflation than COVID

“More travelers worry about gas prices, inflation than COVID” More Americans are concerned about the impact of record-high gas prices and other forms of inflation-fueled price hikes on their summer travel plans than they are about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday. Some 90% of Americans said gas…

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#Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary

#Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary

“Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary” Conservative: Right Turn vs. Free Speech Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and Greg Abbott (R-Texas) are not “marginal actors” in “the conservative movement,” notes Paul Matzko at The Dispatch. So their recent anti-speech moves against Disney and Big Tech suggest the “old fusionist detente between social and business conservatives…

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#US gas prices hit record highs amid Memorial Day travel

#US gas prices hit record highs amid Memorial Day travel

“US gas prices hit record highs amid Memorial Day travel” Americans hitting the road on Memorial Day weekend were greeted by record-high gas prices as the average cost of a gallon of fuel hit $4.62 nationwide. Motorists in California were feeling the strongest pinch Monday, with some gas stations in parts of Los Angeles, the…

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#US economy shrank by 1.5% in first quarter of 2022

#US economy shrank by 1.5% in first quarter of 2022

“US economy shrank by 1.5% in first quarter of 2022” The US economy shrank in the first three months of the year even though consumers and businesses kept spending at a solid pace, the government reported Thursday in a slight downgrade of its previous estimate for the January-March quarter. Last quarter’s drop in the US…

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