Midwest small town’s Pride festival attracts thousands who reject far-right local politics

Organizers estimate 4,000 people turned out for the first-ever Pride festival in a small Michigan city to enjoy the celebration’s drag show, dance party and vendor-filled streets.
Agribusiness giant Cargill not doing enough to fight deforestation, protect human rights, group says

A coalition of activist groups and researchers has released a report it hopes will increase pressure on agribusiness giant Cargill to do more to fight deforestation and human rights abuse.
Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors

The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold.
Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol with members of white nationalist movement

A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to 14 days of imprisonment for storming the U.S. Capitol along with associates described by authorities as fellow followers of a white nationalist movement.
Bud light loses spot as top selling beer in U.S.

Bud light is no longer the top-selling beer in the United States.
What you should know as the Fed nears the peak of its rate-hiking cycle

The Federal Reserve’s likely decision Wednesday afternoon to leave interest rates alone for the first time in 11 meetings will raise hopes that it may be nearing the end of its rate-hiking campaign to cool inflation.
Democrats and Republicans share core values but still distrust each other

A survey finds Americans on the right and the left overwhelmingly agree on several core values but only a minority of each group believes the other side shares them.
Federal Reserve is likely to skip a rate hike at pivotal meeting Wednesday yet signal more to come

The Federal Reserve, having raised interest rates at the fastest pace in four decades, is poised Wednesday to leave rates alone for the first time in 15 months to allow time to gauge the impact of its aggressive drive to tame inflation.
Trump’s historic federal arraignment was virtually invisible to the public

Former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on federal charges in Miami was historic.
Trump supporters pray over him at Versailles in Miami’s Little Havana, sing him ‘Happy Birthday’

After leaving the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in downtown Miami, former President Donald Trump stopped at the Versailles Restaurant on Tuesday afternoon in Miami’s Little Havana.
