Inflation is up dramatically and gas prices are now up more than 28% compared to a year ago. Republicans and Donald Trump have made life harder and more expensive.
U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans.
The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in March. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4%, according to the data released Tuesday. The month-over-month gain was down from a 0.9% increase in overall prices from February to March, when the initial financial shock from the war hit the U.S. economy. — AP News article, The Iran war is hitting home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge of 3.8% in the US