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President Trump traveled to Las Vegas today to tout his economic policies ahead of the midterm elections.
“As NPR's Danielle Kurtzley been reports, the president is largely holding to his standard”
messaging as his approval rating continues to slide. Trump emphasized his no tax on tips policy, which allows a worker to deduct up to $25,000 in tips on their income taxes. That was passed last year as a part of the spending package known as the one big beautiful bill.
He also talked about the price of oil, which has been elevated since the start of the war in Iran, but has fallen from its peak in the spring. Trump acknowledged, however, that it could rise again. We may have to send it up again. We may have to, you know, what happens when we send it up, but we hope we don't have to.
But when that oil and gasoline go down, everything else follows. Amid the higher prices, President Trump's approval rating has slid, and is currently just
below 40 percent, according to multiple polling aggregators.
Danielle Kurtzley been NPR news.
“In Spokane, Washington, wildfire evacuees are getting weary of living in hotels, or in”
the evacuation center. Horses, cattle, dogs, and cats have all had to evacuate, too. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King reports. Horses often talk to each other when they're upset or confused. Many animals have been evacuated to Spokane's fairgrounds.
Bubbles, the part draft horse, has been a bit off his feed and water. He's not used to being stalled. Lou Hill of Spokane said it was scary to have phone numbers written across Bubbles' coat in case he became lost. You can feel that they're scared, too, and they know something's coming, and so they
have just as much urgency to be safe. The people are stressed, too, but many say working with the livestock, cleaning stalls, and filming water buckets, helps.
“For NPR News, I'm Anna King in Spokane, Washington.”
Scientists say they have found a new clue as to how COVID-19 may cause long COVID, and PR's Rob Stein has the story. The researchers studied more than 1100 patients who were hospitalized for COVID at 20 hospitals around the country, and a paper published in the journal Nature, the team led by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that infection with the coronavirus that causes
COVID can apparently reactivate other viruses that had been dormant in their bodies. That includes a family of common viruses that may be associated with long COVID. The researchers hope the advance will lead to new ways to treat long COVID, which affects millions of Americans. The Senate has confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, ending a nearly year-long vacancy. The last permanent director was fired over vaccine policies. It's NPR News.
The State Department says it's providing $242 million in funding for Ebola response.
The outbreak continues to rage in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 1,751 people have died. NPR's Fatmatenus reports. The disease has been spreading quickly in the DRC and is officially the second largest Ebola outbreak on record.
The new funding brings the total U.S. contribution to Ebola response to $512 million. The State Department says those funds are supporting health screenings, isolation facilities, and the procurement of medical supplies in high-risk areas. This comes as the Trump administration has been slowly increasing the amount of foreign assistance funding after dismantling U.S.A.D. and cutting billions in funds last year.
Global health experts say the administration's cuts may have contributed to the delayed detection of this Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, as funding shortages likely weakened local health systems, fatmatenus and PR News.
Disney saw a solid third-quarter and topped earning estimates thanks to a $1 billion box
office haul from Toy Story 5 and the draw of its U.S. theme parks that helped offset continued weakness from international tourism. Disney also announced a global short-form content sharing deal with TikTok today that will bring Disney-focused fan-created content from TikTok to the Disney-plus app. Disney cautioned earlier this year that its theme parks division would likely see only
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