Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans left
expected in commentary, which argues a position · beta estimate
Publisher signals
not measured
these signals count newsroom corrections;
Commentary has none to count
Outlets on this story
1
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
110
articles that frame the event the way this one does
It’s no secret the price of gasoline has been way up since the start of the Iran war.
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price → ’ → war
But it sometimes feels as though GOP lawmakers have been trying to keep it a secret from themselves.
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lawmakers → feel → themselves
Their willful ignorance is starting to fade.
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ignorance → start → ?
In battleground races for the House and Senate, more and more Republicans are breaking away from President Donald Trump on the war, citing high costs at the pump as a primary reason.
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Republicans → break → reason
The average for diesel has climbed above $6.50, even reaching $7 and $8 per gallon in some states.
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average → climb → states
With the war in Iran continuing, the Strait of Hormuz remaining contested, and the conflict causing greater instability in other parts of the region, the Trump administration has tried to respond to the problem using a few flimsy tools of domestic policy.
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administration → continue → policy
But it’s not easy getting fuel prices lower.
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prices → ’ → ?
Trump-backed discount gas stations have started popping up, but these initiatives are a PR product.
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initiatives → back → ?
Record-shattering diesel prices exist on an entirely different economic scale and political reality.
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prices → shatter → scale
Once again improvising policy on the fly, Trump now seems to be entertaining a short-term fix meant to artificially boost domestic diesel supply through the end of the year.
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Trump → improvise → year
Politico reported Wednesday that the administration has started considering a 90-day ban on diesel exports from the United States.
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administration → report → States
As a matter of policy this won’t work.
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this → work → policy
My colleague, Catherine Rampell, will have a lot more on that in her newsletter tonight.
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colleague → have → newsletter
Politically, meanwhile, this seems like a nonstarter.
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this → seem → nonstarter
A lot of senators I spoke with claimed they were withholding judgment until they could get a closer look at the proposal (presumably because they don’t think it could be as simple as a 90-day ban on diesel exports from the United States).
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it → speak → States
Of the Republican senators who understood what such a proposal would mean, none I spoke with regarded it as viable.
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I → understand → it
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subscription → get → chats
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who → help → membership
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