Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump heads to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania today for an event about the U.S. economy. NPR's Tamara Keith reports this focus comes as Trump faces polls showing voters blaming him for high prices.
Trump has spent very little time during his second term traveling around the country to sell voters on his policies. Now with his approval ratings at a low point and administration officials asking voters for patience, Trump heads to a resort in his swing district in Pennsylvania to talk about the economy.
He's called affordability a Democratic con job and a hoax, but yesterday at the White House dialed it back a little.
We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices.
The most recent numbers show the inflation rate in September was the same as it was during former President Biden's last month in office.
Tamara Keith, NPR News. Meanwhile, the Labor Department's out with its newest numbers on job openings, and they were largely unchanged in the month of October, showing employers posted 7.67 million vacancies. More than 20 Democratic-led states say they will not give the Trump administration the personal data of people on SNAP food assistance.
The government has threatened to yank funding from states that do not comply. NPR's Jude Jaffe-Block has details.
The states pointed out a federal judge already issued a preliminary injunction in October which blocks USDA from withholding funding from states that don't share the data. USDA has asked for items such as SNAP recipients' names, home addresses, birthdates, social security numbers, income information, and immigration status.
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Chapter 2: What event is President Trump attending in Pennsylvania?
They suggested sharing de-identified data instead and asked USDA to answer a number of questions, including whether it can confirm state SNAP data won't be used for immigration enforcement. Jude Jaffeblock, NPR News.
Voters in Miami are going to the polls today in a runoff election for mayor that's getting a lot of attention nearly a year after President Trump's return to the White House. NPR's Jal Snyder has the latest.
The race for the Miami mayor's office is officially nonpartisan, but President Trump brought national attention to it when he endorsed former city manager Emilio Gonzalez. The campaign has attracted big names from both sides of the aisle. Miami has not elected a Democratic mayor in nearly three decades.
The party, however, is looking to former County Commissioner Eileen Higgins to help add momentum heading into next year's midterm elections.
That's NPR's Jal Snyder reporting. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 111 points. This is NPR News. Grammy-winning artist Raul Malo, the charismatic voice behind the Mavericks, has died after battling cancer. He was 60 years old.
A tribute on the group's Instagram account says his spirited performance has garnered a massive and loyal following, which was on full display in 2022 during the Mavericks' performance in this NPR Tiny Desk concert. Raul Malos being remembered today as a powerful songwriter and musician earning multiple Grammy, ACM and CMA awards.
As the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony approaches tomorrow, supporters hope the winner will appear in person to receive it. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been living in hiding but has vowed to do her utmost to make it to Oslo on Wednesday. Here's Julia Garnero.
Maria Corina Machado's mother has been praying the rosary every day, asking for her daughter to make it to Oslo. Other members of Machado's family are in Oslo, too. And the top brass of South America's right wing are coming. Presidents Javier Millet from Argentina, Daniel Noboa of Ecuador, and Santiago Peña of Paraguay.
But Venezuela's attorney general said she would be considered a fugitive if she left Venezuela, where the regime accuses her of conspiracy and inciting terrorism. Machado is the main challenger of Nicolás Maduro's lengthy rule in Venezuela and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro. It's NPR News.
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