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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Wednesday that he’s prepared to post a $100 million bond to halt collection of his staggering civil fraud penalty, arguing that provisions of the verdict make it impossible for the former president to secure a bond for the full amount. Trump’s lawyers floated the offer in court papers asking the state’s mid-level appeals court for an order preventing New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office from enforcing the $454 million judgment while his appeal plays out. Trump would have to post the full amount to pause collection...

This news might have been seen as at least somewhat surprising as recently as just a couple of months ago. Now it’s starting to seem like old hat. The Wall Street Journal has released its latest round of 2024 presidential polling and they now find former President Donald Trump to be leading Joe Biden by four points, almost outside the margin of error. This marks four out of the last five large polls showing Trump building a lead in surveys where he previously trailed or was tied. Of course, poll numbers tend to rise and fall over time and you...

Joe Biden, President of the US, has an intention to turn to the Congress with a request to allocate the largest aid package for Ukraine worth up to US$100 billion. Details: Biden considers a "one-and-done" bill on financing the aid for Ukraine until the next presidential elections, trying to overcome an impasse with Republicans. Some officials believe that adopting a single package of up to $100 billion may give Biden’s administration the best chance to facilitate the financing of the aid for Ukraine before the presidential elections set to be held in the US next November. This step will allow...

Two bodies have been found near the chained buoys in the Rio Grande within 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) of each other, according to Mexican authorities. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Texas Department of Public Safety notified them that they discovered the first “lifeless body caught in the southern part of the buoys that were installed in the Rio Grande River.”

EAGLE PASS, Texas — An ongoing heatwave impacting much of the nation and the swift-moving currents of the Rio Grande proved deadly for migrants attempting to enter the United States during the month of July. According to a source within Customs and Border Protection, 125 migrants perished attempting to cross the U.S. southwest border in July. The Border Patrol recorded 37 migrant deaths during the month of July in the El Paso Sector. Most of the deaths, according to the source, involved heat-related injuries. The total migrant deaths in July for the El Paso, Tucson, and Del Rio Border Patrol...

The link has the graphs showing Lake now trailing by 18K

Tanner Firl doesn’t understand why anyone would need a budget. “It never made sense to me,” the 29-year-old tells CNBC Make It. “Most people have a problem not spending money. We have almost the opposite problem.” Firl and his wife, Isabel, who live in Minneapolis, are practically allergic to spending money on anything they don’t see as a necessity, a shared attitude that plays into the couple’s financial strategy. Firl is part of the FIRE — short for financial independence, retire early — movement, and specifically adheres to a strategy known as “lean” FIRE. Practitioners of this version of FIRE...

European natural gas inventories rose by +99 BCF over past 7 days. EU nat gas storage 78% full. Current inventories at 2997 BCF. 21.9% higher than 1 year ago. EU goal is at least 80% full by Nov 1st for winter. Current projection is for EU to reach 92% by Nov 1st.

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo said his state had been "bailing out" other states for years and attacked Trump's relief measures as not enough. Earlier in the day, the President asked why the federal government should be bailing out democrat-run states asking for help while many others were not making similar pleas ...

President Donald Trump is set to bump up his request for (FY 19) border-wall funding by $500 million, a new report says. The president will request at least $2.2 billion to build the wall in the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins in September, according to Politico.

Bachmann’s newly installed political team has had its own battles with message discipline — typified by campaign manager Ed Rollins’ recent comments alleging that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin hasn’t been “serious” over the last few years. After the incident, Bachmann was “very firm” with Rollins, according to an adviser to the congresswoman, telling him this should not happen again and that there should be “no more press”. Bachmann also demanded that Rollins call the Palin people and apologize. “She is definitely not tone deaf,” the source added. Bachmann’s move to limit her exposure in the wake of her debate...

Iranian Official Says Judiciary 'Reviewing' Stoning Sentence IRAN - (ANS)- Voice of America (VOA) -- www1.voanews.com -- is reporting that a judicial official in Iran says a woman's sentence of death by stoning is not being carried out "for the time being."

Obamas pay more than $900,000 in taxes By Sam Youngman Posted: 04/15/09 05:18 PM [ET] The new first family paid more than $900,000 in federal and state taxes this year after President Obama's book sales last year earned him more than $2.6 million. In addition to paying more than $855,000 in federal taxes, the Obamas also paid more than $77,000 in state taxes in Illinois, according to the White House. Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill, reported paying $46,952 in federal taxes on "an adjusted gross income" of close to $270,000. The Bidens paid a little more than $11,000...

They put a gun to our heads. They ate Crap Sandwich 2.0. Washington’s pork-stuffed panic mob forked over $700billion/$850billion/$1 trillion-plus of our money over to the Chicken Littles, who handed it over to Foxy Loxy at the Treasury Department. And now? And now, they tell us it’s not enough. It’s never enough.

Crusaders 'left genetic legacy' The genetic signature can be traced to Europe Scientists have detected the faint genetic traces left by medieval crusaders in the Middle East. The team says it found a particular DNA signature which recently appeared in Lebanon and is probably linked to the crusades. The finding comes from the Genographic Project, a major effort to track human migrations through DNA. Details of the research have been published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The researchers found that some Christian men in Lebanon carry a DNA signature hailing from Western Europe. The scientists also found that...

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday will call for deploying 5,000 National Guard troops along the border with Mexico in support of Border Patrol efforts to keep out illegal immigrants, a senior White House source told NBC News. The idea is to commit the troops for two years or until enough Border Patrol officers are recruited and trained to fill the gap, the source said ahead of Bush’s speech to the nation at 8 p.m. ET.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday narrowly voted to trim social programs for the poor along with farm subsidies, student loans and other federal benefits as part of a $49.9-billion package of spending cuts. The "deficit-reduction" plan passed the House by a cliff-hanger vote of 217-215, with all Democrats and 14 Republicans voting against the Republican-authored bill.

5 Percent of D.C. Homes Have Loaded or Unlocked Guns Updated: Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2005 - 11:48 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The District may have a high number of gun-related crimes, but according to a new report it has the lowest number of homes with loaded and unlocked guns. A study published in the journal Pediatrics finds that only 5 percent of D.C. homes keep such guns around. Wyoming had the highest number. Thirty-three percent of that state's adults said they kept firearms in or around their homes unlocked and loaded. D.C.'s low numbers are attributed to its long-standing bans...

TEHRAN, Iran - A powerful earthquake shook central Iran on Tuesday, destroying villages, killing at least 80 people and injuring more than 300, state-run television reported. The epicenter of the 6.4-magnitude quake, which struck at 5:55 a.m., was 35 miles northwest of Kerman, the capital of Kerman province, the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) reported. Kerman provincial governor Mohammad Ali Karimi was quoted by Iranian state television as saying that "several villages have been destroyed" by the earthquake. The station showed a village almost razed to the ground with few mud-built walls standing. It said that in several...

Congress's Paperwork HumveesFirst, fix the military's failed acquisition system.When an Army reservist in Kuwait gave Donald Rumsfeld an earful Wednesday about inadequate armor for Iraq-bound Humvees, the Defense Secretary responded by paying the soldier the compliment of candor. "You go to war with the army you have. They're not the army you might want or wish to have," he said.That's at least an honest answer, and the Secretary's forthrightness seems to have been appreciated by the troops at the town hall meeting, who gave him a standing ovation. But back in Washington, candor has gotten more than one official...