Inflation: Victoria Scholar discusses rise in interest rates SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Better still, that income should rise every year, helping to reduce the damage inflicted by today’s rampant inflation. You can also take it tax-free, so you pay no income tax to HMRC, either. Related articles Basic state pension pays just £7,376 a year - pensioners spoiled Forgotten tax costs families £44,000 each - worse than IHT The challenge facing savers who want to generate that level of income is that they need to take on more risk by investing in stocks and shares. This is not right for everybody, but investors can reduce the volatility by choosing a fund that spreads your money between … [Read more...] about Fight back against inflation – get 7% retirement income that should rise EVERY year
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GOP spends big in state-level effort to change Constitution
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 DENVER (AP) — The fliers piled up in mailboxes in central South Dakota like snow during a high-plains blizzard: “Transgender Sex Education in Schools?” one asked. “Vote Against Sex Ed Radical Mary Duvall for State Senate.” The mailers were part of a $58,000 campaign against the five-term Republican lawmaker, an enormous sum of money in a place where the cost of running for a statehouse seat is typically in the low five figures. Despite the subject of the attack ads, Duvall was targeted not for her stance on sex education but for her opposition to a longshot bid by some conservatives to force a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. “I knew they were angry at me, but I had no idea this was going to be coming during my primary campaign,” said Duvall, who ended up losing her race by 176 votes. Duvall opposed legislation that would have added South Dakota to 19 other … [Read more...] about GOP spends big in state-level effort to change Constitution
FBI seized top secret documents at Trump’s home; Espionage Act cited
NEW YORK - FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump's Florida home this week removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the US Justice Department said on Friday (Aug 12) while also disclosing that prosecutors had probable cause to believe Trump may have violated the Espionage Act. The bombshell disclosures were made in a search warrant and accompanying legal documents released four days after FBI agents carried out the search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach based on a warrant approved by a federal magistrate judge. The Espionage Act, one of three laws cited in the warrant application, dates to 1917 and makes it a crime to release information that could harm national security. Trump, in a statement on his social media platform, said the records at issue were "all declassified" and placed in "secure storage." "They didn't need to 'seize' anything. They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and … [Read more...] about FBI seized top secret documents at Trump’s home; Espionage Act cited
Indian-born novelist on ventilator after being stabbed at a lecture in New York
NEW YORK - Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state on Friday (Aug 12) and airlifted to a hospital, police said. After hours of surgery, Rushdie was on a ventilator and unable to speak on Friday evening after an attack condemned by writers and politicians around the world as an assault on the freedom of expression. "The news is not good," Andrew Wylie, his book agent, wrote in an email. "Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed, and his liver was stabbed and damaged." Rushdie, 75, was being introduced to give a talk to an audience of hundreds on artistic freedom at western New York's Chautauqua Institution when a man rushed to the stage and lunged at the novelist, who has lived with a bounty on his head since the late 1980s. Stunned attendees helped wrest the man from Rushdie, who had fallen to … [Read more...] about Indian-born novelist on ventilator after being stabbed at a lecture in New York
FEMA faces criticism for response as flood death count grows
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 4 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear called out the Federal Emergency Management Agency for denying too many requests for assistance in flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky, where the number of people who died as a result of the disaster has risen to 39. The official death count rose Thursday when an additional death was counted in Breathitt County, Beshear said. He didn't identify the person or provide other details. “I ask the commonwealth to join me in praying for our fellow Kentuckians during this difficult time,” the Democratic governor said in a tweet. Earlier this week, a high school athlete who spent days helping his fellow eastern Kentuckians clean up from the historic flooding was added as the 38th person to die as a result of the disaster. Aaron “Mick” Crawford fell ill suddenly and died a few days later. His mother, Ronda Crawford, told the Lexington Herald-Leader … [Read more...] about FEMA faces criticism for response as flood death count grows
School district tries to fix bad Spanish translation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With voting already under way in Florida's Aug. 23 election, officials in a county where about one in four voters are Hispanic are scrambling to fix a Spanish translation error that can't help efforts to raise more money for education. The Broward school district — the nation's sixth largest serving 271,517 students — is asking voters to double the tax rate to help cover the costs of teacher raises and more school security staff and to bolster mental health programs. The proposal would increase a tax from one half a mill — which is about $50 per $100,000 in home value — to a full mill. But the Spanish version of that question translated “one mill" into “one million" and said the funding would pay for an administrative person who oversees resources, not for school police officers. It also wrongly translated “essential instruction” into “essential expenditures.” The issue came to light when a Spanish-speaking voter contacted the South Florida … [Read more...] about School district tries to fix bad Spanish translation
Who is Merrick Garland?
