Inflation likely slowed hiring, but not by much; Uvalde survivors file a lawsuit; Biden's student loan relief on ice

Plus, Ye is suspended from Twitter again.

View this email online by Suzanne Nuyen The Senate passed a bill forcing rail unions to accept a labor deal, averting a strike that would have had major economic consequences. Biden could sign the bill as soon as today. Here's what we're following: 🥇 First up   Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images The Labor Department's monthly job report comes out today, and it's likely to show that overall demand for workers is easing up, thanks to rising interest rates. Hiring may have slowed last month, but not by much. 🎧 Listen to what this means for inflation. Parents, teachers, staff and students who survived the Uvalde shooting have filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against the city, the school district, multiple law enforcement agencies and individual officers over "the indelible and forever-lasting trauma" caused that day.  President Biden's student loan relief program is on ice until the Supreme Court hears arguments about the program in February. A coalition of Republican-led states challenging the program argue that the Department of Education does not have the right to cancel loans, and is using the pandemic as a "pretext" to do so. 🎧 Listen to how this affects borrowers. The U.S. is enduring its worst poultry health disaster, with some 52.7 million birds dead. Unlike other recent bird flu outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer — and it's still going strong. Newsletter continues after sponsor message 📷 Picture show   Andrew Harnik/AP Foreign and domestic government officials and A-list stars joined President Biden last night for his first state dinner as commander in chief, in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron. Take a look at some of the stars in attendance, or 🎧 listen to a recap of the glitz and glamour. 🎥 Weekend picks   NETFLIX Check out what our critics are watching, reading, playing and listening to this weekend: Movies: Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans is a deeply moving, semi-autobiographical film about a Jewish American boy who dreams of making movies.  TV: Netflix's Wednesday breaks the beloved Addams Family character out of her home and into the gloomy, goth-y Nevermore Academy while she's swept up in a murder investigation. Books: Put these six coffee table books on your Christmas list for the friends and loved ones who love reading and interior design. Music: Weyes Blood's fifth album, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, is an ecosystem of intimacy, with the power to redeem and to destroy. Games: Despite retreading familiar game mechanics in the survival horror genre, The Callisto Protocol offers a meaningful update to what made Dead Space such a revered classic. 🛑 Before you go   Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Balenciaga Ye has been suspended from Twitter again. Hours before the suspension, the rapper made an appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' show, where he doubled down on a series of antisemitic comments he's made in recent months. U.S. men's soccer team star Christian Pulisic says he's taking his pelvic injury day-by-day, but is "doing everything in my power to be able to be out there on the field Saturday." Two far-right operatives who told tens of thousands of people not to vote by mail in a robocall scheme will now have to spend 500 hours registering people to vote, thanks to a legal sentence from an Ohio judge. LastPass, a major password manager, says it has suffered its second breach in three months by the same unauthorized party. Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WBEZ (edit station). Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy