News Summary

• Troubles paying electricity and natural gas bills reflect something of an economic quandary for Trump.
• Fast-rising electricity bills could be an issue in some congressional battlegrounds in next year’s midterm elections.
• Nearly 6 million households have utility debt “so severe’ that it will soon be reported to collection agencies.
• The president maintains that any troubling data on inflation is false and that Democrats are simply trying to hurt his administration”s reputation.
• The administration has so far said it has no responsibility for any increases in electricity prices, since those are often regulated by state utility boards.