War Pushes Gas Prices Near $4 a Gallon, and Anti-Trump Protesters Rally Nationwide
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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracey Mumford. Today's Monday, March 30th. Here's what we're covering. The war in Iran is now in its fifth week and counting. And this morning, we're looking at how the conflict is expanding, the wave of U.S. troops that were just deployed, and how gas prices may be about to hit a new high. To start, another front in the war has opened as the Houthis, an Iran-backed militia in Yemen, opened fire on Israel this weekend and vowed to carry out more attacks going forward. At the same time, Israel and the U.S. continued to pound Tehran with airstrikes. One resident there told The Times that they felt, quote, "...hours and hours of explosions." Iran also stepped up its retaliation, launching a wave of drones and missiles at a military base in Saudi Arabia, injuring 12 American soldiers.
It was one of the most serious breaches of U.S. air defenses since the war started.
Are you considering still putting boots on the ground, and would you do that without going to Congress? I just have lots of alternatives. We have...
Also, as of this weekend, President Trump has new options if he decides to turn up the pressure on Iran. According to two U.S. military officials, several hundred special ops forces, including Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, have now arrived in the Middle East, joining thousands of recently deployed Marines and Army paratroopers. And on the energy front,
I think out of a sign of respect, 20 boats of oil, big, big boats of oil.
Trump said that Iran is going to let some oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz. He framed it as a sign that talks with Iran to end the war were underway and going well. It wasn't immediately clear who the ships belonged to or where they would be headed. Still, any oil or gas getting through would be a major development. Since Iranian forces all but cut off the crucial waterway, global energy prices have soared. The cost of oil has climbed over 50% compared to before the war. And in the U.S., gas prices are approaching an average of $4 a gallon.
Now, more on an energy crisis in a different part of the world. For months, the U.S. has had an effective oil blockade on Cuba as the Trump administration tries to force political and economic changes in the communist-ruled country. It has cut the island off from fuel, upending everyday life there.
How is the war in Iran affecting global gas prices?
I can tell you that the situation on the ground is quite dire.
Jack Nickus covers Cuba for The Times, and he says some of the most severe consequences so far have been to the country's health care system.
The hospitals are canceling surgeries because many doctors and nurses can't commute to work. Many clinics are struggling to administer treatments like chemotherapy because of the power outages. Many ambulances are parked. Pharmacies are largely empty. They've halted medicine production because many of the factories run on diesel. All of this together has really resulted in a significant worsening of health care in Cuba, which once was a triumph for the nation. And six separate doctors we spoke to said that those rapidly deteriorating conditions were already causing deaths that would otherwise be preventable.
This weekend, the Times learned that the U.S. Coast Guard will allow one tanker full of oil to reach Cuba, buying the nation at least a few weeks before its reserves totally run out, according to analysts. The ship, which is owned by the Russian government, was already very close to the island as of last night. It's unclear why the White House is letting it through, though the decision avoids a potentially thorny confrontation with Russia in the waters just off the coast of Florida.
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