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Many American customers are struggling due to inflation, employment fears, and already high interest rates. Even high earners—those who make $150,000 or more annually—are already exhibiting symptoms of stress. These borrowers are increasingly experiencing difficulties making their mortgage, vehicle loan, and credit card payments. According to a new report supplied early to CNBC by national credit company VantageScore, the delinquency rate among high earners has increased 130% over the last two years, from January 2023 to December 2024, and is now close to a five-year high. High-income consumers are being disproportionately affected by the notable rises in the cost of services like vehicle and home insurance. In an interview with CNBC, Silvio Tavares, CEO of VantageScore, stated that this i...

The Justice Department announced Monday that a Nigerian man who was charged with the "sextortion" of a South Carolina minor who committed suicide had been extradited to the United States to face charges. After he was reportedly extorted by Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal using "compromising photos," 17-year-old Gavin Guffey committed himself in 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina. Lawal allegedly forced Guffey to email him sexually explicit material in 2022 by pretending to be a young woman, according to a complaint filed in South Carolina in 2023. Then, if Guffey didn't give him money, Lawal threatened to disclose the material. According to court filings, Lawal then allegedly threatened to leak the photos and damage Guffey's and some of his fami...

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on gender that basically says that women become female and men become male at conception. However, specialists in medicine think that's incorrect. According to them, all fertilized eggs or embryos include both male Y and female X chromosomes, and the gender reveal occurs weeks later. Even then, it can be challenging to determine if the infant has the sexual traits of a boy, female, or both. According to Dr. Eve Feinberg of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, "we call conception as fertilization and nobody is male or female at fertilization." Everybody has some mix of X and Y chromosomes, but the development of sex organ differentiation—which is not always a binary male or female pathway—do...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans are engaged in a civil war, with Governor Ron DeSantis opposing the GOP-dominated state Legislature, over President Donald Trump's desire to swiftly restructure the country's immigration system. Earlier this month, DeSantis summoned lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special legislative session specifically to align state law with a series of anticipated executive orders from Trump that center on immigration. The special session was suddenly terminated Monday morning by Republican leaders in the state House and Senate, who had previously criticized DeSantis' plans as "premature," and they promptly called their own. Republican leadership was able to draft its own immigration measures, including wording that places the governor in a precarious politic...

Immigration enforcement activities have begun to spread throughout major U.S. cities since President Donald Trump returned to office. On Sunday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made 956 arrests, the most in a single day during the Trump administration. This brings the overall number of ICE arrests since the inauguration to at least 2,681 arrests. There has been worry that law-abiding migrants and those with permits may also be apprehended, despite the Trump administration's claims that the operation is aimed at criminals. Numbers separating migrants in custody with criminal history from those without have not been made public by officials. Arrests have occurred in the following major cities: Chicago Crackdowns on migrant arrests occurred in Chicago on Sunday. Tom Homa...

Compared to the Jalen Hurts we've seen recently, this one was different. The quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles was moving the ball downfield. Hurts threw the ball over 20 times in this instance. He was now unrestricted by the run-first strategy that has been so effective since the bye week. Hurts replied with an outstanding effort in the Eagles' 55-23 victory at Lincoln Financial Field, confirming the Eagles' knowledge that they will probably need more from the passing game to defeat the Commanders in Sunday's NFC Championship Game. After the Eagles made it to their second Super Bowl in three years, Hurts joked, "I guess he let me out of my straight jacket a little bit today." It is not a problem that we are unable to. The only question is whether we do. It all depends on how we perf...

The Department of Homeland Security is being sued by a group of Quaker congregations for altering a policy that previously prohibited immigration and customs enforcement officers from carrying out immigration enforcement operations in allegedly sensitive areas, such as places of worship, playgrounds, schools, and hospitals, without supervisory consent. The new Trump administration this week revoked the regulation, which has been in effect over several administrations, including the first term of President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday in a federal district court in Maryland, contends that religious attendance is essential to the protection of religious liberty and claims that the mere threat of [immigration] enforcement discourages congregants from attending services...