No Credit? No Problem! Buy a House Anyway.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. What could go wrong? Lenders are stepping up offers of consumer loans with few strings attached, often to individuals with poor credit histories they all but ignored in the years after the financial crisis. The offers promise a way to help pay down other debts…
Come to California and Travel Freely!
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Paul Krugman is blogging about Cato’s latest Freedom Report, so I went over to take a look. California, once again, is ranked a dismal 48th: Our low ranking, of course, is due to the fact that our taxes are high and we look poorly on…
Hawaii’s Summer of Natural Disasters Could Get Much, Much Worse Thanks to Hurricane Lane
NASA/NOAA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hawaii is being lashed by the effects of Hurricane Lane right now, with 110 mph force winds and torrential rain. Hurricanes rarely hit the string of islands, but this Category 2 storm is going to skirt close enough to cause life-threatening flooding and landslides. “We are expecting large amounts…
Senators Are Demanding Information About Giuliani’s History With Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma
Charles Krupa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than a decade ago, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma approached Rudy Giuliani, then fresh off a stint as the lauded mayor of New York City, asking for help: The little-known pharmaceutical company needed a trusted lawyer to help fight growing public relations and legal battles.…
Trump Organization CFO Granted Immunity in Cohen Case
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was reportedly granted immunity in the investigation into longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported Friday morning. The development comes one day after it was reported that federal prosecutors…
Trump Org CFO Got Immunity From Mueller Earlier This Year
JB Miller/Trump Organization Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen probably knows a lot about Donald Trump’s financial affairs, but Allen Weisselberg knows everything about Trump’s financial affairs: The longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, was given immunity by federal prosecutors in New York during the…