
Americans haven't felt this bad about the economy in a decade
CNN
Surging prices, a labor shortage and a gummed-up supply chain are making Americans uneasy.
The consumer sentiment index fell to a decade low over the past month, according to the University of Michigan. The culprit: pandemic-era inflation and worry that no policies are in place to rein it in. Consumers had also expected the supply chain crisis and labor shortage crunch to be resolved by now.
The negative sentiment about the challenges to the US economy outweighed many of the positive factors, including surging job growth and growing paychecks.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.

A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration.











