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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced last week a package of $45.9 million to fully fund programs for “newcomers” for 2024 and avoid worst-case scenarios projected by the city. That’s in addition to $44 million in spending already secured for the program through previous budget moves. Spending on migrants in the city skyrocketed last year from …
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm is launching a $79 million advertising plan that’s aimed at holding onto the majority this fall — alongside spending by a key party super PAC and individual candidates — according to details first shared with POLITICO. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s spending blueprint includes TV, radio and digital advertising in nine …
A Washington, D.C., judge rejected Rudy Giuliani’s request to overturn the nearly $146 million defamation penalties that he owes to two former Georgia election workers over his claims following the 2020 presidential election. Giuliani, who after his time as mayor served as a personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, was ordered by a jury …
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City will move to end its contract with a medical services company hired to house and care for a recent influx of international migrants, following scrutiny over the firm’s costly deal with the city and the quality of its humanitarian services. Mayor Eric Adams’ office on Tuesday said the …
At the same time that French President Emmanuel Macron is threatening to send troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia, his country is fueling the Russian war effort by purchasing €600 million worth of natural gas from Moscow in the first three months of 2024. According to new data, France is quietly paying more and …
President Biden used campaign donations to help pay his legal bills last year during the special counsel’s probe into his handling of classified documents, according to two people familiar with the matter and an Axios review of campaign finance records. Why it matters: The payments, made through the Democratic National Committee, are at odds with the Biden campaign’s recent attacks …
ARAB, Ala. (WAFF) – Law enforcement is on high alert for car thieves after two North Alabama dealerships were burglarized in one week. Employees with North Country Ford in Arab confirmed eight cars were stolen this week totaling $1.2 million. “When you start doing the mathematics of how much money it’s costing to replace, not …
By Martin Armstrong I have already criticized the March jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The mainstream media is cheering the 303,000 position boost as proof that the American economy is on the right path. I noted in an earlier blog post that the number of part-time workers rose by 691,000 while the …
The Vanguard Cash Plus Account is a cash management account that features a bank sweep insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) and offers a competitive yield on your short-term savings. You can use the bank sweep as a low-risk place to keep cash for your immediate needs as well as for emergencies. You also …
Last December, wholesale retailer Costco announced that they had sold over $100 million worth of gold in Q3 2023. Now, Wells Fargo estimates that Costco “may now be running at” $100 million to $200 million per month in gold sales. “Our work suggests there has been significant interest given COST’s aggressive pricing and high level …
Hogg Wild: Filings Show Left-Wing Gen-Z PAC Blew More than $1M on Travel Expenses, Consultants, Spent Little on Candidates Gun control activist David Hogg is living high on the hog thanks to the many donors cutting checks to his political action committee (PAC), Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show. Grift for his deep state daddy and …
New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million in a class action lawsuit led by two Muslim women who say their religious rights were violated when police forced them to remove their hijabs for mugshots after they were arrested. The preliminary financial settlement, which still needs to be approved by a district court judge, …
The Powerball® jackpot has been won in Oregon! A single ticket sold in Oregon matched all six numbers drawn to win a jackpot worth $1.326 billion. The jackpot has a cash value of $621 million. The winning numbers were white balls 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and red Powerball 9. The Power Play® multiplier was …
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent company of Google, is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. The company’s business encompasses a wide array of products and services, including search, advertising, operating systems and platforms, enterprise, and hardware products.According to a recent SEC filing, the insider, CEO Sundar Pichai, sold …
Boeing BA -0.08% CEO Dave Calhoun took home $32.8 million in pay for 2023, up 45% compared with the $22.5 million earned in 2022. Last year was a good one for the company, but 2024 hasn’t started out as well. Boeing filed its annual proxy statement on Friday evening, including a summary of compensation for …
