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Inflation is falling. Why aren’t people noticing?

Washington Post Although inflation has slowly cooled from last summer’s highs, price pressures continue to feel like an uphill battle for consumers, politicians and policymakers alike. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/12/inflation-cpi-still-high/

Drop the Climate and Focus on Your Day Job, Please

Wall Street Journal The Fed wants to be an expert on climate change when it barely understands inflation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-climate-change-studies-inflation-health-care-carbon-activists-be622269

US introduces additional sanctions against the Russian Federation targeting financial facilitators and Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation

Pravda Ukraine The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a new set of sanctions related to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, adding 80 entities and individuals across the world to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7397588/

Why Not Hold Our Leaders to a Higher Standard?

Wall Street Journal ‘We have met the enemy and he is us.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-hush-money-leaders-election-9c460bed

Can the City Be Fixed When So Many Have Fled?

Wall Street Journal Most of the people left don’t even turn out to vote. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-mayor-election-big-city-flee-suburbs-voting-7d74bd89

Democratic US Sen. Tammy Baldwin announces bid for third term in battleground Wisconsin

Fox News Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who spearheaded legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages last year, announced on Wednesday that she is seeking a third term in battleground Wisconsin. Baldwin, 60, said in a statement that she intends to continue fighting for the working class and families struggling with inflation, as well as…

US imposes sanctions on over 100 targets in action over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Jerusalem Post The sanctions, imposed by the US Treasury and State departments, apply to more than 120 entities and individuals across over 20 countries. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739048

Diplomacy and dialogue way out of regional, global challenges: Iran FM

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iran’s foreign minister tells his Japanese counterpart that Tehran views diplomacy and negotiation as the solution to current regional and global challenges. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/12/701419/Iran-fm-diplomacy-way-out-of-regional-global-challenges

Spain to send six Leopard 2A4s to Ukraine in coming days, four more to be repaired

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7159691/

US sanctions Turkey-based entities it says helped Russia’s war

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739047