America, according to one analyst, in the next 24 hours alone, you're about to spend

half billion dollars more for gas.

The lead starts right now.

The price of gas is on the rise, hitting the highest point nearly four years.

Why this spike right now?

We're calling in the experts. And yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision already upending elections.

Louisiana putting House races on hold one day after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the state's

congressional map, saying district lines could not be

based in any way on race. We're going to talk to a lawmaker who could be impacted as other states

reevaluate their own districts. Plus, a brand new chapter in the Epstein files investigated

by Congress. The questions today for a billionaire businessman who once had a romantic relationship with Galane

Maxwell, Epstein's co-conspirator.

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. I apologize for my voice. I have something of a head cold here.

A lot of allergies in D.C.

We're going to start in our money lead. Oil prices have spiked dramatically overnight, leading the International Energy Agency to warn that the global economy is now in a major energy and economic crisis.

U.S. gas prices jumped another $7 to $4.30 a gallon. That's the biggest

one-day jump in prices in the last six weeks. Gas now at its highest price since July 2020,

according to AAA. The increase means prices are up 27 cents, up 7%. In just the last week,

prices are up 44% since the start of the war against Iran,

February 28th, when the average was $2.98 per gallon.

Earlier today, President Trump was asked about these rising prices.

The average price of a gallon of gas is now $4.30 in this country. And you know what?

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