CPI inflation rises to 3.48% in April on food price gains

Marjorie Taylor Greene targeted President Donald Trump while speaking out about inflation and the Iran war on Tuesday after the U.S. released new Consumer Price Index data.

U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.

Official figures released on Tuesday showed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 3.8% in the 12 months to April, up from 3.3% in March.

Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called consumer core prices rose 0.4% last month from March and 2.8% from April 2025, relatively modest readings that suggest the energy price burst isn’t spilling over much yet into other prices.