U.S. inflation rose to 3 percent in January, prompting the Federal Reserve to consider extending a pause on interest rate cuts as the Consumer Price Index increased unexpectedly from a year earlier. Core C.P.I., which excludes food and energy prices, also rose 0.4 percent from December. Despite progress in battling high prices, uncertainties surrounding the economy under President Trump’s second term have led to a potential clash with the Fed over rate cuts, with officials emphasizing the need for substantive progress in inflation before making any policy changes.
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Secret gay wedding photos from 1950s preserved in museum, search continues to find owners
In the 1950s, societal acceptance of being gay was virtually nonexistent, yet a collection of wedding photos from that era reveals a hidden history of love and celebration within the LGBTQ+ community. Documentarian P.J. Palmer discovered these photos at an archive in California and has spent three years attempting to identify the couples, whose identities remain a mystery after their film was never returned from a Philadelphia drugstore. Despite the challenge, Palmer aims to connect...
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