What’s going on with the Kennedy Center under Trump?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 20, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., was its annual celebration of notable American artists. That has changed since the return of Donald Trump. In the first month of his second term, the president has ousted the arts institution’s leadership, filled the board of trustees with his supporters and announced he had been elected the board’s chair — unanimously. In a statement this week to The Wall Street Journal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “The Kennedy Center learned the hard way...

Trump opens Saudi investment conference in Miami Beach saying ‘golden age of America is upon us’

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 20, 2025. Posted in Business, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

MIAMI BEACH — President Donald Trump addressed corporate CEOs, financiers, government officials and billionaires gathered Wednesday for the start of a three-day Saudi Arabian-backed investor summit, calling Saudi Arabia “a special place with special leaders.” His nearly 90-minute introduction at the FII PRIORITY Summit covered topics as wide-ranging as the war between Russia and Ukraine, domestic oil production, cuts to government spending, and his 2024 election as the 47th president. Several times he reiterated that he wanted his legacy to be as a peacemaker. “The golden age of America is...

Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 19, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone, a setback for those fighting deportation who can’t afford a lawyer. The Acacia Center for Justice says it serves 26,000 migrant children under its federal contract. The Interior Department gave no explanation for the stop-work order, telling the group only that it was done for “causes outside of your control” and should not be interpreted as a judgment of poor performance. The halt remains in effect until further notice. The...

Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 19, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments. Over the past few days, President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have said on social media and in press briefings that people who are 100, 200 and even 300 years old are improperly getting benefits — a “HUGE problem,” Musk wrote, as his Department of Government Efficiency digs into federal agencies to root out waste, fraud and abuse. It is true that improper payments have been...

Arrest made in shooting death of homeless man in Delray Beach neighborhood

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 14, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Federal law enforcement agents arrested a man Wednesday in connection with a shooting in a Delray Beach neighborhood last week that killed a homeless man. Janel Tassy, 28, of Delray Beach, is accused of shooting to death James Apollonio, 54, in the Rainbow Homes neighborhood, near the 1200 block of Southwest 22nd Avenue, about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 3. Tassy was arrested Wednesday by U.S. Marshals in Miami, the city said in a news release Thursday evening. Apollonio was seen on surveillance video shortly after midnight knocking on the door of a home in the 2000 block of Northwest 21st Court, then...

Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson dies at 76 after complications from knee replacement surgery

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 14, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, News Obituaries, Politics.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson died Thursday following complications from knee replacement surgery, her family said. She was 76. The Orlando-area Democrat had served in the Florida Legislature since 2006. Her most recent time in the Florida Senate began in 2022. She had previously served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2012 to 2016. She also served in the Florida House from 2006 to 2012 and again from 2018 to 2022. “Her tireless work in education, healthcare, and civil rights, including her leadership to establish the Wells’Built Museum of African American...

Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who stepped down in the wake of Whitewater, dies at 81

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 14, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, News.

By ANDREW DeMILLO and KELLY P. KISSEL, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas’ governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later forced from office after being convicted during the Whitewater investigation, has died. He was 81. Anna Ashton, Tucker’s daughter, said the former governor died Thursday in Little Rock from complications from ulcerative colitis. Tucker ascended from lieutenant governor to succeed Clinton as governor in 1992, then won election to a four-year term in 1994 despite claims by his opponent that Tucker would soon be...

White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 13, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidential events. Trump has decreed that the international body of water — which borders Mexico, the United States and other nations — be called the Gulf of America. In its influential Stylebook, the AP said it would continue to use Gulf of Mexico, while also noting Trump’s decision, to ensure that names of geographical...

DeSantis, Florida lawmakers agree to new special session on immigration

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 11, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

After a special session late last month spiraled into a clash between Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers will meet in another special session this week to pass a package of bills targeting illegal immigration — with DeSantis’ support. Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, on Monday evening issued a proclamation for a special session that will start Tuesday. They also released summaries of bills that include a series of steps aimed at helping carry out President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal...

19 states sue to stop DOGE from accessing Americans’ personal data

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 8, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, Associated Press Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump on Friday to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. Related Articles National Politics | Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states National Politics | Trump says he’s revoking Biden’s security clearance, ending intelligence...

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