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of voters, a new report suggests a need to focus on the economy.

It appears to hammer key 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 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.

The first thing that Democrats who care about culture 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, tamer key and PR news. Stocksville wins day 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 one-and-a-half

per cent, speaking after the Fed's policy meeting, Chairman Kevin Wars was optimistic about

the economy. Even with recent shocks, the trends are positive and reveal solid growth. Obgains have kept pace with the workforce, and the unemployment rate has changed little. Inflation remains elevated relative to the committee's 2% goal. Mike Russoll reported solid earnings in the latest quarter with revenue and earnings per

share of both beating expectations as impures John Ruach reports. Mike Russoll'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. Mike Russoll says demand for its cloud services exceeds its ability to serve it. As with most other big players in tech, Mike Russoll signaled that it's spending on artificial intelligence is growing, and the company says it expects that spending to keep growing in the coming 12 months, Mike Russoll is a financial supporter of NPR.

The company shares rose sharply after the earnings news, but they're still down nearly 20% this year so far with investors anxious about soaring AI spending. John Ruach NPR News Committee vote on top, Blanche's nomination to become president Trump's attorney general has been delayed the Senate to dishear he committee.

Had been scheduled to vote Thursday to advance Blanche's nomination, but two key committee

Republicans, John Cornet 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.

Authorities in Seattle offering more details about Sunday shootout at a food festival near the Space Needle in court documents filed Wednesday police said bullets recovered from two bystandards 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 Prosecutors 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. to help come back cases of the new world screw were in parasite. From a member station KJCZ, Nina Kravinsky has more from Irmeseo, 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 meet with normal

screwworm flies to dwindle the population. A method USDA says is the most effective for eradicating the flashing parasite. The border has been closed to livestock from Mexico for over a year to protect against the spread of the parasite. But it's set to reopen next month starting in Douglas, Arizona.

Either Arizona, North, Southern, neighbor, Sonora have confirmed any cases of new world screwworm as both Mexico and the U.S. work to fight their own outbreaks. For NPR News, I'm Nina Kravinsky, an Irmeseo, Mexico. This week on Wayway, Don't Tell me we talked to Tyler James Williams, star of Abbott Elementary about the special connection he has with real teachers.

"If there's a teacher within 100 yards of me, I'm gonna know." "I'm gonna know, they're either going to tell me, or I'll see it in there." Don't miss our full conversation and the rest of our games, listen to the Wayway, don't

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