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DEVELOPING · 6 OCT → 14 OCT 2026 · 9 EDITIONS · 53 OUTLETS

Trump temporarily loosens red-dyed diesel rules as fuel prices surge

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 26 53 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 6 Oct 12:19 UTC · Trump temporarily opens tax-exempt dyed diesel to highway use 6 Oct 18:16 UTC · Trump temporarily allows tax-free dyed diesel on U.S. highways 7 Oct 00:09 UTC · Trump temporarily allows red-dyed diesel on highways as fuel costs remain high 7 Oct 06:33 UTC · Trump temporarily allows red-dyed diesel on U.S. highways 7 Oct 12:13 UTC · Trump temporarily expands highway use of red-dyed diesel 7 Oct 18:11 UTC · Trump temporarily opens highways to red-dyed diesel as sellers raise concerns 8 Oct 00:09 UTC · Trump temporarily loosens red-dyed diesel rules as fuel prices surge

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Trump temporarily opens tax-exempt dyed diesel to highway use

  2. 6 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    Trump temporarily allows tax-free dyed diesel on U.S. highways

  3. 7 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Trump temporarily allows red-dyed diesel on highways as fuel costs remain high

  4. 7 Oct, 06:33 UTC

    Trump temporarily allows red-dyed diesel on U.S. highways

  5. 7 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Trump temporarily expands highway use of red-dyed diesel

  6. 7 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    Trump temporarily opens highways to red-dyed diesel as sellers raise concerns

  7. 8 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Trump temporarily loosens red-dyed diesel rules as fuel prices surge

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • cents gallon: 24.4 (4 from 6 Oct 18:13) → 60 (2 from 6 Oct 18:13) → 35 (1 from 7 Oct 18:00) → 35.5 (1 from 7 Oct 21:19)
  • barrels diesel: 100 million (2 from 6 Oct 11:32) → 105 million (1 from 6 Oct 18:13)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.