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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…

BOSTON: Two faces dissected for $600. Human brains for $200. “Head #7” for $1,000. A former Harvard Medical School morgue director, his wife and a Peabody business owner are among several people accused of trafficking stolen body parts from the school’s morgue that were intended for use by researchers in a grotesque multi-state scheme, with part of the body. pieces sold through Facebook and PayPal and sent through US Postal Service mail, court documents allege. Cedric Lodge, 55, and his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, both of Goffstown, New Hampshire, and Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, who own Kat’s Creepy Creations…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges of amassing classified documents and then conspiring to obstruct an investigation into them, Republicans in Congress turned their backs on him. Spokesman Kevin McCarthy launched a fundraising email denouncing the “witch hunt” against the former president and asking donors to sign up and “stand with Trump.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell shied away from criticizing the former president or assuring that the national judiciary will be impartial, refusing to take questions about the unprecedented indictment. And at a public meeting in the basement of the Capitol, Rep….

CNN — President Joe Biden and his team are in the middle of a conversation with other NATO members about how and when Ukraine can join, a debate that could expose tensions in the alliance ahead of a key summit. The question of Ukraine’s membership in NATO is one of the issues the leaders will address when they meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius in mid-July. Also under discussion are new defense spending commitments and a successor to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who plans to leave his post in the fall. However, it is the question of Ukraine’s membership that…

While city voters traditionally skew Democratic in national elections, this is not true for local elections, and the mayoralty appears as nonpartisan on the ballot. No one has been elected to the White House, or even received a major party nomination, directly from the mayor’s office, although Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, with a population of about 100,000, he came closer than most in the 2020 Democratic primary, winning Iowa and coming in second in New Hampshire, but slipped and fell before Super Tuesday. Miami, with a population of approximately 450,000, gives Mr. Suarez a considerably bigger starting point….