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inflation

NY Times

Stubborn Inflation Could Prod Fed to Keep Rates High for Longer

Hopes for substantial cuts in interest rates are fading as inflation shows more staying power than expected.

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NY Times

Stubborn Inflation Could Prod Fed to Keep Rates High for Longer

NY Times

With Inflation This High, Nobody Knows What a Dollar Is Worth

Strong reactions to rising prices and misunderstandings about the value of money are rampant, our columnist says.

6 hours ago

NY Times

With Inflation This High, Nobody Knows What a Dollar Is Worth

ABC

Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden's re-election bid

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ABC

Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

ABC

Walmart US CEO talks inflation, self-checkout, and non-college degree workers

Walmart US CEO talks inflation, self-checkout, and paying six-figures to non-college degree workers.

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ABC

Walmart US CEO talks inflation, self-checkout, and non-college degree workers

NBC

Key Fed inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago, more than expected

Inflation showed little signs of letting up in March, with a key barometer the Federal Reserve watches closely showing that price pressures remain elevated.

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NBC

Key Fed inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago, more than expected

NY Times

Xi and Blinken Trade Small Nods Over a Large Gap

The U.S. secretary of state and the Chinese leader struck conciliatory notes in Beijing. But there was no budging on, or hiding, their governments’ core differences.

3 hours ago

Xi and Blinken Trade Small Nods Over a Large Gap

NY Times

Blinken meets Xi, and Supreme Court Considers Presidential Immunity

Plus, Haiti gets a new government.

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Blinken meets Xi, and Supreme Court Considers Presidential Immunity

npr

Campus protests over Gaza could affect graduation; Steve Inkseep interviews Blinken

Hundreds of students have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at colleges nationwide. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Antony Blinken in an exclusive interview about U.S.-China relations.

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Campus protests over Gaza could affect graduation; Steve Inkseep interviews Blinken

ABC

High school athletic director used AI to create fake racist rant of principal: Police

A Baltimore high school athletic director was arrested after he allegedly used artificial intelligence to create a hoax centered on the school's principal, police said.

16 hours ago

High school athletic director used AI to create fake racist rant of principal: Police

ABC

Philippine police kill militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities

Philippine forces have killed an Abu Sayyaf militant who had been implicated in past beheadings including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese

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Philippine police kill militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities

npr

Alabama woman who says police assaulted her after calling 911 files federal lawsuit

Twyla Stallworth, a woman from Andalusia, Ala., filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department and Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

6 hours ago

Alabama woman who says police assaulted her after calling 911 files federal lawsuit

NY Times

Columbia’s University Senate Is Said to Consider Less Severe Action Against Its President

Worried about the repercussions of a censure vote, the group may offer a watered-down proposal.

4 hours ago

Columbia’s University Senate Is Said to Consider Less Severe Action Against Its President

NBC

Severe spring storms put 21 million under threat of possible tornadoes and hail

Severe spring storms will bring heavy rain and thunder to the Plains into the Mississippi Valley this weekend — including possible powerful tornadoes, large hail and flooding.

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Severe spring storms put 21 million under threat of possible tornadoes and hail