President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is thinking about suspending the federal gas tax. He wants to help as high gas and diesel prices pose a risk to his Republican Party. Many voters are worried about costs as the November midterm US elections get closer for the party members.
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was thinking about suspending the federal gas tax as high gas and diesel prices pose a risk to his Republican Party heading into the November midterm US elections.
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Kanishka Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs in his current role. His past breaking news coverage has spanned across a range of topics like the Black Lives Matter movement; the US elections; the 2021 Capitol riots and their follow up probes; the Brexit deal; US-China trade tensions; the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan; the COVID-19 pandemic; and a 2019 Supreme Court verdict on a religious dispute site in his native India.