Month: June 2023

The ABC’s political editor Andrew Probyn has been sacked and said he was “very surprised” when the national broadcaster told them they no longer needed a political editor for TV news. Probyn is the most high-profile journalist yet to be targeted in a 120-job ax before a major restructuring of the corporation begins on July 1. A total of 41 papers have been dropped at ABC News. “I’m pretty blown away,” he said after being summoned to a meeting on Thursday and told his job was no longer to present political reports for ABC News and online from the press…

Under accusation and enraged, former President Donald J. Trump — with the help of Republican allies, social media supporters and Fox News — is lashing out at his successor in hopes of undermining the charges against him. “A corrupt sitting president!” Mr Trump erupted on Tuesday night after he was arrested and pleaded not guilty in Miami. “The Biden administration has turned us into a banana republic,” one of his longtime advisers wrote in a fundraising email. “Wanted dictator,” read a chyron on Fox News, accusing Mr. Biden of arresting his political rival. The allegations against Mr. Biden are being…

CNN — A Republican-led effort to impeach Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff has failed in a key House vote. The House voted Wednesday on a motion to table — or kill — the resolution, a motion brought by House Democrats. Enough Republicans crossed the aisle in support of the effort to block censorship. The vote was 225 to 196, with 20 Republicans voting with Democrats to table the resolution. The resolution of censure, sponsored by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, broadly criticizes Schiff, focusing on his role in the investigations of the former president. The freshman Republican said after…

Melbourne, Australia – Aung Myo Min, the human rights minister of Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG), has urged the world to hold the military accountable for possible war crimes since she took power more than two years ago . Visiting Australia, where he met with advocacy groups and NGOs, and spoke at universities, the minister also sought to win support for the civilian government’s movement to topple the military regime. Since the military removed Myanmar’s democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) party from government in February 2021, the ethnically diverse country has been torn apart by numerous civil…

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily summary explaining the evolution of the media landscape here. CNN — The White House is disgusted with Fox News, even more so than usual. Over the past 24 hours, the right-wing talk network has attacked President Joe Biden and his administration with indecent attack lines, hitting the Democratic White House with smears that are even minimal for a channel that hosts a dangerous and incendiary rhetoric. First, Fox News outrageously labeled Biden a “wannabe dictator” in an on-screen banner Tuesday night…

The Federal Reserve is stopping at the increase in ratesmarking the first break after 15 months of consecutive increases, a change that could offer a touch of relief for consumers struggling with more expensive mortgages, credit cards and other loans after 10 consecutive rate hikes. The difference in borrowing costs since March 2022, when the Fed began raising rates in an effort to suppress inflation, is stark. At the start of 2022, the rate on a 30-year conventional mortgage was about 3.2%, now it’s 6.8%, meaning the monthly mortgage payment on a typical $300,000 home now it costs 50% more….

COMMUNITY STREET SAFETY MARCH ON MCGUINNESS BLVD GREENPOINT — Street safety advocates and other local groups were set to hold a rally on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint Thursday in support of a DOT-planned safety redesign for the busy street. along with local elected officials including Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, Councilman Lincoln Restler and State Senator Kristen Gonzalez. The redesign plan, which would eliminate two of the street’s four lanes to make way for bike lanes and pedestrian islands, took two years to develop and was unveiled in May; some residents of the area, however, have campaigned against the changes, one that…

Breaking News Update 7:37 am 6/12/23: Bixby police say a homicide investigation is underway after a woman was found dead Sunday evening. Police say it all started after family members called police about a car with a passenger they believed was in danger. Police say officers were dispatched to the scene where they later found a woman dead inside. Authorities say a man wanted in connection with an overnight homicide is in custody after a pursuit ended in a crash Monday in Pryor. Police say 34-year-old Travis Glenn Ballard was arrested after authorities allegedly led him on a chase before…