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With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 11, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By DAVID BAUDER More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, leading press freedom groups to question whether law enforcement has been deliberately targeting reporters on the story. Related Articles US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on federal charges from skirmish at New Jersey immigration center Southern Baptists overwhelmingly call for a ban on gay marriage Louisiana lawmakers pass bill targeting out-of-state doctors who prescribe and...

Trump moves to block US entry for foreigners planning to study at Harvard University

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 5, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body. In an executive order signed Wednesday, Trump declared that it would jeopardize national security to allow Harvard to continue hosting foreign students on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “I have determined that the entry of the class of foreign nationals described above is...

Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 5, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that avoids the chaos that unfolded at airports nationwide when a similar measure took effect with virtually no notice in 2017. Trump, who signaled plans for a new ban upon taking office in January, appears to be on firmer ground this time...

Spanish government says housing market is not a ‘free for all’ after recent crackdown on Airbnb

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 4, 2025. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM MADRID (AP) — Spain ‘s government wanted to send a message last month with its crackdown on Airbnb: that the Spanish economy and its housing market are not a “free for all” that value profits over the rule of law, a minister told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Related Articles Fed lifts restrictions placed on Wells Fargo in 2018 because of its fake-accounts scandal Education Department says it will not garnish Social Security of student loan borrowers in default Snack Wrap unwrapped: Here’s why...

Judge grants preliminary injunction to protect collective bargaining agreement for TSA workers

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 3, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted a preliminary injunction to stop Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from killing a collective bargaining agreement for Transportation Safety Administration workers. Related Articles Supreme Court to hear Boca-based prison company’s appeal in suit over immigration detainee wages Judge blocks administration from revoking protected status for small subset of Venezuelans Trump asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for federal downsizing...

NYPD probing detectives who worked security at house where man says he was tortured, AP source says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where a man says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin, a city official said Thursday. Related Articles Wrongful death lawsuit says Big Oil contributed to heat wave and woman’s death US government employee charged with trying to give classified information to a foreign government How to watch tonight’s...

Trump commutes federal life sentence of founding Gangster Disciples kingpin Larry Hoover

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 29, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover’s yearslong quest to win early release under the First Step Act passed during Trump’s first term. The two-page order said Hoover’s sentence was considered served “with no further fines, restitution, probation or other conditions,” and directed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to release him “immediately,” according to a copy of the document provided by Hoover’s legal team. The controversial move — part of a slew of clemency actions announced by...

US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 28, 2025. Posted in Education, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MATTHEW LEE and ANNIE MA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said. A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal administration document. A cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by The...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse turn up calls for reforms from new pope’s American hometown

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 22, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new pope’s American hometown and raised questions about Leo XIV’s history of dealing with accused priests from Chicago to Australia. The Archdiocese of Chicago responded by defending Leo’s record and saying he had “consistently expressed his compassion for survivors of this crime and sin.” The cases span Robert Prevost’s previous posts. They include leading a Catholic religious order, bishop and as head of the Vatican’s office for bishops,...

Justice Dept. investigating former New York Gov. Cuomo over pandemic testimony, AP source says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 21, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Related Articles Venezuela frees US Air Force veteran considered wrongfully detained, his family says Hegseth orders new review of Afghanistan withdrawal and suicide bombing at Kabul...