{"id":617171,"date":"2026-05-01T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/617171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:04:10","slug":"aaa-national-average-regular-gas-price-spikes-about-33-cents-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/617171\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA national average regular gas price spikes about 33 cents in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent breaks down Operation Economic Fury and the pressure against the Iranian regime on ‘Kudlow.’<\/p>\n

The AAA national average price for regular gas<\/a> soared more than nine cents higher in one day, surging from $4.30 as of Thursday to $4.392 as of Friday.<\/p>\n

The current figure is a whopping $0.333 higher than the week-ago average price of $4.059, according to AAA.<\/a> The year-ago average for regular gas was just $3.187.<\/p>\n

However, the highest recorded AAA national average regular gas price was $5.016 on June 14, 2022, which was during President Joe Biden’s White House tenure.<\/p>\n

GAS PRICES SOAR TO HIGHEST POINT SO FAR DURING UNSETTLED CONFLICT WITH IRAN<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gas <\/p>\n

A fuel pump is connected to a car at a Mobil station in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Kena Betancur\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House<\/a> for comment on Friday.<\/p>\n

The U.S. conflict with Iran<\/a> remains unresolved, and the Trump administration has been enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

Oil prices are currently elevated. Brent Crude international futures were over $111 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate U.S. futures over $105 per barrel during early trading, Barron’s<\/a> reported on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

US SHRIMPERS FACE \u2018DOUBLE WHAMMY\u2019 FROM SOARING FUEL COSTS, TARIFF REFUNDS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gas prices rise in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 2026, as the United States and Iran have not yet reached a deal. (Nathan Morris\/NurPhoto via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Right now there are 41 tankers with 69 million barrels of oil that the Iranian regime can’t sell. That’s an estimated $6 billion-plus from which Iran\u2019s leadership cannot financially benefit. The blockade is highly effective and U.S. forces remain fully committed to total enforcement,” U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper declared in a statement<\/a> issued on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Minnesotans are paying the price for this administration\u2019s war with Iran as gas prices rise and squeeze families, small businesses, and farmers across our state,” U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who is running for governor, declared in a Thursday post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona declared in a Thursday post<\/a> on X, “The Trump Administration’s war in Iran is driving up gas prices and sending summer travel costs through the roof. I\u2019m focused on lowering costs and putting money back in Americans\u2019 pockets so that taking your family on a road trip doesn\u2019t break the bank.”<\/p>\n

US ECONOMIC GROWTH BOUNCES BACK, AS AI BUILDOUT AND CONSUMER SPENDING FUEL FIRST QUARTER<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., left, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., during a news conference ahead of the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Daniel Heuer\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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“Gas prices just hit a wartime high, inflation is up, & Americans are feeling the pinch of higher prices. But Senate Republicans for the SIXTH time blocked a resolution requiring Congress to approve further military action against Iran. Their silence is an endorsement of the President\u2019s questionable strategy,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., declared in a Thursday post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

The “Senate Republicans” X account fired back at Durbin’s comments, declaring<\/a>, “Under Biden and Democrats, gas prices were above $5 per gallon and inflation was over 9% \u2014 much higher than today. Senator Durbin didn\u2019t care about inflation then, and he doesn\u2019t now. He\u2019s just looking for any excuse to side with the terrorist Iranian regime over our military.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent breaks down Operation Economic Fury and the pressure against the Iranian regime on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-617171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}