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On today's podcast:

(1) Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida’s west coast near Tampa with tree-snapping winds and heavy rain, pushing a wall of water onshore and putting lives at risk in the densely populated region.

(2) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is unlikely to win another big interest-rate cut from his policy committee so long as the labor market holds up.

(3) President Joe Biden has warned Israel against attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, and US officials worry a strike on its energy infrastructure could roil energy markets. But with Israeli retaliation against Iran expected at any time, the US is finding it has few assurances against further escalation.

 
(4) Keir Starmer’s new UK government unveils a package of new workers’ rights on Thursday, one of the Labour Party’s key promises in its election-winning manifesto that seeks to balance competing demands of trade unions and business leaders he’s been courting for the past four years.

(5) Conservative Members of Parliament knocked former Home Secretary James Cleverly out of the race to be the UK opposition’s next leader in a shock result that leaves two right wingers, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, to battle it out.

(6) Craig Billings’ biggest wager as chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts is starting to pay off. The company is developing its newest outpost in the United Arab Emirates even though the government still hasn’t technically legalized gambling.