Iran War Pushes Gas Prices Higher as Trump Urges Allies to Help Protect Shipping Routes

Hawaii gas prices tick up amid nationwide spike

Hawaii gas prices have risen only a little in the past week amid a large increase nationally, and it’s uncertain whether a spike driven by the war in Iran could be around the corner. The average price per gallon for regular gas Monday in Hawaii was $4.52, up 3% from $4.39 a week earlier, according to AAA. The 13-cent increase compared with a 48-cent jump nationally in the same period stemming from crude oil price increases after the supply of oi…

'It's a Very Surreal War'

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’re in the second week, just completing it, of the so-called Iran war. This effort of the United States to bomb the theocracy into submission, so they will cancel their missile and nuclear programs, and t…

Iran war pushes gas prices higher as Trump urges allies to help protect shipping routes

As the war in Iran enters its third week, the fighting continues to disrupt global oil shipping, pushing prices even higher.AAA reports the national average price for a gallon of gas surpassed $3.70 as of Monday. One month ago, the average was around $2.93 per gallon.Much of the uncertainty pushing prices higher is over the Strait of Hormuz the narrow waterway that is a vital trade route, with nearly one-fifth of the world's oil supply passing t…

As oil prices spike, is this the week Trump declares victory in Iran?

While Americans are more sceptical than ever about their country’s largest military undertaking in two decades, US President Donald Trump may have done what he needed to exit the war.

Gas price spike from Iran war hitting North Carolina farmers hard

The recent spike in gas prices is not only affecting drivers' wallets, but America's farmers. Blake Barham of Barham Family Farms said he's already paying thousands more for diesel for different vehicles he uses and now he's concerned about fertilizer prices.

The Trump Iran War: Who Benefits?

Last year, President Donald Trump was railing against wind power, urging the UK to shut down their wind power farms in favor “cheap and reliable” oil. His Big Beautiful Bill (which seems much more like a Frankenbill) cancelled tax breaks for solar and wind power in the US. Three weeks ago, he launched a hot war against Iran. In response—a response any first-year political science student could have predicted—Iran threatened the safety of shippin…