Diesel is $6.51. AAA dated the record this morning.

AAA this morning: diesel $6.5107 a gallon. The association lists it as the highest recorded national average, dated Sept. 21, 2026. Yesterday was $6.5050. A year ago: $3.70. Regular is $4.4786, up a cent overnight, 16 cents in a week, $1.30 in a year. The Economy desk files a number that is no longer a warning. It is the record.

GasBuddy: 45 states up more than 3 cents on gasoline this week. Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin — more than 30 cents, refinery trouble in the Great Lakes. California diesel $8.38. Texas $5.96. LAT: voters are angry; Trump in North Carolina called it a very inexpensive price to pay for the Iran war. Monday he blamed Ukraine’s refinery campaign.

You have a little higher. It’s a very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done.

Brent was about $102 early Monday, off a little as some Hormuz traffic moved. The Economy desk files Monday as it is: $6.51 on the pump, a president talking diesel, and a midterm still 43 days out.