Today, Maggie Jones explores the overlooked topic of geriatric sex. * President Biden is suffering in the polls as high inflation saps confidence in the economy, even as growth comes in strong. * Prices in the United States are rising rapidly, wages are growing and consumers are glum as a fraught economic moment poses big challenges for policymakers. Guest: Ben Casselman, an economic and business reporter for The New York Times. While disruption caused by the pandemic is a key cause of higher prices - a situation that predates the Biden administration - a question remains: How much have the Democrats’ own policies contributed to the problem? In December, prices were up 7 percent from the previous year - the fastest rise in 40 years.Īmericans feel terrible about the economy, imperiling the Democratic Party’s chances of holding on to power in Washington in this year’s midterm elections. Inflation in the United States has been getting worse. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Trump’s outside advisers to create a legal basis for national security agencies to help reverse his defeat in 2020, and it will investigate his involvement in those proposals.įor more information on today’s episode, visit /thedaily. 6 committee will look into efforts by Mr. Trump was more directly involved than previously known in plans developed by outside advisers to use national security agencies to seek evidence of fraud. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter. Schmidt, a Washington correspondent covering national security and federal investigations for The New York Times. Trump do, and will this revelation tip the scales of the congressional effort to hold him legally accountable? Trump considered using the levers of the federal government to seize voting machines in swing states. The Times has uncovered that in the weeks after Joseph R. Trump willing to go in using the apparatus of the federal government to stay in power? One of the biggest questions, however, has been how far was Mr. Trump and his allies took to try to keep him in power and overturn the 2020 election. 6, 2021, a clearer picture has emerged of the steps that President Donald J. Both candidates ran saying they opposed teaching critical race theory in schools.Since the storming of the Capitol on Jan. Melissa Bedford beat Daryl Geffken with almost 57 percent of the vote.īuilding maintenance engineer Jake Dawson beat alt-right troll and former radio host David Reilly for a spot on the school board.ĭawson, who opposes mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates for schools, won 53 percent of the vote. Riley Smith beat Kata Dean with almost 54 percent of the vote. The two conservative-leaning candidates for Spokane school board, both of whom raised concerns about critical race theory in schools, appear to have been defeated. But there were 6,180 write-in votes, while Orebaugh had 7,471. It won't immediately be clear how many of the write-in votes were for unlisted opponent Stan Chalich, who taught in Central Valley for 49 years. Orebaugh's printed opponent, Rob Linebarger, dropped out to support her efforts. Pam Orebaugh, a Washington State University nurse educator who ran in part due to her concerns about critical race theory, appeared likely to win the race that had the most write-in votes this election. Lentz ran saying he wanted to "tax the s- out of Californians so growth pays for itself" and supporting local businesses over major corporations. Hammond is the former mayor of Post Falls, previously worked as Coeur d'Alene's city administrator, and was a state senator.Īlfieri, meanwhile, is a former businessman who opened New York City's first retail computer store and later worked in advertising and graphic design, moving to Idaho from California in 2013. Jim Hammond (5,627 votes) beat Joe Alfieri (4,975 votes) and Michael Lentz (593 votes) to become Coeur d'Alene mayor. She ran, in part, on a platform of "no new taxes!" Padden works in web and app development for the Community Colleges of Spokane, and is married to Republican state Sen. Thompson, who often votes with other center-leaning council members, works as executive director of the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council.