(The Center Square) – Florida’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund balance, drained during the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to exceed its prepandemic level by March, two months earlier than expected, according to the nonprofit group Florida TaxWatch. That will allow a decrease in state sales tax businesses must pay on payments made to rent or lease […]
Former President Donald Trump is awaiting a ruling in a civil fraud case in New York, where his real estate operation is at stake and he faces down hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties. Closing arguments in the case’s 2 1/2 month trial concluded this week, and a ruling could come by the end […]
The Biden administration is bankrolling a little-known foreign group to thwart “disinformation” in media, despite Congress exerting pressure on Democrats over similar initiatives GOP lawmakers have equated to state-sponsored “censorship,” records reveal. For a program running until May 2024, the State Department has pledged $24,000 in taxpayer dollars to ESTIMA, a nonprofit organization in the […]
The second round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, will go out to the next group of retirees in four days. Retired seniors born between the 11th and 20th of a month should receive their first payment of 2024 in five days, on Wednesday, Jan. […]
The Iowa caucuses are the first on the presidential Republican primary calendar, but the winner of this race does not always end up faring well in nominating contests in subsequent states. Donald Trump has a large polling lead over fellow GOP candidates Nikki Haley and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) going into Monday’s caucuses, but history […]
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won’t be fading into the background after ending his 2024 presidential bid earlier this week. Whether it be on a speculated No Labels centrist third-party ticket, continuing to tour the country advocating against former President Donald Trump, becoming a political analyst on the news, or even starting his own […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of 2024, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in a little less than three weeks. The payment will be released in 19 days, on Thursday, Feb. 1. The payment marks the first SSI check of the new year because no payment was issued […]
The third Friday of January is less than a week away, and with it will bring the annual March for Life. The event, which has been held once a year since 1974, will be the second one to be held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The march, which begins […]
Artificial intelligence was presented as the central innovation adopted by technology companies that appeared at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Las Vegas hosted CES 2024 from Tuesday to Friday, where consumer technology companies and startups received a chance to show off some of their latest devices to journalists and retail executives alike. The event […]
The United States launched another round of airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen early Saturday morning local time. The round of strikes comes just one day after an inaugural round of air and missile strikes against targets in Yemen, launched in response to Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea. Two United States […]
