Gas & Oil
The gas tax is currently 18.4 cents a gallon. Any freeze would require action by Congress.
Biden repeated his goal to lower gas prices that are averaging a record $5 a gallon in the U.S. while also shifting away from fossil fuels to limit climate change.
The misplaced decimal point reportedly cost the California gas station $16,000 after hundreds of drivers filled up.
President Joe Biden plans to visit Saudi Arabia and meet with the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in July.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The glitch came as gas prices have surged to an average of $5 a gallon across the country.
It's the first time gas prices in the United States have broken the $5 barrier, though prices have been higher in the past when inflation is taken into account.
After difficult negotiations, the EU's 27 member countries agreed to the bloc's strongest move yet in response to Russia's brutal ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Leaders from the Group of Seven developed democracies have pledged to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil, as they met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stress their support.
The announcement is part of an effort to help ease global energy markets that have been rocked because of Putin's war on Ukraine.
Voters are open to some of their arguments, but stopping rising costs is easier said than done.