Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor in and out of Broward jail — again

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 19, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, NFL, Sports.

Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor, a Hall of Famer who played for the New York Giants from 1981 to 1993, spent several hours in a Broward County jail this week after he was accused of failing to accurately file his current address as a registered sex offender. Taylor, 65, was charged with one count of failure to comply with the sex offender registry law. He is supposed to report address changes due to a plea agreement in a 2010 incident in which he had sex with a 16-year-old who he said claimed to be 19 years old. Taylor pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and sex with an underage...

Biden considers pushing for major changes to the Supreme Court

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 17, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is seriously considering legislative proposals that would dramatically alter the Supreme Court, including imposing term limits and an enforceable code of ethics on the justices, according to a person familiar with the ongoing discussions. Biden’s proposals to overhaul the court, which could be unveiled in the coming weeks, would need congressional approval, something that is likely to be a long shot, given Republican control of the House and the slim Democratic majority in the Senate. The president is also considering calling for a constitutional amendment...

Biden says ‘bullseye’ remark was mistake, but that Trump is guilty of worse rhetoric

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

Kevin Rector | (TNS) Los Angeles Times President Joe Biden said in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt on Monday that it was a “mistake” to say prior to the weekend assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that it was “time to put Trump in the bullseye.” However, Biden said he only meant that the nation’s focus should be on Trump and the “threat to democracy” he represents. He also said Trump has repeatedly engaged in worse rhetoric — including by “making fun of” and “joking about” the violent attack on Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul at their home in San Francisco in 2022....

Trump shooting changes Biden’s strategy to revive 2024 campaign

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 15, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg News President Joe Biden had just begun to turn the tables in his reelection bid when the attempt on Donald Trump’s life took away his most powerful tool: drawing attention to his opponent’s behavior and second-term agenda. Battered by doubts about his mental fitness and pressure to step aside, Biden fought back on Friday with an energetic speech in Detroit vowing to “shine a spotlight” on Trump — an argument he planned to drive home until Election Day in November. About 24 hours later, and just under 200 miles away, shots rang out at Trump’s rally in Butler,...

Four US presidents were assassinated; others were targeted, as were presidential candidates

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 14, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By Darlene Superville and Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates. A look at some of the assassinations and attempted assassinations that have occurred since the nation’s founding in 1776: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the 16th president Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, as he and his wife, Mary Todd...

Shock and relief cross party lines as past and present leaders react to shooting at Trump rally

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 14, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By Gary Fields, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders, past and present, expressed shock Saturday night following the news that gunfire had broken out during a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania — and relief that the former president had survived the attack. Notable officials, including former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, praised the fast action of the Secret Service and expressed gratitude that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee appeared to be OK. “As one whose family has been the victim of political violence, I know...

Biden says ‘everybody must condemn’ attack on Trump, hopes to speak with ex-president soon

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 14, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By Will Weissert, Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that “everybody must condemn” the suspected assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, adding that he hoped to speak with his 2024 presidential rival soon. Addressing the nation about two hours after the shooting, Biden said he was relieved that Trump is reportedly “doing well.” He said he had been unable to reach Trump before his remarks and pledged to update the public later Saturday on whether they speak as well as additional details about the investigation. Republican...

Old Rubio confidante accused of acting as Venezuela agent can go to RNC, judge says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 13, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

A federal judge is allowing embattled former U.S. Rep. David Rivera to travel to Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention. The question is: does U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio want him there? Rivera, who’s charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s government, has a decades-long personal and political relationship with Rubio. The two men have known one another for decades, and even owned a home together in Tallahassee at one point. They served alongside one another in the Florida state House and Rivera won his U.S. House seat the same year...

Man with history of mass shooting threats lied about drug use to try to buy a gun, officials say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 13, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A Margate man who authorities said has threatened to carry out a mass shooting multiple times in the last decade was sentenced Friday to over two-and-a-half years in federal prison for making a false statement while attempting to buy a gun in 2019. Robert Mondragon, 31, was most recently arrested in 2022 after he allegedly defaced the memorial at Pine Island Road and Holmberg Road for the victims of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland by leaving dead animals on a bench on three separate days. He has pleaded not guilty in that case, which remains...

Woman, 10-year-old boy killed in crash with speeding driver, deputies say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 12, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A woman and a child from West Palm Beach were killed and a man was in critical condition after a crash with a speeding driver in unincorporated Palm Beach County, deputies said. Alejandro G. Rodriguez, 46, of West Palm Beach, was driving a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta near the intersection of the 7800 block of South Military Trail and Miner Road shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Passengers in the car were Grechy Y. Almaguer-Perez, 43; a 10-year-old boy and 2-year-old boy, whose names were not released. Dawn Michele Howard, 54, of Lake Worth Beach, was speeding north in a 2020 Lexus on Military...

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