Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

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

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, filed a motion in federal court Thursday seeking to take back its approval of the SouthCoast Wind project’s “construction and operations plan.” The plan is the last major federal permit the project needs before it can...

Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed three and was carried out against a vessel “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” He did not provide more precise details about the location of the strike. The Pentagon deferred questions about the strike to the White House, which did not respond to a request for clarity about the origins of...

Federal judge orders Alabama’s largest county to redraw racially gerrymandered districts

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 18, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By KIM CHANDLER A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw county commission lines after ruling that the districts were unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering. Related Articles Brothers testify about box left with them by man accused of trying to assassinate Trump Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $1.36 million in legal bills House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show...

Brothers testify about box left with them by man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 18, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By DAVID FISCHER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A pair of North Carolina brothers testified Wednesday about a box left with them by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year. Related Articles Ex-Miami financier sentenced to 7 years after ripping off $8M from his mother in New York Father charged with manslaughter years after 6-month-old baby’s death South Florida matriarch convicted in murder-for-hire killing of her ex-son-in-law seeks a new...

Senate approves White House economist to serve on Fed board

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved one of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s governing board, giving the White House greater influence over the central bank just two days before it is expected to vote in favor of reducing its key interest rate. The vote to confirm Stephen Miran was largely along party lines, 48-47. He was approved by the Senate Banking Committee last week with all Republicans voting in favor and all Democrats opposed. Miran’s nomination has sparked concerns about the Fed’s...

Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to unseat Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook ahead of rate vote

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court ruled Monday that Lisa Cook can remain a Federal Reserve governor, rebuffing President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove her just ahead of a key vote on interest rates. Related Articles Senate approves White House economist to serve on Fed board Trump wouldn’t call Minnesota governor after Democrat was slain but now blames him for raised flags Trump administration joins Republicans’ campaign to police speech in reaction to Kirk’s murder ...

Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting Trump fraud claims

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

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate, a characterization that could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud. Related Articles Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions Trump...

Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants

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

By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can end legal protections for around 430,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Related Articles Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting Trump fraud claims The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions Trump administration to award a no-bid contract on research into vaccines and autism California...

Reagan Foundation cancels Ben Shapiro speaking event, after fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk

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

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley has canceled an event with conservative political commentator and activist Ben Shapiro — which was scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 10 — after learning that fellow conservative activist Charlie Kirk had been fatally shot earlier in the day. Shapiro was set to appear at the library to discuss his new book, “Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics),” on Wednesday night. The Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, however, announced the event’s cancelation after Kirk, 31, was shot and killed...

South Florida woman accused of submitting fraudulent petitions for marijuana amendment

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 10, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics, Social.

A South Florida woman was arrested in Coral Springs last month after allegedly submitting nearly 100 fraudulent petitions in support of the marijuana constitutional amendment in 2023, state officials said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement first began investigating Jessica Sonia Humphreys, 24, of Miami, in January 2023 after the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office reported to agents what it believed were multiple fraudulent petitions submitted by Humphreys in support of the amendment to legalize marijuana, FDLE said in a news release Tuesday night. Humphreys had worked as...

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