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Trump pushes for federal gas tax pause as Iran war shows no end in sight
President Trump told CBS News exclusively on Monday that he wants to suspend the federal gas tax to give Americans some relief at the pump as the war with Iran continues. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Trump pushes for federal gas tax pause as Iran war shows no end in sight, President Trump told CBS News exclusively on Monday that he wants to suspend the federal gas tax to give Americans some relief at the pump as the war with Iran continues. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe has more.
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