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the Labor Department reported inflation climb to its highest level in more than three years.
“And BR Scott Horsley reports that Dow Jones industrial average slid about 200 points in early”
trading.
Consumer prices in May were up 4.2 percent from a year ago.
That's the biggest annual increase in the spring of 2023. Relations being fueled by a sharp jump in gasoline prices since the U.S. launched its war against Iran disrupting oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Gasoline prices have inched down in recent days, but are still about $1.17 a gallon higher than they were when the war began.
Air fairs have also been climbing. His airlines contend with sharply higher fuel prices. Stubborn inflation makes it less likely the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates anytime soon. Fed policy makers hold their first rate-setting meeting under New Chairman Kevin
Worsh next week. Scott Horsley and Pyrenees Washington. Four states held primaries yesterday, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, Man South Carolina, but
“in California there are some late calls from last week's primary.”
The Associated Press is called the second and last candidate in California's gubernatorial
race. Republican Steve Hilton will face Democrat Javier Basera in the general election. Dave Wasserman is with the nonpartisan cook political report. This is a very favorable year for Democrats because President Trump's approval rating according to our tracker is just south of 40%.
And so his approval particularly among Hispanic voters, white voters without a college degrees. We've seen a big drop off in his support from where he was in 2024. Therefore, California is just not in play, especially for a Republican who's endorsed by the President.
He spoke to NPR's morning edition. Opening statements are set for today in a federal criminal trial in Los Angeles, a suspect is accused of starting last year's deadly palisades fire that killed 12 people. Steve Futterman reports.
“"Jouriz Worsh elected yesterday to day they will listen to each side present its case.”
The prosecution will accuse 29-year-old Jonathan Rinder conneged of intentionally setting a fire just past midnight on January 1 that ultimately became the Palisades fire. The original fire was smoldered underground for a week before resurfacing as the Palisades and Fernou. The defense claims the original fire was not arson, but rather the result of New Year's
Eve fireworks. Defense Attorney Steve Haney." There's no direct evidence that Jonathan started that fire on January 1. The trial is expected to take two to three weeks if convicted Rinder conneged faces anywhere between five to forty-five years in prison.
For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles." A separate, deadly fire broke out in the LA area at the same time last year, the eaten fire killed 19 people. It's NPR. President Trump wrote online this morning, Iran is taken too long to negotiate a deal
and quote now they will have to pay the price. The U.S. fired on some Iranian targets this week after the President said Monday, Iran down to U.S. military helicopter, Iran fired on U.S. bases today in Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan. In northern Ireland, people have been forced to flee after their homes were set on fire.
There were anti-immigration riots last night. Protests erupted across the capital, Belfast, after graphic footage of a stabbing attack was shared online. Belfast police say a Sudanese man has since been charged with attempted murder. MPR's Futterman Al-Kasab reports from London.
One video shows a young boy in his parents being led out of their home by firefighters as houses and cars burn around them. A bus was also set on fire and footage shows masked men setting garbage cans a light. Politicians had called for calm after a video of a stabbing attack in Belfast, circulated on social media.
Northern Ireland's first Minister Michelle O'Neill said that groups of masked men were burning families out of their homes and called it outright thuggery. And she warned that there were dangerous attempts to exploit the stabbing attack. The violence erupted hours after right wing commentators from England and the United States, including billionaire and ex-owner Elon Musk, had posted about the Belfast knife attack and
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