The overwhelming majority of gas stations are small businesses. The rise in the wholesale gas price they pay has cut deeply into their already thin profit margins.

A new refinery problem in the Midwest is raising fears of another sharp spike in gas prices, just two weeks after a similar issue sent prices up nearly 80 cents in a single day.

Gas prices are now $1.40 higher than they were a year ago and have reached their highest level since 2022, when the national average peaked at $5.01 per gallon, AAA reported.

As steep fuel prices strain household budgets during the war with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump wants to suspend his government's tax on gasoline. It's a move Trump can't do on his own — and the president has yet to specify how long he'd like such pause to last.

The price of a gallon of regular gas has dropped a few cents overnight, according to AAA.

Drivers in the Philadelphia area say they're changing their routines because of rising gas prices.

Average gas prices have soared by more than 50% since the start of the Iran war.

U.S. gas prices average $4.50; experts say a closed Strait of Hormuz and rising oil costs could push prices past $5 by summer.