What specific actions did U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announce to address high gasoline prices?

Wright stated that the U.S. government will announce steps 'within days' to help refiners boost fuel output, following meetings with refiners in Midland, Texas, to discuss 'what we can do in the government to help them further ramp up their throughput.' He emphasized that increasing refinery output—both in the U.S. and elsewhere—is 'the key to lowering gasoline prices.'

How does the administration justify persistently high gasoline prices amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran?

Wright echoed President Trump’s framing, stating that Americans are being asked to 'bear with him' because 'the world cannot afford Iran having a nuclear weapon,' and Trump called paying 'a tiny little bit more for your gasoline' worth it to prevent 'a very evil country' from obtaining a nuclear weapon—citing this as a core reason for the war.