Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the board at the Federal Reserve in Washington on on June 25. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate, a characterization …
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Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Oct. 2, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Despite new federal limits on who can get a Covid-19 vaccine and the arrival of the cold and flu season, many Vermonters can still get a booster, though details …
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A federal magistrate judge on Thursday chastised prosecutors seeking to dismiss a case after a grand jury declined to indict a man charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, citing a string of other cases they’ve brought recently that failed to return indictments. Judge Zia Faruqui said in an order Thursday that prosecutors had made the “inexcusable” attempt to …
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Federal prosecutors on Thursday sued Southern California Edison over its alleged role in the deadly Eaton fire, a blaze that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 homes and other structures in Altadena and the surrounding area. In a civil complaint, prosecutors allege that the Eaton fire was ignited by “faulty power infrastructure or by sparks from faulty power …
Read More »PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Connecticut, Rhode Island and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states said Thursday that they’re suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha accused President Donald Trump of waging an “all-out assault” on the wind energy industry. The states’ …
Read More »Exclusive | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Fed’s Cook, Issues Subpoenas The Wall Street Journal DOJ opens criminal mortgage fraud probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook USA Today Political and legal pressures mount for Fed governor Trump is trying to oust The Washington Post Fed Governor Lisa Cook ‘did not ever commit mortgage fraud,’ her lawyer says CNBC Lisa Cook’s three home loans …
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“No matter what happens with [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] and the federal government, we are going to make sure vaccines remain available in Massachusetts,” Healey said in a statement Wednesday. “We are working to ensure that all pharmacies make the vaccine available as soon as possible.” Healey has also touted the state as a leader in an effort to create …
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CHICAGO (WLS) — Anticipation is building for the expected surge in National Guard troops and ICE agents in Chicago.The only question now is when. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch “We are going in,” President Donald Trump said.” I didn’t say when we are going in…If the governor of Illinois would call up — called me …
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Nearly 600 economists signed an open letter Tuesday warning that President Donald Trump‘s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook threatens the central bank’s independence and erodes trust in a key pillar of the U.S. financial system. “Good economic policy requires credible monetary institutions. Credible monetary institutions, in turn, require the independence of the Federal Reserve,” they wrote in …
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While the melanoma clinical trial at Hollings is no longer enrolling patients, a clinical trial using the same approach in non-small-cell lung cancer is still open. Moderna, which helped develop one of the two primary COVID-19 vaccines, has expanded mRNA use not only to cancer but also to flu, respiratory syncytial virus and norovirus, among others just being tested in …
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