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Total Extra Spending: U.S. consumers have spent an extra $100 billion on gasoline and diesel since the war began.Per Household: This extra fuel cost averages more than $760 for each American household.Timeline: This total was reached by September 7, 2026, following the start of the conflict on February 28, 2026.

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Axios PM By Mike Allen · Sep 07, 2026 🇺🇸 Good Labor Day afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Alex Fitzpatrick, is 569 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing. ⚡️ Situational awareness: The U.S. is exploring whether Ukraine and Russia could take steps to de-escalate their war during the winter while restarting negotiations toward a broader peace agreement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Axios' Barak Ravid. Go deeper.     1 big thing — Iran war's energy bill: $100B and rising   Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images The war with Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, Axios' Ben Berkowitz writes from a real-time Brown University estimate. The bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes. 🤑 By the numbers: The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker from Brown's Watson School says higher gasoline and diesel prices have cost the average U.S. household more than $760 since the war began Feb. 28. (Latest numbers.) Most of that is gas, though the diesel burden is rising faster lately. Stunning stat: The average national price of a gallon of regular gas was $4.15 today, per AAA. That's nearly a dollar higher than last year, and well above the previous Labor Day weekend record of $3.82 from 2012. ☢️ President Trump insists Americans are willing to pay higher prices to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. Yet voters consistently say inflation is the most important issue. Go deeper.     2. ✈️ Investigators probe Amazon crash   An Amazon cargo plane after crashing at Miami International Airport yesterday. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Federal investigators are examining why an Amazon cargo jet barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport and into vehicles yesterday, killing at least five people. They're likely to focus on whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Video of the landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. Investigators will seek to determine exactly where the plane landed — and if it was beyond the normal touchdown zone, why the pilots did not abort the landing and circle back for another attempt. Investigators will also examine the plane's speed and braking, weather and wind conditions, the aircraft's mechanical condition, and other factors. Get the latest.     3. ⚡️ Catch me up   British newspapers with headlines about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returning to the U.K. Photo: Jordan Peck/Getty Images 🇬🇧 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, aka the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, remain "private citizens" and not working royals, the BBC reports from a letter sent by King Charles. The pair recently returned to the U.K. after stepping back from their royal duties and moving to California in 2020. Go deeper. 🇬🇱 The European Commission unveiled a $232 million investment package for Greenland as the European Union seeks to boost relations there. Go deeper. 🏆 Hollywood icon Rob Reiner was honored with a posthumous Emmy for his performance in the hit FX series "The Bear." Keep reading.     4. 👽 1 science thing: The search for speck   Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios In a new study, researchers propose searching for microscopic evidence of long-dead alien civilizations in lunar soil samples. The idea is that tiny particles from collapsed civilizations could drift through space, perhaps settling on the Moon like flotsam and jetsam washing up on a beach. 📡 Ian Crawford, a professor of planetary science at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a study co-author, tells The New York Times: "If you concede that looking for alien intelligences is a legitimate part of science ... then looking for the technological products ... ought to be just as scientifically valid as looking for their radio emissions." (Gift link.) Reality check: The Moon is littered with microscopic junk from human spaceflight, and finding something alien in origin would be a long shot, to say the least. Read the study.   📬 Thanks for reading! Please invite your friends to join PM. 👆 Like this comms style and format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Bring it to your org — via hands-on training or internal comms software — to harness its power and impact.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our journalism. Advertise with us. Read more about Axios' mission, ethics and how we use AI in our journalism. You can reach the authors by replying to this email. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Thank you for signing up for this Axios newsletter. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. If someone forwarded this to you, sign up now to get Axios in your inbox. Axios, PO Box 101060, Arlington VA 22201   Follow Axios across: