Gas prices rise to $4.46 per gallon and oil jumps as shippers stay out of Strait of Hormuz

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Gas prices rise to $4.46 per gallon and oil jumps as shippers stay out of Strait of Hormuz
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Gas hit $4.46 per gallon Monday and as oil futures jumped after three days of declines, increasing the direct cost to U.S. consumers of the war with Iran.

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Hakeem Jeffries Featured
@repjeffries
May 4, 2026

Gas prices were under $3.00 a gallon before the reckless Republican war of choice in the Middle East. Today it is $4.45. You deserve better. https://t.co/sLqBRg0LJU

Republicans against Trump
@rpsagainsttrump
May 3, 2026

Trump before the election: “My plan will cut energy prices in half within 12 months of taking office. We’re going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon, bring down the price of everything…” The AAA national average for regular gas today is $4.44, the highest in four https://t.co/93cSWz0aeE

Noodles
@criptopaul
May 3, 2026

PSA for heavy Claude users. Switch back to Opus 4.6 with extended thinking. Seriously. Opus 4.7 uses a new tokenizer that consumes up to 35% more tokens for the same input. Same listed price, higher effective cost. Adaptive thinking adds latency and verbosity without

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