Gas Prices
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Trump says the Iran war is militarily “effectively over” after meeting Qatar’s prime minister, and the naval blockade stays in place
The president says the United States is ready to resume strikes if needed while talks continue; Iran calls its own proposal the most reasonable offer, and California drivers are paying about $1 a gallon more than…
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Why California gas tops $6: refinery closures, imports and a widening margin
Federal and state data show that higher crude prices explain most of this year’s jump at the pump, but California’s gap with the rest of the country has widened as two refineries closed and refiners’ reported…
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Poll finds deepening national gloom two weeks before midterms, raising the stakes in California’s House races
An NBC News survey puts President Trump’s approval at a second-term low of 34 percent as Californians begin returning ballots in a handful of districts that could help decide control of the House.
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Trump shelves new Russia sanctions, and California lawmakers join a bipartisan outcry
The president’s order pauses tariffs and penalties that Congress passed last month, a decision the administration ties to strained energy markets that are felt acutely in California, where diesel now tops $8 a gallon.
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Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz intensify, threatening California’s fragile relief at the pump
Eight strikes on merchant ships in three days have kept traffic through the world’s most important oil chokepoint far below prewar levels, just as Bay Area gas prices had begun to ease.