Trump’s failed energy bill pledge leaves US households struggling: ‘It’s obscene’

A year after then candidate Trump promised to cut energy bills in half, rising costs are pushing many Americans' household budgets to the brink

• How Trump's promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US

Before she sat down to speak with the Guardian, Zattura Sims-El leaned over to plug a table lamp into the wall.

I keep everything in this house unplugged when I'm not using it, because I heard that as long as it's plugged into the wall, it's costing you," she said. The only things I don't unplug are my stove, my dishwasher, my refrigerator and my washing machine."