Schumer calls on Trump to release oil from reserve to lower gas prices

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on President Trump to release oil from the national stockpile to counter soaring gas prices — an idea that Republicans have been slow to embrace. Why it matters: Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) could deprive Republicans of a talking point: That then-President Biden's move to do so in 2022 was done for purely political reasons. Republicans' message — as outlined on Sunday's political talk shows — is that the uptick in p