How Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms, and Why Grocery Stores Are Scrambling
7/10/202613 min
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Here’s what we’re covering:
As Consumers Pare Spending, Grocery Stores Race to Cut Prices, by Julie Creswell and Kim Bhasin
The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms, by Karen Yourish, Nick Corasaniti and Charlie Smart
Israel Investigating After Photo of Stripped and Bound Detainee Is Shared, by David M. Halbfinger
Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87, by Richard Goldstein
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:28
[upbeat music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Friday, July 10th. Here's what we're covering.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:39
[laughs] $47 for five cans of vegetables, a roast, and one onion.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:50
Across the country, Americans are feeling the strain at the grocery store.
Nick Corasaniti0:54
I mean, like, this being $46 is kind of crazy.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:58
Rising food prices aren't new, but they've been exacerbated the last few months by higher fuel costs from the war with Iran.
Nick Corasaniti1:05
It's just not it. It's not it, dude.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:08
It's feeding into a situation where prices are going up and how much people buy is going down. Recent polling shows that 61% of Americans say they've had to cut back on what goes in the cart. That's left grocery stores scrambling. Overall, they've had a rough year and a half, with not just higher prices, but also the reduction in