May 5, 2024
Finance

Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier this month, released a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired

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Finance

Trump’s Truth Social stock soars in first day of trading

Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social (DJT) surged more than 50% in its first day of trading on the Nasdaq Tuesday morning. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, were trading above $75 under the ticker symbol “DJT,” Trump’s initials, just after the market open. The company merged with special

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Property

Attorney general files judgment; liens on Donald Trump properties

As Donald Trump eyes a Monday deadline to post an appeal bond in his civil fraud case, Attorney General of New York Letitia James has registered the judgment with the Westchester County clerk, setting up the framework for James to seize Trump properties in Westchester if she decides to do so. Two of Trump’s iconic

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Funds

FBI headquarters funding draws sharp backlash from conservatives

Hard-line conservatives are fuming over a bipartisan government funding deal that includes dollars for construction of a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The proposal was inside the sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding package congressional leaders rolled out on early Thursday, as Congress works to avert a shutdown this weekend.  The bill would put $200

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Loans

Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda. The U.S Energy Department agreed on

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Finance

This week in Bidenomics: The TikTok head fake

If you want to see Joe Biden having fun, check out his presidential campaign’s TikTok account. The account’s avatar is “Dark Brandon,” Biden as a superhero mockup with laser-beam eyes. In short videos, Biden and his surrogates troll Donald Trump using images that make the former president look overweight, sweaty, and pallid. Other clips show

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Mortgage

Mortgage rates may be a bellwether for 2024 presidential election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance on her pay covered her

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Crypto

Poll: Crypto-owning voters lean towards Trump as their next president

Published 1 minute earlier on Voters who own crypto are leaning toward voting for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to a poll conducted by investment firm Paradigm released on Thursday.  The poll found that 48 percent of crypto owners plan to vote for Trump, and 39 percent of crypto owners plan to vote

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Funds

Koch network halts Nikki Haley funding after South Carolina loss

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley reacts while speaking about her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, who is currently deployed with the South Carolina National Guard, during a campaign stop at the Clemson University at Greenville ONE building ahead of the Republican presidential primary election in Greenville, South Carolina,

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Property

New York AG says she’ll seize Donald Trump’s property if he can’t pay $454 million civil fraud debt

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump could be at risk of losing some of his prized properties if he can’t pay his staggering New York civil fraud penalty. With interest, he owes the state nearly $454 million — and the amount is going up $87,502 each day until he pays. New York Attorney General Letitia

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