Building a $155 million solar farm with hundreds of solar panels in hail alley in southeastern Wyoming might seem a crazy idea for some. Not Paul Stroud, a director of Cowboy Energy LLC, who sits in safely removed from the worst of the hail in Sheridan in the northern part of Wyoming. Stroud cited a …
New York Attorney General Letitia James is questioning whether the surety company covering former President Donald Trump’s $175 million bond is capable of fulfilling its obligation. On April 1, Trump posted a $175 million bond to prevent James from seizing assets after an appeals court ruled the former president could post the bond amount to cover a …
LOS ANGELES — Thieves stole as much $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history, police said Wednesday. The burglary occurred Sunday night at an unnamed facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley where cash from businesses across …
In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced rate cuts, Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks president, commented: “Yesterday, the Biden administration continued their attacks on the private sector option for seniors on Medicare, Medicare Advantage. This is the second cut in two years. This latest round of cuts will cost seniors an extra $33 per …
Former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $65.6 million in March and ended the month with $93.1 million in cash on hand, according to figures provided to POLITICO. Trump’s allies hope the amount will ease concerns about his fundraising and the cash deficit he is facing against President Joe Biden. The figure …
🚨 The American Healthcare System Is Being Overwhelmed By Illegal Migrants “Hospitals in sanctuary cities right now, New York City, Denver, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, tell us that they’re at risk of collapsing financially due to the overwhelming number of illegal migrants… pic.twitter.com/bir38w2FgH — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 3, 2024 https://twitter.com/raymo_g/status/1730252756496064681
The bond, reduced from the $464 million judgment that was originally due March 25, prevents the seizure of Trump’s assets while the case is under appeal. Former President Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case, preventing seizure of his assets while the case is under appeal. A …
WARNING: Disturbing images Mar 29, 2024 The UN says more than 1,500 Haitians have been killed so far this year in a situation it calls “cataclysmic.” For nearly a month, the country has been engulfed in another wave of brutal gang violence. Nick Schifrin reports, and a warning, images in this story are disturbing. h/t …
LMAO, Katt Williams Should Do A Show Please 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/KrcYVP00up — Mofoluwasho (@FlushyBuzzz) April 1, 2024 👀 Did Katt Williams Predict the Raid on Diddy Back in January? Are More Raids Coming? "All of these big d**k deviants is all catching hell in 2024. It's up for all of them. It don't matter if you …
Diddy’s $40M Los Angeles house has grotto, underwater tunnel and more: Reports https://t.co/wDy1CNbT5a — Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 28, 2024 The Miami Herald reported that federal agents had confiscated electronic devices at Combs’ home and detained his associates while conducting the raid. In a separate raid in Florida, one of Diddy’s associates, Brendon Paul, who is …
ULAANBATAR, 27 March 2024 – Mongolia’s extreme winter conditions, or Dzud, shows no sign of abating and the country, which is at the frontlines of the global climate crisis, is paying for it dearly having lost 5.2 million livestock[1], or about 8 % of its total livestock, said Save the Children. Many children in the worst affected …
Trump bond reduced to $175 million in NY fraud case, per Reuters — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 25, 2024 TRUMP CAN PAY REDUCED BOND AS HE APPEALS $454M NY FINE TRUMP BOND REDUCED TO $175M IN NY FRAUD CASE — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) March 25, 2024 A New York appeals court paused for 10 days a massive …
The classic “American Dream” — marriage, two kids, homes, healthcare, cars and education — is now an estimated $3,455,305 over the course of a lifetime, according to a new study from Investopedia. The key element of the study is that anyone can rise from “rags to riches,” enjoying upward mobility and becoming financially successful, according …
by confoundedinterest17 Its Pork Barrell Chuck Schumer and Gaslight Joe Biden! Always ready to lie (gaslight) and spend trillions that we don’t have. A new $1.2 trillion government spending package Congress is trying to ram through faces significant headwinds in the House, where members are expected to vote on it later this morning. The 1,012-page bill was …
Warsaw’s mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, and Poland’s defence minister, Władyszław Kosiniuk-Kamysz, have announced a 117 million zloty (€27 million) programme to improve the capital’s emergency preparedness, including a better system of shelters. Warsaw’s plans are part of a wide programme recently announced by the defence ministry to expand security cooperation with local authorities. It comes after …