Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 2, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing. A New York appellate court had given the former president 10 days to put up the money after a panel of judges agreed last month to slash the amount needed to stop the clock on enforcement. The bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant...

Leading DeSantis supporters in Florida quickly shift to Trump as governor ends presidential bid

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 22, 2024. Posted in Election, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, National News, National Politics, News, Politics, Ron DeSantis.

Outspoken Florida supporters of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ failed presidential campaign mourned his decision, announced Sunday, to drop out. Many quickly endorsed former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. “I’m proud of the work that he did,” said state Rep. Chip LaMarca, the only Republican elected official in a partisan office in Broward County. “As he said, there’s not necessarily a path forward for him, so I think he’s doing the right thing.” “To be honest, I’m disappointed,” said Joe Budd, the elected Republican state committeeman from Palm Beach County. Both were outspoken...

Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 16, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By Nicholas Riccardi and Brian Slodysko, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party’s ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on immigration policy. Iowa Republicans were a clear reflection of that on Monday night, delivering the former president an emphatic victory. They channeled his anger, and his view that basically everything President Joe Biden has done has been a “disaster.” About...

US military strikes another Houthi-controlled site after warning ships to avoid parts of Red Sea

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 13, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, World News.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military early Saturday struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that it had determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk, two U.S. officials said. Associated Press journalists in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, heard one loud explosion. The first day of strikes Friday hit 28 locations and struck more than 60 targets. However, the U.S. determined the additional location, a radar site, still presented a threat to maritime traffic, one official said. The officials spoke anonymously to the AP to discuss an operation that hadn’t yet been publicly announced. President...

Unsealing of documents related to decades of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls concludes

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 10, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

NEW YORK (AP) — A final round of legal documents released Tuesday in a court case related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls was made up of testimony transcripts that were already largely public and dealt with allegations about misconduct by several rich and influential men whose names have been known for a decade or more. The unsealed files included a 2016 deposition of Virginia Giuffre, a woman who said Epstein sexually abused her and arranged for her to have sexual encounters with men including Britain’s Prince Andrew starting when she was 17. It also included a transcript...

‘King of the NRA’: Civil trial scrutinizes lavish spending by gun rights group’s longtime leader

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 9, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office told jurors Monday. Wayne LaPierre’s methods as the NRA’s executive vice president and chief executive officer allowed him to operate the powerful gun rights organization “as Wayne’s World for decades,” Assistant Attorney General Monica Connell argued in an opening statement in a civil...

At least 19 hurt in Manhattan subway collision

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 5, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

Evan Simko-Bednarski | New York Daily News NEW YORK — At least 19 people were hurt Thursday when a No. 1 train leaving the W. 96th St. and Broadway subway station jumped the track after an apparent collision with an MTA work train, said transit sources and the Fire Department. An FDNY spokesman told the New York Daily News that injuries were still being tallied, but none appeared life threatening. Service was suspended along the bulk of the No. 1, 2 and 3 lines in Manhattan as a result during the evening rush hour. The incident happened shortly after 3 p.m., with the crew of the uptown-bound...

Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 4, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK, REBECCA BOONE and DAVID B. CARUSO (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating the documents would include a list of rich and powerful men who were Epstein’s “clients” or “co-conspirators.” There was no such list. The initial collection of around 40 documents made public largely contained...

Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republican Party

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 28, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state’s supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the nation’s highest court over the meaning of a 155-year-old constitutional provision that bans from office those who “engaged in insurrection.” The first impact of the appeal is to extend the stay of the 4-3 ruling from Colorado’s highest court, which put its decision on pause until Jan. 4, the day before the state’s primary ballots are...

Prosecutors oppose Sen. Bob Menendez’s effort to delay May bribery trial until July

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 27, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, News.

By LARRY NEUMEISTER (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged a judge to reject U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay his bribery trial scheduled for next spring by two months, until July. Prosecutors argued against the postponement a week after defense lawyers offered multiple reasons why they say a trial of the Democrat and codefendants, including his wife, should be delayed. The senator gave up his position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after his September arrest. Prosecutors said the original May 6 trial date was appropriate and drew...

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