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Democratic congressman's lawsuit claims Trump housing official abused post to target Trump critics 11/25/2025 04:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses the Trump administration’s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private mortgage records belonging to Swalwell and other Democratic critics of the Republican president. Swalwell sued Federal France says 'bon voyage' to 2 giant pandas as they head back to China 11/25/2025 01:17pm • PARIS (AP) — A couple of star giant pandas who lived in France for 13 years and gave birth to three cubs were on their way back to China on Tuesday, the Beauval Zoo said. Huan Huan, the female, and her partner Yuan Zi, both 17, are traveling on a 12-hour flight from Paris' Charles-de-Gaulle airpor U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia agrees to pay nearly $5.2M in overdue personal taxes 11/25/2025 11:35am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million in overdue personal taxes, the latest saga for the former billionaire who has been followed by a trail of financial challenges going back well over a decade. An attorney for Justice and his wife, News from outside disappears in North Korea 11/24/2025 10:51pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening. Lee's Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio station has tried for two decades to give real-time The Latest: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James 11/24/2025 09:59pm • A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump ’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from What Is the 2026 Conforming Loan Limit? 11/24/2025 07:00pm • The conforming loan limit is the maximum amount of money a homebuyer can borrow using a conventional mortgage that's eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, adjusts the baseline limit each year based on the national Trump Administration Says Nursing Isn't a 'Professional Degree.' That May Impact Your Student Loans. 11/24/2025 07:00pm • Does President Donald Trump's administration consider your graduate degree "professional"? If you're planning to finance it with federal loans, that definition will soon make a big difference in the amount of money you can borrow. Law, medicine and dentistry are among the degrees classified as "prof Multiunit Mortgage: How to Buy a Duplex, Triplex or Fourplex 11/24/2025 07:00pm • In some markets, one property can have up to four dwellings and still be financed with traditional residential loans. Financing a multiunit property is similar to taking out a mortgage for a single-family home -- either as a primary residence or a rental. What Is a Multiunit Property? Duplexes, trip Missed a Credit Card Payment? Here's How to Rebuild Your Credit 11/24/2025 07:00pm • If you've missed your credit card payment deadline by a day or two, don't panic. A lapse of just a couple of days won't affect your credit score. You might even be able to get your credit card issuer to waive your late fee if you've been consistently on time with payments. But if it's been 30 or eve How Often Should You Apply for a Credit Card? 11/24/2025 07:00pm • Credit card companies release tempting offers on a regular basis. With so many attractive sign-up bonuses, it might seem hard to resist applying for them all. However, bank application rules and the impact on your credit score mean there are limits on how many cards you can apply for at once. So, ho 'No-Loan' Colleges: What to Know 11/24/2025 07:00pm • To ease the financial burden on students and their families, a small percentage of U.S. colleges have "no-loan" policies, eliminating federal loans from financial aid packages in lieu of scholarships, grants and work-study. The idea is that students will graduate without owing money. But the details What Future Dentists Should Know About Private Student Loans 11/24/2025 07:00pm • President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law in 2025, and it means big changes to lending options for new dental students next year. The grad PLUS loans that professional students have long used to pay for medical and dental school are being closed to new borrowers on July 1 Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups 11/24/2025 04:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases. Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields would face tighter fe Takeaways from the first G20 summit in Africa and a look ahead to the next one at Trump's golf club 11/24/2025 01:30pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first Group of 20 summit in Africa that ended Sunday broke new ground by putting the priorities of poor countries at the top of the bloc's agenda. Host South Africa negotiated a summit declaration signed by some of the world's richest and top emerging economies that agreed How Soon Can I Refinance My Mortgage? 11/23/2025 07:00pm • If you've had your mortgage for a while or have built equity in your home, you may have considered refinancing. Refinancing is when you take out a new home loan to pay off the existing one to gain some financial benefit, such as locking in a lower interest rate. How soon you can refinance depends on