 said inflation at the consumer level was better than expected, helping calm worries about a potential spiral where expectations for high inflation could drive U.S. consumers toward behavior that would push inflation even higher. That, in turn, could give the Fed Reserve more of the evidence of slowing inflation it says it needs to begin cutting its main interest rate, which is at its highest level in more than two decades. President Joe Biden calling for the political climate to be toned down after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The very latest coming up right here on America's First News.