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The massive overflow crowd at President Trump's re-election rally Tuesday night at the Amway Center in Orlando is just one of the impressive numbers he can boast about this week. In the 24 hours surrounding his official launch of his 2020 campaign, the incumbent has raised $24.8 million to support the effort. @realDonaldTrump has raised a record breaking $24.8M in less than 24 hours for his re-election. The enthusiasm across the country for this President is unmatched and unlike anything we’ve ever seen! #trump2020 #KeepAmericaGreat The RNC isn't surprised because, as they noted in a recent press release, Trump's presidency...

In Elk Grove, thousands of drivers are chipping in to help balance a city budget that's in the red. They're doing it by going into the red themselves – running lights at two intersections overseen by new high-tech video enforcement cameras. In the year since Elk Grove put cameras at two spots on Laguna Boulevard, the city has banked $600,000 in revenue from citations. Long promoted as safety devices, red-light cameras quietly are becoming modest money-makers in Elk Grove and other California cities, including Marysville and soon possibly Sacramento County. Elk Grove's cash infusion hasn't come, however, from ticketing traditional...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve announced a radical new plan on Tuesday to jump-start the engine of the financial system. The Fed said in a statement that it would begin to buy large amounts of short-term debt in an effort to stimulate the credit markets, which have all but dried up. Under the program, the Fed said that it would buy the unsecured short-term debt that companies rely on to finance their day-to-day activities. “This facility should encourage investors to once again engage in term lending in the commercial paper market,” the Fed said Tuesday in a statement. “An improved...