Biden signs stopgap bipartisan measure to fund government, avert shutdown Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster relief, farm aid and the debt ceiling. Trump immediately backed it, calling ... 12/21/2024 - 12:51 pm | View Link
Fed Cuts Interest Rate by a Quarter Point, but Don't Expect Big Declines for Mortgages Yet In remarks at a postmeeting press conference on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that policymakers are now equally attuned to risks from both sides of the mandate, and would proceed cautiously ... 12/21/2024 - 5:05 am | View Link
Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid to address extensive damage caused by hurricane and other disasters. 12/21/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link
Biden announces $4.28 billion in student loan relief for 55,000 borrowers President Joe Biden's administration announced on Friday another $4.28 billion dollars in student loan relief for nearly 55,000 public service workers. 12/21/2024 - 3:17 am | View Link
Grants up to $1K will help Mountain Fire victims with housing costs Residents impacted by Mountain Fire can apply for up to $1,000 in grant funds through local real estate groups. 12/21/2024 - 1:25 am | View Link
How to Get Help From the Mortgage Relief Program Ask what programs it has in place to provide mortgage relief to homeowners who were impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and follow any instructions you're given. 12/20/2024 - 7:16 am | View Website
Homeowner Assistance Fund | U.S. Department of the Treasury Through June 2024, HAF-funded programs have assisted over 549,000 homeowners, helping to prevent mortgage delinquencies and defaults, foreclosures, losses of utilities and home energy services, and displacement. 12/20/2024 - 6:12 am | View Website
Mortgage Relief and Mortgage Assistance Grants | 2024 Mortgage relief seeks to provide homeowners with temporary or permanent solutions to avoid foreclosure, allowing them to minimize their financial losses while either staying in their homes or... 12/20/2024 - 5:21 am | View Website
What Is A Mortgage Relief Program? – Forbes Advisor Mortgage relief programs are an assistance option that give homeowners financial relief so they don’t default on their home loans. 12/20/2024 - 2:58 am | View Website
Texas Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (TEMAP) Through TEMAP’s competitive process, local service providers will be awarded funds to assist homeowners at or below 80% of the Area Medium Income who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 to help provide housing stability during the pandemic. 12/20/2024 - 2:37 am | View Website
Ivanka Trump is expected to remain an "informal adviser" in President-elect Donald Trump's next administration but will do it "under the radar" this time, sources close to the former president's daughter said.
In a Sunday report, CNN revealed that Ivanka Trump intended to stay out of the divisive political limelight in the next administration.
"Ivanka Trump is done with politics and says she isn't coming back," CNN noted.
Instead, the president's daughter is expected to focus on her children and her businesses, which have "profited from proximity to the presidency and resulting relationships," the report explained.
"Trump remains very close with her father, with whom she talks regularly, a source close to her said.
Carlos Turcios of the Dallas Express went looking for the missing congresswoman and was surprised by what he'd found. Not only had Granger's Washington and Dallas offices been closed since Thanksgiving (the only way you could reach anyone was by voicemail), but a tip led him to find that Granger was living in an assisted living facility and was suffering from dementia.
The United States isn't the only place Musk is meddling. Now he's embracing the far right neo-Nazi party in Germany:
Elon Musk appears to be leaning even further into a full neo-Nazi embrace. Following his social media assault to block a congressional spending bill meant to avoid a government shutdown, the tech billionaire took to X and described the racist, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as Germany’s last, best hope.
“Only the AfD can save Germany,” he posted on X early Friday.
Look who's making empty threats against United States Senators. Russian shill Tucker Carlson.
Tucker Carlson Says Any GOP Senator Who Votes ‘Against Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation’ Is ‘Enemy Of The United States’:
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson said Thursday that any Republican Senator who ends up voting against confirming former Democratic Hawaii Rep.
Elections matter! Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that nearly 23,000 Connecticut residents who have medical debt will have some or all of it wiped away under the first round of a major initiative through a partnership with the national nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt.
The nonprofit contracts with state and local governments and leverages public investments to negotiate with hospitals and other providers on the elimination of large, bundled portfolios of qualifying medical debt owed by patients whose income is at or below four times (400%) the federal poverty level or who have medical debt that is 5% or more of their income.
Sahil Kapur of NBC News caught up with Rep. Drunken Van Orden (MAGA-Nearest corner bar) and asked him about the chaos and mayhem the Republicans are causing with passing a budget bill in order to comply with President Musk's and his puppet, Orange Felon's, demands. Needless to say, DVO was more than bit confused:
KAPUR: Congressman, do you think President-elect Trump should have made his demand earlier, earlier than one or two days before the deadline?
DVO: President Trump didn't make a demand, But to be very clear, President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.