Tag: Gasoline

Affordability: Prices We Can Afford–A Roundup of Local, State, and National Stories

March 19, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing new IRS and Treasury Department data, said the average federal tax refund this filing season is more than $3,700, higher than during the same period last year. She said nearly 63.5 million tax returns have been processed so far, representing about 45 percent of the total expected by the April 15 deadline.

Foreign Policy

Victor Davis Hanson: What Is It with the Fickle Europeans?

March 18, 2026
THE DAILY SIGNAL–What is it with the fickle Europeans? I know that they have different interests than ours, but we’re both Western entities. You’d think that we’d be more collaborative on the effort to disarm and denuclearize Iran. But a lot of strange things are happening.

Politics

Trump Is Right to Demand China Share the Risk in the Strait of Hormuz

March 17, 2026
RED STATE–President Donald Trump is doing something American leaders have avoided for too long. He is telling China and other major importers of Gulf oil that if they want the benefits of open sea lanes, they need to help protect them.
According to an interview with the Financial Times, Trump has warned that he may delay his state visit to China if Beijing will not assist in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. He notes that China gets a large share of its oil from the Middle East and argues it is only fair for countries that rely on that route to shoulder part of the burden.

Stories Speak Volumes

Operation Epic Fury (March 11-15): Joint U.S. & Israel Operation Against Iran

According to various reports, Iran has started laying mines in the Gulf of Hormuz. Reports from U.S. officials and multiple news outlets state that Iran has begun laying a limited number of naval mines in the Strait, using small vessels capable of deploying two to three mines at a time. Iran’s stockpile is estimated at 2,000 to 6,000. So far, estimates indicate that about a dozen mines have been laid.

Stories Speak Volumes

Affordability: Prices We Can Afford–A Roundup of Local, State, and National Stories

Democrats and Gavin Newsom stubbornly cling to carbon taxing – not because they are true believers – because it’s a revenue-generating tax.

Chevron just sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board warning them of deep concerns and strong opposition to the CARB- proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Invest (formerly cap and trade) regulation, that the state’s few remaining refineries can’t survive, and the California economy could be crippled.

Stories Speak Volumes

Affordability: Prices We Can Afford–A Roundup of Local, State, National Stories

US supplies of gasoline are being shipped out of the country to travel thousands of miles via the Bahamas before finally ending up in California, a state battling shrinking fuel making capacity and high pump prices.