In the news today: Experts warn that Trump’s economic plans could make inflation worse; conservative politicians question whether some immigrants should have the right to public education; and voters with disabilities are feeling ignored. Also, an annual pumpkin-weighing contest has its 2,471-pound winner. |
Donald Trump at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Monday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump’s economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say
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Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.” It’s a message tailored for Americans who are still exasperated by the jump in consumer prices that began 3 1/2 years ago. Yet most mainstream economists say Trump’s policy proposals wouldn’t vanquish inflation. Instead, they’d make it worse. Read more.
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Experts warn that Trump’s plans to impose huge tariffs on imported goods, deport millions of migrant workers and demand a voice in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policies would likely send prices surging.
Sixteen Nobel Prize-winning economists signed a letter in June expressing fear that Trump’s proposals would “reignite’’ inflation, which has plummeted since peaking at 9.1% in 2022 and is nearly back to the Fed’s 2% target. Last month, the Peterson Institute for International Economics predicted that Trump’s policies would drive consumer prices sharply higher two years into his second term.
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Many economists aren’t thrilled with Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic agenda, either. They dismiss, for example, her proposal to combat price gouging as an ineffective tool against high grocery prices. But they don’t regard her policies as particularly inflationary.
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US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change
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Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee are questioning whether immigrants without legal residency should have the right to a public education, raising the possibility of challenges to another landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision. Read more. |
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For decades, children of families living in the country illegally have had the right to attend public school based on a 1982 Supreme Court decision known as Plyler v. Doe. In a 5-4 vote, justices held it is unconstitutional to deny children an education based on their immigration status.
Growing attempts to undermine Plyler v. Doe should be taken seriously, immigration experts say, pointing to the conservative-dominated Supreme Court’s readiness to overturn longstanding legal precedents, like abortion rights and affirmative action.
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Earlier this year, the conservative Heritage Foundation urged states to pass legislation requiring public schools to charge tuition to families living in the country illegally. Doing so, it said in a policy brief, would provoke a lawsuit that likely would “lead the Supreme Court to reconsider its ill-considered Plyler v. Doe decision.” Several school districts have pushed back, saying they will not check students’ immigration status.
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Voters with disabilities are feeling ignored by presidential candidates
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The disabled voting bloc is growing as the U.S. population ages, with a reported 7.1 million disabled voters in battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But voters and advocates say the hurdles that make people feel excluded from the electoral process aren’t being addressed. Read more.
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A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. Add those who cohabitate with people who have a disability, and you’re looking at close to one-third of the voting population for an election in which healthcare is among the key campaign issues.
Advocates have complained about a range of issues from inaccessible campaign materials, to former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris seldomly mentioning how issues like COVID-19 impact the disability community, as well as Trump making a statement at a rally last month that advocacy groups considered discriminatory.
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The Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) |
A pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins a California contest
A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. His massive gourds have won the top prize four years in a row.
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