Bloomberg
Electricity prices jumped 6.1% last month compared to a year earlier
Consumer price index rose 3.8% last month compared to a year earlier
NBC
Inflation surged to 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly three
years
The pace of wage gains has been slowing over the past two years.
Administration flailing after discontinuing Iran Nuclear deal initiated by the Obama Administration. The president says he’s not thinking about Americans’ finances ‘even a little bit’ in Iran talks the presidentsaid the “only thing” that matters is Iran “can’t have a nuclear weapon.”
There is validity to Iran not having a nuclear weapon. However, with the Obama Administration Nuclear deal there was no nuclear weapon in Iran. So what has the current Administration done to encourage Iran to want nuclear weapons again?
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