WA senator criticizes Trump for 'broken promises' after consumer prices soared in 2025
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Key Points:
- The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7% over the past year, with significant increases in grocery prices (2.4%) and electricity costs (6.7%), highlighting ongoing inflationary pressures on American consumers.
- Seattle experienced a sharper price increase than the state average, with a 3.1% rise in consumer prices from December 2024 to December 2025, including a 4.4% increase in food prices and a 7.2% jump in energy costs.
- Senator Maria Cantwell criticized the Trump administration's economic policies, attributing rising costs to tariff measures and opposition to renewable energy, and accusing the administration of failing to fulfill promises to lower prices.
