Corva Coleman

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President Trump spoke from the White House last night.

He insists the U.S.

is headed for an economic boom.

He blamed all economic problems on former President Joe Biden.

But today's inflation rate is running at about the same pace as it was when Biden left office.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram says Trump's speech comes as Americans are deeply gloomy about the cost of living.

This comes as the government is about to release its delayed report on consumer prices this hour.

Some economists say the rate is stuck around 3%.

A Senate panel grilled the chair of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.

Brendan Carr has launched investigations of media networks that President Trump doesn't like.

NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

Carr also claimed the FCC was not an independent agency, even though that's what the agency's website said yesterday morning.

In a statement, the FCC says the website needed updating to reflect the positions of the agency's new leadership.

Authorities are still searching for the suspect in the Brown University mass shooting last weekend in Rhode Island.

Now they're looking for a second person who was seen near the unidentified man.

From Ocean State Media, Ben Burke explains.

On Wall Street, in pre-market trading, Dow futures are higher.

So are Nasdaq.