‘Middle class is buckling’

“Polarizing” former Vice President Dick Cheney “mourned at Washington funeral,” the Detroit Free Press says on Friday’s front page. Is Cheney’s “politically telling” funeral also “a farewell to the old Grand Old Party?” USA Today says. “White House defends Trump calling female reporter ‘piggy,’” The Washington Post says. “U.S. Coast Guard under fire for policy change” that “classifies Nazi swastikas, nooses as only ‘politically divisive,’” says The Minnesota Star Tribune. “CDC now reflects RFK Jr. on autism” and “no longer says vaccines aren’t to blame,” The Boston Globe says.

“Sons of Commerce chief cash in as he pushes AI,” The New York Times says. “Jobs report for September shows a few bright spots,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says. “Delayed jobs report is strong,” but “middle class is buckling under financial strain from inflation,” The Wall Street Journal says. “Fast food struggles with a loss of low-income patrons,” says the Los Angeles Times.

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