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What's inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel 04/18/2024 04:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza. The package totals $95.3 billion in spending, which matches the total that New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge 04/18/2024 04:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump���s civil fraud case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, admitted to one felony count of making a Sluggish start for spring homebuying season as home sales fall in March with mortgage rates rising 04/18/2024 03:38pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The spring homebuying season is off to a sluggish start as home shoppers contend with elevated mortgage rates and rising prices. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell 4.3% in March from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.19 million, the National Missouri lawmakers back big expansion of low-interest loans amid growing demand for state aid 04/18/2024 03:38pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to significantly expand a low-interest loan program for farmers and small businesses, in a move that reflects strong consumer demand for such government aid amid persistently high borrowing costs. The legislation comes as s Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs above 7% to highest level since late November 04/18/2024 03:36pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 7.1% from 6.88% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie M Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek' boldly goes home after twisting voyage 04/18/2024 01:09pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� The first model of the USS Enterprise ��� used in the opening credits of the original ���Star Trek��� television series ��� has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry's son decades after it went missing. The model's disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year 04/18/2024 11:24am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to Wisconsin next week for her third visit to the battleground state this year. President Joe Biden's campaign announced Thursday that Harris plans to campaign in La Crosse on Monday at an event focused on abortion rights. The White PSG star Tabitha Chawinga of Malawi overcomes obstacles en route to Champions League success 04/18/2024 07:51am • Tabitha Chawinga wasn't always a prolific scorer. The Paris Saint-Germain star played goalkeeper in rural Malawi as a young girl. A collision with a defender changed all that. Her mouth was bloodied. ���After that I stopped playing the goal, because I was afraid as well (of) my mom,��� Chawinga says Poland's president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return 04/18/2024 02:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Duda at Trump Tower, where the House���s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden's support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job 04/17/2024 11:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the precarious effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.S. allies this week. How to Start Building Credit at 18 04/17/2024 08:00pm • Turning 18 technically means you've reached adulthood, and with that comes the opportunity to start your journey toward financial independence -- even if Mom and Dad will still be helping out for a while. But learning how to build credit at 18 will make things easier when you are ready to really get Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional support for Ukraine 04/17/2024 09:14am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, a staunch supporter of Ukraine who once proposed naming a military base in his country ���Fort Trump." The planned dinner meeting, confirmed by a Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China 04/17/2024 07:09am • HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) ��� Voting has closed across Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation's first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson's plan for US aid to Ukraine, allies uncertain 04/16/2024 11:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office. ���I am not resigning,��� Jo How to Find a Financial Advisor If You're Not Rich 04/16/2024 08:00pm • Financial advisors are evolving to work with more and more diverse clients, including clients that have high needs, but low budgets. 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