April 26, 2024
Funds

School Pandemic Funds Run Out Soon. What Should Come Next? | American Enterprise Institute

On March 13, 2020, then-President Donald Trump declared the nascent COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency. In April 2023, President Biden officially terminated the national emergency. Four years removed from the official onset of COVID-19, schools and students still face a host of pandemic-related symptoms, including stagnating test scores and stubbornly high chronic absenteeism. In other words, the pandemic is over, but the

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Crypto

How Many Cryptocurrencies Does Trump Own?

Donald Trump’s $5.7 Million Crypto Portfolio: How Many Cryptocurrencies Does Trump Own? For decades, former President Donald Trump has made headlines for his business dealings, political undertakings and legal issues, but one less-discussed point is his relationship with cryptocurrency. Trump has amassed a multimillion-dollar crypto portfolio and has sold some of his tokens for a

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Finance

Trump Media stock jumps for second day as company goes to battle with short sellers

Trump Media & Technology Group stock (DJT) jumped over 25% Thursday as the company tried to fend off short sellers amid a volatile trading week. According to an updated FAQ page on the Trump Media website, which is also included in a new securities filing posted Wednesday, the company is advising investors on ways to

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Funds

Trump’s Campaign pours liquid funds into his businesses amid mounting legal woes, experts warn

Donald Trump’s 2024 White House campaign fundraising operation has significantly increased spending at his properties, directing funds into his businesses despite his serious legal issues and financial constraints. Former President Donald Trump directs campaign funds into his own businesses (Reuters) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, Trump’s joint

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Finance

Trump Media stock tanks on move to issue millions of shares

Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) stock continued to fall Tuesday after sinking 18% on news the parent company of Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social had filed to issue more than 21 million shares. The stock slid to close at $26.61 on Monday in an extension of last week’s sell-off and fell over

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Finance

What Trump is signaling with his possible Treasury and Fed picks

Former President Donald Trump already appears to have a good idea of who might be on his economic team if he wins this November. The ongoing semipublic floating of candidates from the former president is new in that it is starting much earlier than in elections past. What’s familiar is that Donald Trump is once

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Loans

Mark Cuban Confronts Fellow Billionaire Knocking Student Debt Forgiveness

Billionaire Mark Cuban confronted fellow billionaire Bill Ackman online on Saturday after he criticized President Joe Biden‘s forgiveness plan for student loan debt. Biden recently canceled student loan debt for a further 277,000 people, bringing the total number of Americans approved for debt relief during his administration to 4.3 million. The latest debt relief applies

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Finance

Jay Powell is trying to avoid the fate of a 1970s predecessor. Biden and Trump are making that harder.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is facing intensifying pressure as hotter-than-expected inflation complicates his coming interest rate decisions. The fact that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump weighed in this past week isn’t making it any easier. The situation has a historical parallel: the acute persuasion and coercion that Powell’s predecessors faced during twin bouts of

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Loans

Biden Administration forgives $7.5B in student loans, criticism ensues | News

For the second time this week, the Biden Administration announced it’s wiping out more student loans. More than a quarter million borrowers will get an email from the White House Friday telling them their debt is canceled, totaling $7.5 billion. But critics say the handout is unfair to those who paid off their loans and

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Finance

Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday, a staggering reported haul as his campaign works to catch up to the fundraising juggernaut of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. The reported haul from the event with major donors at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor

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