Republicans and Christian right activists don't want to take responsibility for the loss of this healthy young mother of a 6-year-old boy. read more
Donald Trump made headlines Wednesday night, promising a crowd in New York he would, if restored to the White House, put a "temporary cap on credit-card interest rates ... at around 10%," if he were elected. Doing so would require Congress to pass legislation, a move lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have proposed in recent years. Consumer banks like JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup earn a tidy share of the roughly $120 billion in credit-card interest and fees Americans pay each year, and industry groups have fought past efforts to cap fees by arguing that it would make it difficult for Americans to get approved for credit cards. Meanwhile, the analyst community isn't taking the former president's proposal too seriously, and is instead looking at Trump's bank-friendly first term as a guide for how investors should play a second Trump term, should he win. read more
A Florida sheriff released the mug shot and video of an 11-year-old child charged with a felony for allegedly making a written threat of a mass shooting. read more
The father of the 14-year-old accused of shooting and killing two teachers and two students was arrested in connection to the deadly Georgia school shooting that rocked the small community, investigators announced Thursday evening. read more
The Harris campaign now wants microphones to be live all the time, according to Harris spokesman Brian Fallon, who issued a statement needling Trump. "Trump's handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don't think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own," Fallon said. Harris "is ready to deal with Trump's constant lies and interruptions in real time. Trump should stop hiding behind the mute button." read more
Rallies cost money.
Especially when towns start demanding payment up front because he stiffed them in the past.