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Issues  |  Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press  • 
August 12, 2025

US inflation unchanged last month, though core prices accelerated

Consumer prices rose 2.7% in July from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, the same as the previous month and up from a post-pandemic low of 2.3% in April.
Issues  |  Annie Ma, Associated Press ,  Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press  • 
August 8, 2025

Trump orders colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions

President Trump signed a memorandum requiring colleges to prove they do not consider race in admissions. This follows a Supreme Court ruling in 2023 against affirmative action.