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A man stands on a bicycle with a smoke flare in his hand, wearing a bright yellow vest in the street before the Arc de Triomphe. About 50 others also wearing yellow vests are also in the street.

For France’s yellow vest protesters, ‘gas tax is the tip of the iceberg’

Protests in France that initially targeted an increase in the gas tax have turned into a broader anti-Macron demonstration. Over the weekend, protesters torched cars and smashed windows in the worst disturbances Paris has seen since 1968.

Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) shrugs at a question from reporters as he walks to a closed-door briefing on talks with Iran in 2013. Corker is a leading proponent of raising gas taxes to boost the nearly-dry Highway Trust Fund.

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