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close Video Biden claiming 'zero inflation' is more misinformation and disinformation: Bartiromo FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo joined 'America's Newsroom' to push back on the White House messaging on the month-to-month inflation slowdown. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden got a boost in his national approval rating Tuesday, after a week of Democrats passing major legislation . The Reuters/Ipsos survey reported that 40% of Americans approve of the job that Biden is doing as president. While Biden's national rating still remains low, it is up from a May poll that found he had a 36% approval among American voters. Democrats made headway passing major legislation into law this week, as they gear up for the 2022 midterm elections where they are fighting to protect slim majorities in the House and Senate. The Manchin-Schumer Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 passed the Senate on a party-line vote Sunday, … [Read more...] about Biden approval hits two-month high after week of wins for Democrats

Denver broke a record-high temperature for the date today when it hit 98 degrees, according to the National Weather Service . The previous record-high temperature, 97 degrees, for Aug. 11 was set in 2020, the weather service said. The heat will continue on Friday in Denver with a forecast high temperature of 96 degrees. High temperatures — mid 90s — in the metro area will remain in the forecast through the weekend, with a bit of a cool down expected on Monday when the high temp will top out at about 87 degrees in Denver. Denver airport has reached 98F, which sets a new daily record high. #COwx pic.twitter.com/ybi7rVsJS8 — NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) August 11, 2022 … [Read more...] about Denver breaks a record-high temperature hitting 98 degrees

(CNN) Despite rising mortgage rates that dampened sales, home prices continued to climb higher in the second quarter, with many more cities seeing double-digit price gains than in the first part of the year. The median single-family existing home price in the second quarter was $413,500 -- the first time this quarterly price has ever risen above $400,000, according to the latest quarterly report from the National Association of Realtors. Home prices for the quarter were up 14.2% from a year ago, slightly slower than the 15.4% year-over-year price increase experienced in the first quarter. A majority, 80%, of US metro areas saw double-digit home price increases last quarter, or 148 out of 185. That's up from 70% of cities in the first quarter. "Home prices have increased at a pace that far exceeds wage gains, especially for low- and middle-income workers," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. Read More Together with rising mortgage … [Read more...] about Home prices hit a new record high in the second quarter

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 14 BEIRUT (AP) — A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings so that he could pay his father's medical bills ended seven hours later with the man's surrender Thursday. No injuries were reported. Authorities said Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, a 42-year-old food-delivery driver, entered the bank with a shotgun and a canister of gasoline, fired three warning shots and locked himself in with up to 10 hostages, threatening to set himself on fire unless he was allowed to take out his money. After hours of negotiations, he accepted an offer from the bank to receive part of his savings, according to local media and a depositors group that took part in the talks. He then released his hostages, and police whisked him away as he walked out of the bank. He did not actually … [Read more...] about Hostage standoff at Beirut bank ends with gunman’s arrest

After a brief dip below 5% for the first time in four months, the 30-year fixed rate shot above that level this week. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average jumped to 5.22% with an average 0.7 point. (A point is a fee paid to a lender equal to 1% of the loan amount. It is in addition to the interest rate.) It was 4.99% a week ago and 2.87% a year ago. Freddie Mac, the federally chartered mortgage investor, aggregates rates from about 80 lenders across the country to come up with weekly national averages. The survey is based on home purchase mortgages. Rates for refinances may be different. It uses rates for high-quality borrowers with strong credit scores and large down payments. Because of the criteria, these rates are not available to every borrower. The 15-year fixed-rate average climbed to 4.59% with an average 0.7 point. It was 4.26% a week ago and 2.15% a year ago. The five-year adjustable-rate average rose to … [Read more...] about Mortgage rates bounce back on strong employment and inflation data

ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded a full accounting of how a Georgia woman fell from a moving patrol car after her arrest, saying at her funeral Thursday that he would seek a Justice Department review of her case if the family didn't get answers. Brianna Grier, 28, suffered significant injuries on July 15 and died July 21 at an Atlanta hospital. Authorities had been called to her home in Sparta, Georgia, as she experienced a mental health crisis, a family attorney has said. Sparta is about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta. Sharpton, noting reports Grier was having what he called a “mental health episode,” said the issue was not what she was thinking, but what police were thinking. “She may have had an episode. What were they having that they had not secured who they arrested in the back of the cruiser,” he asked at the funeral service for Grier in Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said deputies who put Grier in the back of a patrol car to … [Read more...] about Sharpton puts spotlight on Georgia woman’s patrol car fall