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California gas stations](https://kmph.com/news/local/chevron-takes-aim-at-sacramento-with-new-signs-blaming-state-policies-for-high-gas-prices) blaming state policies for the high prices, while Newsom's office is telling Californians they can get cheaper gas at unbranded stations. > Californians, if you’re hitting the road
2026. As fuel prices continue to rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes due to surging jet fuel prices.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2856x2856+677+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2F66%2F20a4d7a94b11b7aab921d6132a81%2Fgettyimages-2270636076.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5785258/jet-fuel-airline-cost-iran-war-oil) ### [Middle East conflict
2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran. **Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe** Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe [*Stay up to date with our* Up First *newsletter, sent every weekday morning.*](https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news) Crude
2026. ](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x3375+0+625/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe5%2F8c%2Fc6803d384dfc892eaf9be0019d73%2Fap26108447409970.jpg) The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, on Saturday. **Asghar Besharati/AP** Asghar Besharati/AP - 🎧 **Even before the U.S. took custody
California on April 14. Prices vary around the country, and are highest on the west coast; the nationwide average has risen by more than $1 per gallon since the start of the Iran
2026, in Washington. **Rod Lamkey Jr./AP** Rod Lamkey Jr./AP WASHINGTON — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning Wednesday
gas are on the right and left sides of the frame.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5288x3525+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8c%2F88%2Fe8d326d947a995740ad3ecc8c792%2Fap26145586504348.jpg) SpaceX's mega-rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on May 22. **Eric Gay/AP Photo** Eric Gay/AP Photo
2026, in Portland, Ore. **Jenny Kane/AP** Jenny Kane/AP Tesla's first quarter earnings beat Wall Street's expectations, with profits coming in 16% higher than the first quarter of last year. The results briefly sent
California struck the term "aliens" from its [state code](https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/09/24/governor-newsom-signs-suite-of-legislation-to-support-californias-immigrant-communities-and-remove-outdated-term-alien-from-state-codes/) in 2021, calling the language "outdated and derogatory." The wordplay fuses people's desire for hidden knowledge and pop culture with anti-immigrant
2026. As fuel prices continue to rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes due to surging jet fuel prices. **Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America** Justin
may try to be Nordstrom or Target, "We're Dollar General," Baldanza said. "And we like being Dollar General because we save people lots of money." These days something about the Dollar General airline strategy