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What did the latest Labor Department report reveal about July inflation?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. Inflation cooled a bit last month as gas and grocery prices fell. NPR Scott Horsley reports on the latest cost of living figures from the Labor Department.
Consumer prices in July were up three point four percent from a year ago. That's a slightly smaller annual increase than the month before. Prices rose just a tenth of a percent between June and July. Rising rents and airfares during the month were partially offset by falling prices for gasoline and groceries. Gasoline prices are still much higher than they were a year ago, electricity prices are also climbing faster than overall inflation. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, core inflation was two and a half percent over the last twelve months. Easing inflation will be welcome news for the Federal Reserve.
How are rising rents and airfares being offset by lower gas and grocery prices?
The central bank has promised to bring price hikes under control. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
The results of the latest round of primary elections are mixed. In Minnesota, Democrats back the more progressive candidate in the US Senate race. Clay Masters from Minnesota Public Radio says immigration has been a key issue there.
The state's Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, she won. Uh the race between her and Congresswoman Angie Craig was really centered uh around President Trump's immigration crackdown this past winter here. That's what you heard a lot from in the ads. There was uh you know, more than three thousand federal agents that aimed at deporting undocumented immigrants uh that came to the state uh last winter ultimately led to the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pratty. Flanagan recently, uh regularly really went after Craig during the primary for a vote she made in Congress backing a GOP backed immigration bill.
Why is the Minnesota Senate primary race focusing on immigration policy?
Uh Craig said she regretted that vote.
Flanagan will face Republican and former sports journalist Michelle Tefoya in November. If elected, Flanagan would be the first Native American woman to serve in the Senate. President Trump took a secret flight out of Turkey last month after Israel warned the US of an Iranian threat against Air Force One. NPR's Daniel Estran reports that according to a person familiar with the matter.
Israel had intelligence of a possible threat of Iranian missiles toward Air Force One and shared that intelligence with the US, according to a person briefed on the matter, not authorized to speak publicly. The warning prompted Trump to be secretly flown out of Turkey on a different plane. Air Force One flew separately. That news was first reported by the Washington Post. When asked about it late Tuesday, Trump said he was following.
What prompted President Trump’s secret flight out of Turkey amid Iranian threats?
Following instructions from the Secret Service. This comes amid rising tensions between the US and Iran. with no progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Daniel Estran, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The death toll from Monday's earthquake in Colombia has risen to more than two hundred fifty people. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Europe is experiencing a rare solar eclipse today. A partial eclipse is visible in the United Kingdom this hour. But there's a shortage of special glasses to view it, as NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from London.
Even the UK's Royal Observatory is sold out of eclipse glasses, citing unprecedented demand.
How can listeners view the rare solar eclipse in the UK and US despite glass shortages?
I work in a toy shop and last night we had people over and over. Have we got any glasses? Have you got any glasses? No
Grace Church is searching for her own pair as well. I'm in a line of a hundred or so people in a tube station in London where a bakery has gotten their hands on some eclipse glasses. They're rationing them two per person.
I've been calling like 40 places this morning and trying to find somewhere that's selling them.
Tiara Jackson is here with her little brother.
And he has autism, so spaces at something that he's really interested in. So hopefully we're gonna find the glasses so we can watch it.
What legal actions is Eli Lilly taking against black‑market sellers of its obesity drug?
Parts of the country will see up to ninety-six percent totality. Here in London it'll be around ninety-one percent if it's not too cloudy.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did the latest Labor Department report reveal about July inflation?
0:00–0:49
2
How are rising rents and airfares being offset by lower gas and grocery prices?
0:49–1:44
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Why is the Minnesota Senate primary race focusing on immigration policy?
1:44–2:36
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What prompted President Trump’s secret flight out of Turkey amid Iranian threats?
2:36–3:20
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How can listeners view the rare solar eclipse in the UK and US despite glass shortages?
3:20–3:55
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What legal actions is Eli Lilly taking against black‑market sellers of its obesity drug?
3:55–5:02