{"id":247545,"date":"2026-07-20T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247545\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:37:07","slug":"us-gas-prices-hit-an-average-of-4-a-gallon-again-as-the-us-and-iran-launch-attacks-ap-business-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247545\/","title":{"rendered":"US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again as the US and Iran launch attacks | Ap-business"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 U.S. gas prices jumped to an average of $4 a gallon again Monday as the U.S. and Iran launched more attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to motor club federation AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now back to $4. The average price a year ago was $3.14 a gallon.<\/p>\n

The price is a national average, meaning drivers in some states have been paying well over $4 a gallon for a while now, while others pay less. Prices vary between states due to factors ranging from nearby supply to differing tax rates.<\/p>\n

People around the world are also dealing with high gas prices as a result of the war.<\/p>\n

Gas prices first went over $4 a gallon on average at the end of March. They dipped below that in mid-June<\/a> and continued to fall as crude oil prices eased when the U.S. and Iran reached an interim deal<\/a>. Even then, President Donald Trump expressed frustration that gas prices weren\u2019t falling<\/a> as quickly as oil prices.<\/p>\n

Affordability is likely to be a key issue for voters in the U.S. midterm elections, and higher gas and oil prices can help push up prices for groceries and other goods.<\/p>\n

Oil prices have climbed again<\/a> in recent days as the U.S. and Iran move closer to resuming an all-out war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brent crude, the international standard, rose 3.2% to $90.95 per barrel Monday and benchmark U.S. crude climbed 2.8% to $84.04 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 U.S. gas prices jumped to an average of $4 a gallon again Monday as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[79618,153,155,154,60,60990,105789,38,59042,63442,301],"class_list":["post-247545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-2024-2026-mideast-wars","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-business","tag-energy-markets","tag-gas-prices-iran-war-4-gallon","tag-general-news","tag-iran-war","tag-oil-and-gas-industry","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}