Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in court

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 10, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment on drug trafficking charges, a squabble has erupted over who gets to represent the former Venezuelan president in the high-stakes case. Related Articles Heritage Foundation calls for U.S. policy to ‘save and restore the American family’ Supreme Court will take up Cisco’s bid to shut down lawsuit by Falun Gong Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for...

Supreme Court will take up Cisco’s bid to shut down lawsuit by Falun Gong

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 10, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up an appeal from tech giant Cisco seeking to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China. Related Articles Heritage Foundation calls for U.S. policy to ‘save and restore the American family’ Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in court Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5...

Vance calls killing of Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer ‘a tragedy of her own making’

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 9, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed a federal immigration officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,” Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed as protests related to her death expanded to cities across the country. Related Articles After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say FACT FOCUS: Minneapolis shooting prompts...

China to probe Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 9, 2026. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By CHAN HO-HIM HONG KONG (AP) — China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S. Meta announced last week it was buying Manus, which is Singapore-based with Chinese roots, as the California tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram expands its AI offerings across its platforms. It is a rare acquisition by a U.S. tech group of an AI company with Chinese roots, at a time of heightened frictions between Washington and Beijing. On Thursday, China’s Commerce Ministry...

Trump invites Colombian president to White House days after threatening it with military strike

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 8, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he’d even invited the leader of the South American country to the White House. “It was a Great Honor to speak with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had,” Trump posted on his social media site. “I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to meeting him in the near future.” He said that meeting would take place at the...

These numbers tell the story of the Los Angeles wildfires, one year later

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 7, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A year after twin infernos tore across opposite ends of Los Angeles County, the scars are still visible. Thousands of homes were reduced to rubble, with rebuilding slow, and the death toll showed how a wildfire under extreme weather conditions can turn catastrophic. Related Articles CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84 Pamela Smart seeks to overturn conviction for having teenager murder her husband Prediction markets could change sports betting...

US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 3, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social, World News.

By BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived. Search efforts began Tuesday afternoon after the military notified the Coast Guard that survivors were in the water about 400 miles southwest of the border between Mexico and Guatemala, the maritime service said in a statement. The Coast Guard dispatched a plane from...

Fans mourn closure of cupcake vending machine company Sprinkles Cupcakes

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 3, 2026. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News, Retail.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprinkles Cupcakes, a company famous for selling sweet treats in vending machines known as “cupcake ATMs,” has shut down after 20 years of operation around the United States, according to its former owner. “Even though I sold the company over a decade ago, I still have such a personal connection to it, and this isn’t how I thought the story would go,” said Candace Nelson, who started the company after she lost her job in 2005. The closure was announced Dec. 30. Nelson started Sprinkles Cupcakes in her own kitchen, and the first location was in a small Beverly Hills...

Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg’s death

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

No sooner had John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter died of leukemia at age 35, than President Trump got busy dusting off previous social media posts to cast shade at her bereaved family. Though he didn’t mention the late Tatiana Schlossberg by name or reference her death, Trump harvested screenshots of his supporters’ posts belittling the famous family after his newly handpicked board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to tack the president’s name onto the venue. The Kennedy family announced Schlossberg’s death on Tuesday from a rare form of leukemia with the simple...

Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon. Related Articles Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg’s death US imposes sanctions on 4 Venezuelan oil firms and 4 more tankers in Maduro crackdown Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump...

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