David Obelcz

US consumers are already feeling pain at the pump as the United States and Israel continue their “Strategic Military Operation” against Iran, causing the average price for a gallon of gasoline to jump 34 cents in a week. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.32, 34 cents higher than a week ago and 21 cents higher than a year ago. In 2024, President Donald Trump campaigned on bringing the price of gasoline down to $2 a gallon.

A boat smuggling cocaine was intercepted by the Navy between Venezuela and Barbados in the southern Caribbean, and the crew was taken into custody. The French Navy boarded the Barbados-flagged fishing vessel in the Antilles Maritime Zone, northeast of Venezuela. The crew offered no resistance, and a search of the boat found 676.6 kilograms of cocaine in 28 compressed bricks.

It’s been one year since President Donald Trump was inaugurated after campaigning on controlling inflation and lowering grocery and fuel prices. Three hundred and sixty-six days later, has the situation improved? On January 21, 2025, our team benchmarked grocery, fuel, and fast-food prices in Western Washington to track over the next 4 years. This is our eleventh update.