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Lone Cook, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Thursday released a list of US imports if there is no solution to end US President Donald Trump’s tariff war, and if a possible solution is found to include aircraft maker Boeing. At the same time, the European Commission, the EU’s administrative arm, said it would launch legal action at the World Trade Organization over “mutual tariffs” Trump imposed on countries around the world a month ago. “The EU is completely committed to finding out the outcomes negotiated with the US,” the Ursula von der Reyen Commission said. “At…
Today I wanted to take a look at the hot mess that is the state’s legislature.Scott Maxwell (Provided)As lawmakers were unable to do one thing they had to do, hand over the budget – this session is heading for overtime at a cost of around $50,000 a day. But while the budget remains in scope, lawmakers have actually passed a surprisingly solid bill. They also produced some real stench. Today we will be shining some spotlights for each.Related: Florida manufacturing will underwrite Trump’s tariffs. But first, I wanted to highlight the issue that flew under the radar – a Congressional…
With the close injury at the 60-day Florida legislative meeting, lawmakers had the opportunity to address the growing prevalence of 7-hydroxymitraginine products in Florida. They did nothing.Sen. Jay Collins’ proposal to ban products by R. Tampa Senator, has died in the Senate committee before lawmakers closed the Senate committee until 2026. They argue that it should not be available to consumers.Florida Sen. Jay Collins will be attending a panel hosted by the Florida Veterans Affairs (FDVA) at the home of a Bardomelo Lopez State Veteran at Lando Lake on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. In 2025, Collins sponsored a bill banning…
Several schools in the US host the Confucius Institute, a language and cultural program sponsored by the CCP. On May 7, the House of Representatives passed a bill prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security from providing grants to universities affiliated with Chinese-controlled Communist Party of China (CCP) entities.The Chamber of Commerce passed HR 881 by the vote between 266 and 153. All Republicans, along with 55 Democrats, voted for the bipartisan law.The Confucius Institute is a Beijing-backed Chinese language center run by universities in the United States and other countries. Critics warn that the program will serve as a way…
Stan Choe, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – US stocks gathered Thursday after the US and the UK announced trade deals that lower tariffs and restrictions between the two countries. The S&P 500 was on track with its 11th profit in the past 13 days, up 1.4% in the noon trade. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 566 points (1.4%) as of 11:45am Eastern time, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.8%. It wasn’t just stocks. Bitcoin bounced over $101,000, and crude prices rose, but gold prices were eased as investors needed less safety. Stocks and other financial markets have…
ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — An Orlando doctor has pleaded guilty to offering to inject silicone oil for a butt augmentation procedure, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Between 2015 and 2019, 54-year-old Nhan Pham performed a variety of cosmetic and non-surgical procedures, injected with silicone oil purchased online and injected patients into patients looking to gain but part strengthening. “I want him to know the pain”: Victims respond to judgement to judgement Olympus Pool Owner According to the DOJ, the doctors performed these steps in his office and in his Orlando home. “Pham was inaccurately represented by his patients before carrying…
The study highlights the rising costs of homeownership in Golden State, particularly compared to rent costs.California has the widest gap between mortgage payments and domestic rental costs, according to analysts.California’s Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) reported on April 21 that the gap between the monthly costs of buying a bottom-tier home and renting a bottom-tier home reached levels not seen since the housing bubble in the mid-2000s, with growth attributing rising home prices and rising mortgage rates.”Historically, people will borrow, save money, buy a home. But there’s really no hope if the rent is high and the home is even higher,”…
The death of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit of the New World to be chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church and the first of the New World, requires that cardinals under the age of 80 gather together to choose his successor in the Conclave of Rome. Seeing reformers and traditionalists suffer the future of Christianity’s biggest branch, it seems that both the religious and secular worlds are obsessed with this real-life version of the succession of HBO’s television series.Maurice O’Sullivan (Commentary of Maurice O’Sullivan)With around 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, the 133 participating cardinals have a wide range…
Pine Island, Fla. (WFLA) – “I’m naked and not afraid,” a man with a history of showing off to the public in a birthday suit said “I’m not naked” after it took a while to run nude through his Florida neighborhood this week. Lee County lawmakers have received multiple calls from the Pine Island Cove community about a naked man running down the streets in a pool throughout the week. The boy almost snatched from a bus stop in Florida. Police investigating attempts to lure On Wednesday, authorities found Genero Losity, 30. This time, he was wearing pants inside the…
On the first day of the new travel ID requirements, security checkpoints at Miami International Airport seemed like business as usual for passengers.Delil Young spent plenty of time sitting at a Concourse D restaurant on Wednesday afternoon and drinking Covid, spending a holiday with her family in Magic City.He already got his real ID, so it was “quick and easy” to go through the TSA security and lines. The 44-year-old traveler who works for a US postal service said his “no-line” experience at the airport was smooth and “not the same as before.”But to make the extra preparation he also…