In the day's other headlines, new economic data out today showed inflation easing to start the year.

Prices rose just 2.4% last month compared to a year ago.

It is a welcome sign for consumers, even as prices remain stubbornly high.

As anyone who's gone grocery shopping or filled up their gas tank knows, inflation surged as the COVID pandemic took hold.

It peaked near 10% before a steady decline to where we are today near a five-year low.

Speaking to troops today at Fort Bragg, President Trump celebrated today's data.

We just had fantastic reports on inflation, way down.

Costs of products, way down.

We inherited a mess, total mess, and now it's really coming along.

In fact, inflation still remains above the Federal Reserve's 2% target rate, and consumers remain frustrated by high prices.

But economists say today's better than expected numbers are likely to boost the chances of rate cuts moving forward.

The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, saying it refused to provide admissions records

that officials have demanded. A lawsuit filed today alleges that Harvard, quote, thwarted

the Justice Department's efforts to investigate potential discrimination related to affirmative

action at the school. Harvard insists that it is in compliance with the law. This is just the

latest legal battle between the two, with Harvard saying today that it will, quote, continue

to defend itself against these retaliatory actions by the Trump administration. In Minneapolis,

federal authorities are investigating whether two ICE agents lied under oath about an

incident in which one of them shot a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg. Ice acting director Todd

Lyons announced the joint probe with the Justice Department after video evidence revealed

what Lyons called untruthful statements in their testimony,

the shooting in mid-January kicked off hours of tense protests in the city

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