2024-10-23
13 分钟On today’s show: Washington Post reporter Abha Bhattarai on how rising housing costs are weighing heavily on the most-sought-after voters. What we’re learning about Trump’s relationship with Putin from Bob Woodward’s latest book. PBS NewsHour spoke to the veteran journalist. Reporter Robin Buller writes for The Guardian about why mass-shooting survivors are turning to an unlikely place for justice: U.S. copyright law. Plus, in northern Gaza, medical staff say patients are trapped, and they’re running out of food and supplies. ABC News has more. The Wall Street Journal looks at how Republicans are eating into Democrats’ early-voting advantage. CNN reports on yesterday’s ruling that Rudy Giuliani must give control of his valuable luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed. And The Ringer has a list of increasingly bold predictions for the new NBA season.
Good morning.
It's Wednesday, October 23rd.
I'm Chmita Basu.
This is Apple News today.
On today's show, new revelations about Trump's relationship with Putin.
Republicans chip away at Democrats early voting lead and mass shooting.
Survivors turn to an unusual legal strategy for justice.
But first to an issue that a lot of Americans care about and could play a big role in this year's election.
The cost of housing.
People are all of a sudden being hit with this affordability crisis where their rents are going up 20, 30%, home prices are going up, and with that, property taxes and insurance costs, and it's really putting a strain on a lot of people's budgets.
Abba Badarai is an economics correspondent at the Washington Post.
She told us rising prices and low housing supply have put the dream of home ownership out of reach for many Americans.
And a Post analysis found some of the people feeling the impact the most are in swing states like North Carolina, where Batarai spoke to dozens of voters from Wilmington, a coastal city in a pretty swingy county.
It was really fascinating.
Every single person I Talked to about 40 to 50 people, just, you know, of all walks of life.
And every single person said housing costs were like, you know, top three priorities.
It was cost of living.
But when you sort of drill down, housing costs made up a huge chunk of their monthly budgets, and that was a big concern.
In Wilmington, home prices have climbed 65% since 2019, close to 20% higher than the national average, according to data compiled by Zillow.
Counties in other battleground states like Georgia and Arizona have seen similar trends, Badarai explained there are a few factors at play here.