Washington — A pair of Colorado agencies are examining claims from a political organization that GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert falsified mileage records from her time on the campaign trail in 2020 to reimburse herself and use the political contributions to satisfy state tax liens on her restaurant. The review from …
Read More »The IRS is sending millions of tax payment letters this month. Don’t ignore them.
The IRS this month will send millions of letters to taxpayers whom it believes underpaid the tax agency. It’s important to pay attention to this letter — called a CP14 — because ignoring it could lead to penalties, according to Jackson Hewitt chief tax information officer Mark Steber. The IRS …
Read More »Bidens briefly moved to secure location after plane entered restricted airspace near beach house
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — President Biden and first lady Jill Biden were transported to a safe location for about 30 minutes on Saturday after a small plane entered the secure airspace over the family’s house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The White House said in a statement that “a small private plane …
Read More »Klarna faces backlash after CEO shares names of laid
Klarna Bank is playing defense after its CEO stirred controversy by publishing on LinkedIn the names of hundreds of employees the lender had recently laid off. The financial technology company said last week that it would cut about 10% of its roughly 5,000 workers to trim costs after a loss of $487 …
Read More »Peter Navarro, ex
Washington — Peter Navarro, who served as a top White House trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, claimed Monday that he received a subpoena from the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to testify before a grand jury and turn over documents related to the Jan. 6 assault on …
Read More »Pelosi responds to archbishop denying her communion over abortion stance
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded Tuesday to the announcement by the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco that she can no longer receive communion because of her stance on abortion access. She noted that the Catholic church has not denied communion to lawmakers who back the death penalty — which also …
Read More »Sex crime conviction doesn’t require a victim, court rules in case stemming from sting operation during 2017 Sturgis motorcycle rally
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in South Dakota has ruled a sex crime conviction doesn’t require that there’s an actual victim. The court last week upheld the conviction of a man stemming from a sting operation during the 2017 Sturgis motorcycle rally. Carlocito Slim argued he was just looking …
Read More »S&P 500 fends off a bear market at the end of another brutal week
Stocks clawed back losses on Friday, with the S&P 500 fending off a brief entry into bear market territory, its first in 20 years. The S&P closed up one point, or 0.01%, to 3,901, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9 points, or 0.03%, to 31,262. The tech-heavy Nasdaq …
Read More »California minimum wage will rise to $15.50 in 2023
California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers in the state. The increase is required by a state law passed in 2016. But it comes at a good time for Democrats in the nation’s …
Read More »Getaway car used by missing Alabama inmate and jail official located in Tennessee
A car that authorities believe an escaped Alabama inmate and a missing jail official used has been located in Tennessee, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton announced Friday. The car had been found and towed by local authorities last Friday, the same day the two went missing. It took the Williamson …
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