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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
How are Democrats losing working‑class voters according to the new report?
If Democrats want to win elections with a broad coalition of voters, a new report suggests a need to focus on the economy. NPR's Tamara Keith reports on a divide between the party's college-educated liberal base and the working-class voters it needs to win over.
The report, called the Left's Coalition Crisis, says Democrats are losing support from working class voters because they focus on a whole lot of issues that aren't top priorities for those voters. Joan Williams, a law professor from San Francisco, is co-author of the report.
What solutions do report authors recommend to center working‑class economics?
The first thing that Democrats who care about cultural issues have to do, and I realize this is counterintuitive, is center working class economics. And not only prices, but also wages and economic opportunities.
The report finds that many issues perform better when framed through the lens of working class values. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
Stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady at around 3.6%. All of the major U.S. stock indexes closed down more than 1.5%.
How did markets react to the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady?
Speaking after the Fed's policy meeting, Chairman Kevin Warsh was optimistic about the economy.
Even with recent shocks, the trends are positive and reveal solid growth. Job gains have kept pace with the workforce, and the unemployment rate has changed little. INFLATION REMAINS ELEVATED RELATIVE TO THE COMMITTEE'S 2% GOAL.
MICROSOFT REPORTED SOLID EARNINGS IN THE LATEST QUARTER WITH REVENUE AND EARNINGS PER SHARE BOTH BEATING EXPECTATIONS, AS NPR'S JOHN RUICH REPORTS.
MICROSOFT'S REVENUE GREW 18% AND ITS PROFIT ROSE 32% IN THE QUARTER. THAT WAS DRIVEN IN PART BY STRONG DEMAND FOR ITS CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES. REVENUE FROM AZURE, ITS PUBLIC CLOUD PLATFORM, SURPASSED $100 BILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED IN JUNE. Microsoft says demand for its cloud services exceeds its ability to serve it. As with most other big players in tech, Microsoft signaled that its spending on artificial intelligence is growing, and the company says it expects that spending to keep growing in the coming 12 months. Microsoft is a financial supporter of NPR. The company's shares rose sharply after the earnings news, but they're still down nearly 20 percent this year so far, with investors anxious about soaring AI spending.
What did Microsoft report about earnings, cloud growth, and AI spending?
John Rewich, NPR News.
A committee vote on Tom Blanche's nomination to become President Trump's attorney general has been delayed. The Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to vote Thursday to advance Blanche's nomination, but two key committee Republicans, John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina, say they will not support Blanche without additional clarity about the controversial settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. The settlement included a so-called anti-weaponization fund. This is NPR News.
Why was the vote on Tom Blanche's attorney general nomination delayed?
Authorities in Seattle offering more details about Sunday's shootout at a food festival near the Space Needle. In court documents filed Wednesday, police said bullets recovered from two bystanders who were killed. Do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing. The King County Prosecutor's Office says that teenager is facing charges of first-degree assault with a firearm enhancement as well as unlawful possession of a handgun by someone under age 18. Officials say shell casings found at the scene indicate four separate weapons were fired during the shootout. The USDA announced Wednesday it will allocate $25 million for a second sterile fly dispersal facility in the U.S.
What are the latest details on the Seattle shootout and the USDA's screwworm response?
to help combat cases of the new world screwworm parasite. From member station KJZZ, Nina Kravinsky has more from Hermosillo, Mexico.
The USDA announced the facility in the Arizona border town of Douglas, around 1,000 miles from the existing facility in Texas. The Arizona facility will disperse sterile New World screwworm flies, which mate with normal screwworm flies, to dwindle the population. a method USDA says is the most effective for eradicating the flesh-eating parasite.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
How are Democrats losing working‑class voters according to the new report?
0:04–0:35
3
What solutions do report authors recommend to center working‑class economics?
0:35–1:11
4
How did markets react to the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady?
1:11–2:25
5
What did Microsoft report about earnings, cloud growth, and AI spending?
2:25–3:00
6
Why was the vote on Tom Blanche's attorney general nomination delayed?
3:00–3:45
7
What are the latest details on the Seattle shootout and the USDA's screwworm response?
3:45–5:03