Higher gas prices could extend into next year, says Trump administration energy agency

By: Hugh Jackson

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 337

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Gas prices “will rapidly come back down,” as soon as the war against Iran ends, President Donald Trump said during his address to the nation last week.

That’s not what his Department of Energy said Tuesday.

If hostilities in the war were to stop by the end of April, the price of gas at the end of the year would still higher than it was at the start of the war, and would remain …

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