Americans were promised cheaper energy. Instead, they're getting higher bills — just as a brutal winter tightens its grip.Natural gas prices are surging at a historic pace, utilities are approving rate hikes, and households are bracing for higher heating and electric costs nationwide. The spike comes despite President Donald Trump‘s pledge on the campaign trail to cut U.S. energy prices in half — a reminder that energy markets often respond less to political promises than to weather, infrastructure limits a ...