🗞️Gas prices up over 20% from last month

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April 10th, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The March CPI report that was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today showed gasoline inflation at 21.2% month‑over‑month, which is the largest monthly increase on record since 1967

• March CPI inflation came in at 3.3% year over year, which was in-line with expectations…Core CPI inflation came in at 2.6% year over year, below the expectations of 2.7%

• President Trump told the New York Post that U.S. warships are being reloaded to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks this weekend in Pakistan fail…read more here

• The U.S. is sending additional jet fighters, attack aircraft, 1,500–2,000 soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, and thousands of sailors and Marines to the Middle East

• Former Vice President Kamala Harris told Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network convention in New York that she “might” run for president in 2028, repeating “I’m thinking about it”

• The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump has told staff he intends to issue mass pardons for his staff before leaving office

• NASA is targeting splashdown of the Artemis II crew at about 8:07 p.m. ET today (5:07 p.m. PT) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, with recovery teams from NASA and the U.S. Navy standing by…read more here

• YouTube Premium is raising all U.S. plan prices starting in June, with the individual plan going from $14 to $16/month and the family plan from $23 to $27/month

• San Francisco police arrested a 20‑year‑old man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home, briefly setting an exterior gate on fire before fleeing, about an hour later, officers detained the same suspect outside OpenAI’s headquarters after he allegedly threatened to burn the building…no injuries were reported in either incident

• Consumer confidence fell to a record low in early April, with the University of Michigan’s sentiment index dropping 10.7% from March to 47.6

• S&P down .11% / Nasdaq up .35% / DOW down .56%

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