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The Obama Foundation is looking for 100 unpaid volunteers to work alongside the former president’s highly paid cronies at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago when it opens in June. Officials are pitching the no-paycheck gigs as rooted in former President Barack Obama’s legacy of civic engagement. The recruitment campaign comes after Fox …
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being sued by JPMorgan Chase over an unpaid MileagePlus United credit card balance of $11,078.01 pic.twitter.com/AvcKEtO38q — Frank Calabrese (@FrankCalabrese) January 13, 2026 Former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was sued at the end of last year after allegedly failing to pay more than $11,000 in credit card bills, records …
Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million in back taxes after the Justice Department sued him over unpaid funds from more than 15 years ago. The suit, filed Monday in the Southern District of West Virginia, said Justice and his wife had been contacted by the Treasury Department and were …
#US flights may face delays/cancellations amid shutdown-driven #ATC shortages — reports pic.twitter.com/qkV53YBZJ6#FAA says nearly 50% of major facilities are understaffed; controllers working without pay, ABC News reported. Transportation Secretary #Sean_Duffy: “We will… — ⚡️🌎 World News 🌐⚡️ (@ferozwala) November 4, 2025 🚨⚡️BREAKING AND UNUSUAL U.S. Secretary of Transportation: We may completely shut down the airspace …
The shutdown has started to feel like a slow disintegration. Not a fight in Congress, but a chain reaction. The kind that begins with paperwork and ends in hunger. Inside the Department of Agriculture, someone finally wrote what everyone else had been avoiding. “Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will …
The government could be shut down until Thanksgiving. Millions of federal workers aren’t getting paid. 2,000,000 directly affected. 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 more indirectly, including contractors and suppliers. Every day this continues, the economy loses $5 billion to $7 billion. That money just stops moving. Families can’t pay bills, small businesses can’t get contracts fulfilled, restaurants …
John Comiskey has exposed yet another glaring example of FHA’s “partial claim” loophole in action. A California property owner with a $913,000 FHA-backed loan is collecting rent while skipping mortgage payments—knowing the FHA will step in to cover the bill. The pattern is clear. The borrower made one payment before stopping altogether. After 10 months, …
Landlord vows never to rent again after years of court battles and unpaid rent. 🚨 Ontario landlord trapped in nightmare: $25K lost, tenant boasts ‘"We’ll be in court for years." 🔷 $25,000 in unpaid rent, landlord forced to sell RRSPs to cover mortgage. 🔷 4 years of tenant issues, 3 eviction hearings, all appealed. 🔷 …
Netflix employees LOSING benefits, Village Roadshow can’t pay their bills, and a set construction company goes OUT OF BUSINESS!
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are flooding into U.S. hospitals for treatment and leaving billions in uncompensated health care costs in their wake. The House Committee on Homeland Security recently released a report illustrating that from the estimated $451 billion in annual costs stemming from the U.S. border crisis, a significant portion is going …
When banks and companies extend $1 trillion in credit card debt and struggle to collect, it has far-reaching consequences. It leads to substantial financial losses, impacting profitability and lending capacity. Shareholders and investors witness a decline in the value of their stocks or company shares, affecting market value as seen with $C, $GS, and $BAC. …