Will electricity be the eggs of 2026?

Grocery inflation was front and center in the 2024 campaign. Surging prices for power could play an even bigger role in next year’s U.S. midterm elections, but don’t assume Democrats will capitalize.

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The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis says the average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. was $2.94 a decade ago. It spiked to $6.23 in March of this year, and was about $3.77 last month.

(Bill Sternberg is a veteran Washington journalist and former editorial page editor of USA Today.)

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (Callaway Climate Insights) — When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations last month and called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetuated on the world,” he touted the accomplishments of his second-term leadership.

“Energy costs are down, gasoline prices are down, grocery prices are down, mortgage rates are down, and inflation has been defeated,” Trump told the UN General Assembly. “The only thing that’s up is the stock market.”

Fact check: False. The market is higher since Trump took office this year, but so are Americans’ monthly power bills.