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In photos: Long lines and fuel shortages amid Colonial Pipeline shutdown
Reports of fuel shortages across the U.S. emerged on Tuesday as the national average for gasoline prices soared to its highest level since 2014 amid a key fuel pipeline shut down, per Bloomberg.
What's happening: Operator Colonial Pipeline aims to have service restored by the week's end following last Friday's ransomware attack that shut down some 5,500 miles of pipeline from Texas to New Jersey. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared a state of emergency after panic-buying created a fuel shortage.
Vehicles line up to get fuel at a Sunoco gas station in Sumter, South Carolina, on May 11. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a regional emergency declaration on May 9 for 17 states and D.C., to keep fuel supply lines open. Photo: Micah Green/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Signs about limiting gas purchases displayed at a Marathon gas station in Smyrna on May 11. Colonial said in a statement Tuesday it started a segment of the pipeline and delivered some 41 million gallons of fuel to locations including the Carolinas, Georgia and New Jersey. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images
Cars line up at a COSTCO at Tyvola Road in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 11. Photo: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images
A "fuel out" sign posted on an entrance at a Marathon gas station in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, on May 10. Photo: Andrew Sherman/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Cars line up at a QuickTrip in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 11. Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images
Cars line up at a Chevron Corp. gas station in San Francisco, California, on March 11. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Editor's note: This article has been updated with more photos.
Fed chair Jerome Powell attempts a high-wire circus act on inflation
Fed chair Jerome Powell is attempting something of a high-wire circus act as the central bank pushes forward with its average inflation targeting regime.
The big picture: He's trying to simultaneously raise inflation while keeping short-term interest rates low and stimulate the economy through unprecedented and extraordinary measures while convincing Americans the economy is doing well.
Scoop: Netanyahu demands full control over Israel's Iran policy, sparking pushback
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding full control of Israel's Iran policy as Joe Biden prepares to assume the Oval Office, setting off a fierce fight at the highest echelons of Israel's government, senior Israeli officials tell me.
Why it matters: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to take a very hard line over Biden's plan to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, in contrast with the more moderate approach favored by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and the heads of Israel's security services.