Disgraced former Baltimore District Attorney Marilyn Mosby sobbed in court Tuesday as she was convicted of mortgage fraud — a verdict that could carry decades in prison.
Two Cleveland-area brothers were indicted on Thursday by federal prosecutors for fraud and money laundering schemes after allegedly posing as members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) royal family to run a crypto scam and con investors out of millions of dollars.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday unveiled his budget proposal — the “Framework for Freedom Budget” — which totals $114.8 billion and reportedly includes the use of unspent coronavirus relief funds.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) will use $5.2 billion of federal coronavirus stimulus aid to bail out California’s delinquent renters.
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus package into law Thursday, providing a path for an expansion of the welfare state by permanently maintaining socialistic entitlements originating from the legislation, such as the expanded child tax credit, which is now expanded from $2,000 to a maximum of $3,600 per kid for one year.
San Francisco is using $100 million of the $550 million CA got from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to put homeless people in hotels.
State and local governments and public school districts will receive huge federal dollars to backfill their depleted budgets due to the pandemic. Fairness dictates that private school families are not excluded from getting this emergency help.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said on Monday it is not fair for taxpayers to bail out indebted states such as New York, Illinois, and California via a future coronavirus package.
Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed the coronavirus relief package as Congress weighs completion of the legislation.
In reaction Tuesday to Democrats attempting to add extra, unnecessary items into the coronavirus relief package, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) slammed Democratic leadership for including their “ideological wish list.”
In a Tuesday interview on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) sounded off on the coronavirus relief package as senators draft the bill to provide an economic stimulus.
Monday, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow emphasized the importance of getting the coronavirus economic relief bill passed.
Democrats blocked for the second time in 24 hours a bill that would have provided immediate economic relief to American workers and businesses suffering from the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
For once, I agree with Romney… As cynical as I can be, never in a million years did I expect Democrats to screw the country with a kamikaze stunt like this one.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on the Senate floor on Monday that some Democrats are “embarrassed” that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blocked the bipartisan coronavirus relief package.
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced on Friday that his Humanity Forward nonprofit, through its Coronavirus Relief Fund, will distribute at least $1 million in cash aid to working families in New York and across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.