THE US Senate confirmed Merrick Garland as attorney general in March 2021. He has worked in government since 1995 when he was appointed by then-President Bill Clinton to the US Court of Appeals for Washington, DC. Who is Merrick Garland? The US Senate confirmed Merrick Garland, 69, as attorney general in a 70-30 vote, and he was sworn into the position in March 2021. Garland previously served as a US circuit judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. His previous work experience includes working as a law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of the Supreme Court of the US. He also practiced corporate litigation at Arnold & Porter and worked as a federal prosecutor in the US Department of Justice. READ MORE ON MERRICK GARLAND 'SOLACE FROM FAMILY' Everything to know about Merrick Garland's family … [Read more...] about Who is Merrick Garland?
EXPLAINER: What to know about polio spreading in New York
The polio virus has been found in New York City sewage, but officials are stressing that the highest risk is for people who haven’t been vaccinated. Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis. Its elimination in the U.S., officially declared in 1979, is considered one of the nation’s greatest public health victories. Yet cases have cropped up occasionally since then, often among people who had traveled to other countries. Recently, an unvaccinated young adult north of New York City contracted polio. On Friday, health officials in the nation’s largest city said they had found the virus in wastewater samples, suggesting it was spreading among the unvaccinated. Here are some details on polio and the vaccine: HOW DOES POLIO SPREAD? Polio is considered very contagious and spreads mostly from person to person, through contaminated water and via fecal particles. Health officials say the virus also can … [Read more...] about EXPLAINER: What to know about polio spreading in New York
Who is Hunter Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen?
MELISSA Cohen is a South African activist and documentary filmmaker. She is also the co-owner of the company Tribal Worlds, a Los Angeles-based company that promotes indigenous conservation. Who is Melissa Cohen? Melissa Cohen is from Johannesburg, South Africa, and married President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden , in 2019. Cohen was 21 years old when she moved to the US after earning her degree in interior design from Greenside Design Center College of Design in South Africa. Growing up in South Africa, Cohen has said she was raised by a tribeswoman, according to the Daily Mail. She said her first language is Xhosa, and she didn't learn English until she was six years old. READ MORE ON HUNTER BIDEN HUNT YOU DOWN Hunter threatened drug dealer over $1k order using links to mobster's family BLOW UP Hunter & sis-in-law-turned-lover had fight over drug box hidden behind Beau's pic Now 35 years old, Cohen … [Read more...] about Who is Hunter Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen?
ELECTION SPOTLIGHT: Arizona Senate candidates Masters and Kelly talk Inflation Reduction Act, midterm opponent
close Video This is a pro-life country: Arizona Senate hopeful Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters discusses abortion and former President Trump’s effect on campaigns on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Arizona's heated Senate race is under the ‘Election Spotlight’ this week, Fox News Digital's series that asks candidates in top races to respond to the policy and political questions that are top of mind for voters across the country. In this week's edition, Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and trump-backed Republican nominee Blake Masters told Fox News Digital why they believe they're the best candidate for the Arizona Senate seat, give their thoughts on each other, and discuss the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 . According to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would increase tax revenue by $16.7 billion on Americans earning … [Read more...] about ELECTION SPOTLIGHT: Arizona Senate candidates Masters and Kelly talk Inflation Reduction Act, midterm opponent