U.S. mortgage interest rates reach 6.25%, highest level since October 2008

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Inside Tom Cruise’s Shocking Transformation: ‘His Face Is Collapsing and Sagging’
Tom Cruise has been looking noticeably different lately — and sources say he’s desperate for more nip/tucks to shore up his falling face. “Tom’s had all these surgeries and other beauty rituals that have taken a toll on his looks to the point where his face is collapsing and sagging in weird places,” an insider...
Salon
"Shaking his head": Trump "in disbelief" as lawyer admits he went out of his way to bash witnesses
"Trump shot around and glared at his own lawyer in disbelief, his mouth hanging open," ABC News reports
The New Republic
Hope Hicks Drops Major Bomb on Trump’s Main Hush-Money Defense
The key witness wrecked Trump’s main defense just minutes into her testimony.
Reuters
Bodies found in Mexico where Australian, US tourists missing, sources say
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities have located three bodies in the state of Baja California where one American and two Australian tourists were reported missing, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation. Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, and American Carter Rhoad, 30, were last seen on April 27, according to Baja California prosecutor's office. Earlier, prosecutors had referred to the American as Jack Carter Rhoad.
HuffPost
Donald Trump Appears To Reveal His Plan If He Loses Election To Joe Biden
The former president made the chilling remark about the 2024 election to a Wisconsin newspaper.
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I Asked 4 Chefs What Their Favorite Fast Food Cheeseburger Was and Their Pick Was Unanimous
Have you tried it?
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Laura Ingraham Not Pleased After CNN Airs Michael Cohen's Crude Nickname For Trump
The Fox News host was unimpressed after Jake Tapper told viewers about the moniker, which entered the court record Thursday.
The Cool Down
State Farm announces major insurance policy change affecting tens of thousands of households: 'This decision was not made lightly'
With more insurance companies pulling out of the market or limiting coverage recently, some homeowners may have no other option.
HuffPost
CNN Legal Analyst Says 4 Words From Trial Are ‘Ominous’ For Donald Trump
A text message saw “the normal hush of the courtroom” suddenly “punctuated by the audible clattering" of journalists' keyboards, noted Norm Eisen.
HuffPost
Fox Reporter Corrects Trump To His Face Over Evidence-Free 'Biden Trial' Claim
The Wisconsin political reporter challenged the former president, who has repeatedly made the false claim about his hush money trial.
HuffPost
Ex-Aide Hits Trump With A Harsh Truth About His Family And The Trial
Sarah Matthews "really wouldn't imagine" one person in particular coming to court as she explained why the former president is in a "bad mood" and "lashing out at aides."
Salon
"Weirdest moment": Experts call out Trump lawyers' "planted evidence" defense over damning recording
The Trump team's latest defense tactic is "the last refuge of a scoundrel," says ex-prosecutor Andrew Weissmann
Salon
Trump slurs words and struggles to gain crowd enthusiasm in Midwest rallies
On a day off from his criminal trial, Trump decried Biden's “infrastrucker, ershure para,” in a bout of confusion
Reuters
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel U.S. forces. The military officers ruling the West African nation have told the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington's fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more. A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Russian forces were not mingling with U.S. troops but were using a separate hangar at Airbase 101, which is next to Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger's capital.
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John Leguizamo Says Patrick Swayze Was 'Difficult' To Work With: 'He Couldn't Keep Up'
The actors starred alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1995 comedy-drama "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" — and nearly got into a fistfight on-set.
WFTV
Allegiant Air to begin service from Orlando International Airport to these 3 cities
Allegiant currently offers service out of Orlando-Sanford International Airport (SFB) in Sanford.
The Hill
Greene fires back after Fox News columnist calls her an ‘idiot’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a shot at Fox News after a columnist for the outlet called her “an idiot” who is trying to “wreck the GOP.” “Fox News called me an idiot. That was literally their headline. They called me an idiot,” Greene said during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s podcast this week.…
Associated Press
The unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber
Elissa Slotkin had less than half an hour to reckon with a retirement announcement that would reshape Michigan’s political landscape. The state's senior senator and the third-ranking Democrat in the chamber, Debbie Stabenow, was about to reveal that she would retire in 2024. Rep. Slotkin, a Democratic congresswoman from Holly, soon met with her team to mobilize for a run at a U.S. Senate seat that Democrats had not expected would be hard to defend in the narrowly divided chamber.
HuffPost
Judge Calls Out Trump For Making False Claims About Gag Order
Trump may be trying to wriggle his way out of testifying, which he'd previously pledged to do.
Associated Press
Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. Sanders signed an executive order stating that Arkansas schools will continue to enforce restrictions on which bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use, laws that could be invalidated by the new regulations on how to enforce Title IX.

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