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Trump attempts to combat high gas prices as affordability crisis looms over midterms

NPR | By Franco Ordoñez,
Leila Fadel
Published September 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM MDT

President Trump seems to be pulling out all the stops to mitigate high gas prices ahead of the midterms.

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Franco Ordoñez
Leila Fadel
Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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