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Jeffries calls out Trump-era gas prices after telling Republicans not to politicize pump pain under Biden

May 11, 2026

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is hammering President Donald Trump over surging gas prices tied to the war with Iran, arguing voter frustration could help Democrats win back the House in November.  But four years ago, he urged Republicans not to “play politics” with record prices at the pump under former President Joe Biden. “The average gas price is now $4.55 per gallon,” Jeffries wrote on social...

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Texas lawmakers proposed a bill to allow private-sector lithium mining companies to work on certain military bases.

The settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping along the dwindling river and retiring water rights from irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico.