Inflation in the United States cooled in January, while hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied against the Iranian government in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, February 14, 2026, coinciding with a gathering of world leaders. Additionally, a US federal judge ruled that some Venezuelan deportees can return to the US to fight their cases.
According to the Department of Labor, US inflation eased last month, with the consumer price index rising by 2.4% over the 12 months to January, down from 2.7% the prior month. This marked the slowest pace since May, driven in part by falling prices for energy and used cars, as reported by BBC Business. This development could fuel arguments that the central bank is in a position to cut interest rates.
Simultaneously, approximately 200,000 to 250,000 people demonstrated in Munich, Germany, against the Iranian regime, as world leaders convened at the Munich Security Conference. The protests followed a call by Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for increased international pressure on Tehran, as reported by Sky News and Euronews. Protesters carried pre-1979 Iranian flags and chanted slogans, urging regime change. US President Donald Trump stated that regime change in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen," according to Sky News.
In a separate development, a US federal judge ordered that some Venezuelan deportees, sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration, be allowed to return to the United States to fight their cases. This ruling has been met with hope and vindication, but also fear, by one of the deportees, Luis Muñoz Pinto, who was sent to El Salvador and is quoted in The Guardian as saying, "I’m not over that nightmare yet."
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