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Rachel Leingang

Trump vows to pause federal gas tax after Iran war boosts US fuel prices to four-year high

Prices are displayed at gas stations
The federal gas tax – 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline, and 24.4 cents for diesel – raises about $500m each week for the federal government. Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP

Donald Trump pledged to suspend the US federal gas tax in an effort to reduce pressure on Americans after the US-Israel war on Iran sparked a sharp rise in fuel prices.

The US president told reporters on Monday that his administration would look to pause the tax “till it’s appropriate”, as drivers count the cost of the surge in oil prices in the two months since US and Israeli forces attacked Iran.

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