NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo loses out on $4M in public campaign funds
The mayor’s hopeful, Andrew Cuomo was rejected by a public matching fund in a bid to city hall. The Campaign Finance Committee’s decision comes after the Cuomo Campaign sent a panicked email over the weekend asking them to fill out a last-minute form and give them digital signatures to secure matching funds. The email comes […]
White House sends Congress plan to ax ‘all’ public broadcasting funds and codify DOGE aid cuts
WASHINGTON — The White House has begun to inform Congress of demands to eliminate “all” public broadcasting funds and codify foreign cuts identified by Elon Musk’s government efficiency, the Post learned. The major clawbacks proposed in the “revival” plan include $1.1 billion in funds allocated for public broadcasting and $8.3 billion from USAID for public […]
Congressman Andy Barr to introduce bill to curb ‘woke’ ESG investing by state pension funds
Republican lawmakers aim to curb so-called “awakening investments” by forcing pension funds to focus purely on profits, even if conservative groups accuse pension managers of “politicizing” with American savings. Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is to introduce a new bill to force retirement funds to focus on maximizing returns, rather than environmental, social and governance goals […]
Possible ‘illegal’ use of $81M in FEMA funds for NYC migrant stays in hotels probed by House GOP chair
WASHINGTON – The powerful Republican House Committee Chairman fired a letter Wednesday to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, administered to a shelter for urban immigrants who “completely accounted for” more than $81 million in taxpayer funds last year and could involve “illegal” stays at the “Larz hotel.” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green […]
‘It Is Taxpayer Funds’: Charles Payne Details ‘Serious Abuse’ Of Food Stamps
Fox Business Host Charles Payne told America Reports co-host Sandra Smith on Tuesday that the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as “Food Stamps,” was an abuser for the taxpayer fund. The Ministry of Health and Human Services is trying to ban the use of food stamps to buy soda and other forms of so-called […]
What's hot in ETFs? Bond funds are in demand as investors flee the Nasdaq 'QQQ' – CNBC
Approximately 2,000 asset managers and investment advisors are taking part in the Exchange ETF conference in Las Vegas. A small ETF crowd arrived on Saturday night and Dead & Co in the territory. Arrived to see. (What did you expect from the dead?) Aside from the entertainment of music, this is a gathering of asset […]
DeSantis says Florida returned $878M in taxpayer funds to federal government after meeting with Musk, DOGE
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that the state has been trying to give back during the Biden administration over $878 million to the federal government. Desantis' office has notified the US Treasury that $878,112,000 will be returned to the federal government. The governor said the move came after a meeting with newly formed […]
Harvard Should Face the Same Pressure Through Losing Funds Columbia Did
On Newsmax TV's “The Record” aired on Friday, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said he hopes along with other institutions will face the same pressure Harvard has done to combat anti-Semitism. Dershowitz replied, “Well, maybe the situation was a little different, can you imagine that there were schools in the 1950s that were in the […]
Columbia Caving to Trump Makes It More Likely They’ll Do It Again, Don’t Use Funds ‘as a Cudgel’
On Friday's “PBS Newshour,” Princeton University president Christopher Eyesgluber agreed to keep federal money in response to Columbia University, saying, “Once you make a concession, it's hard to not make them again.” And while anti-Semitism laws must come into effect, “there are the right and wrong ways to proceed, and the wrong way to do […]
Clean up crime-ridden transit or lose federal funds: Trump’s DOT warns cities
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy requested that the city clean up its crime-ridden public transport system if it wanted to continue receiving taxpayer funds from the federal government. Duffy's threat to withhold funds comes from his failure to keep New York City's subway system safe for riders. In a letter to the MTA on Tuesday, Duffy […]