Today’s edition of quick hits.
* Good news on inflation is still hard to find: “The producer price index, a measure of wholesale and pipeline cost pressures, rose 0.4% in August. Though that was in line with forecasts, it followed an upwardly revised 0.1% increase in July, together pushing the annual PPI level to 5.4%, slightly higher than forecast.”
* The First Circuit makes the obvious call: “A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements before November’s congressional elections, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a similar request.”
* A case worth watching: “The city of Denver and a coalition of civil rights groups sued the Trump administration to block the deployment of federal immigration officers at polling places during the midterm elections.”
* If this reporting is accurate, it’s an important development: “Iran has resumed its production of ballistic missiles using stockpiled components and working in underground facilities, officials from the U.S. and Middle East familiar with the matter said, eroding what the U.S. and Israel have touted as a major achievement of the war.”
* In related news: “Top White House advisers have raised privately with President Trump the prospect that the Iran war could drag on through the remainder of his term, U.S. officials said, a message at odds with Trump’s public assurances of a swift victory.”
* An intensifying climate emergency: “August was the joint-hottest month on record globally, official EU data finds, highlighting the worsening effects of global warming. Average temperatures worldwide temporarily soared to 1.65 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels last month, according to Copernicus, the Earth observation unit of the EU’s space program.”
* The tensions between ABC and the FCC are ongoing: “The White House on Thursday accused ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel of ‘play-acting’ after the late-night host announced his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico would not air because of what he described as threats from the Trump administration.”
* Chloe Dillon’s allegations warrant attention: “A former immigration judge filed a first-of-its-kind whistleblower complaint against the Justice Department on Thursday, alleging that she was fired two days after she reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “had unlawfully detained an unaccompanied minor who had just been in her courtroom,” according to a complaint filed in federal court Thursday.”
See you tomorrow.
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