Former President Donald Trump. AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File Trump supporters are calling for a civil war after the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago. Experts say that political violence will heighten in the US ahead of the midterm elections. Republican lawmakers have also entertained that idea of states seceding from US. The FBI’s search of former President…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Municipal bonds are the main federal tax-free bond on the market. baona/Getty Images Bonds and bond funds generate two types of income: interest and capital gains. Interest income from a bond may be taxable or tax-exempt, depending on the type of bond. Capital gains from selling a bond before maturity are usually taxable. Like most…
Joe Raedle/Getty Images The US supply of active home listings surged 30.7% in the year through July, Realtor.com said. That marked the third straight month of record-breaking inventory growth. Housing market activity has quickly cooled as soaring mortgage rates crush buyer demand. In just one year, the story of the US housing market has completely…
Physician to the President U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson meets with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA) in his office in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 16, 2018 in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A former White House physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson has tried food from around the…
Cathie Wood runs the Ark Innovation ETF. David Swanson/Reuters Tech investor Cathie Wood sees the Fed cutting interest rates in 2023, she told Bloomberg on Monday. There are signs the US economy is ‘very weak,’ including a rise in layoff notices and claims for unemployment benefits, she said. The Fed looks on track to interest…
Apple and Google are already facing scrutiny in the wake of a South Korean law requiring that they allow third-party payments. Reutersreports the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) will investigate Apple, Google and SK Group’s One Store over potential violations of the in-app payment law. Regulators said they started inspecting the digital shops on May 17th,…
You probably weren’t waiting for earbuds designed by a reality-TV-star-slash-entrepreneur, but here they are. Kim Kardashian has teamed up with Apple on a custom version of the Beats Fit Pro. The new Beats x Kim collab is available in a trio of skin colors (Moon, Dune and Earth) that are meant to either “blend in…
The first two Sonic movies were solid hits for Paramount. So much so, the studio has confidence the previously announced third movie can be successful even during the competitive holiday season. As such, it gave Sonic the Hedgehog 3 a release date of December 20th, 2024. Few details have been revealed about the third entry…
I live in a creaky old house that’s in constant need of repair. The electric drill that came with the place, ah, looks like it was used to build the place. It has a power cord that’s just barely holding together through a combination of duct tape and anxiety. Two electrical shocks, a blown fuse…
Spotify’s Soundtrap is now more useful for artists who want to make music with distant friends. The online digital audio workstation (DAW) now has an opt-in beta for a live collaboration feature that lets multiple people make and see changes to a tune in real time. If you want to add a sick beat, you…