In my legacy and wishes planning business, I hear a lot about families who are torn apart after a death over the “grandma’s blue bowl” phenomenon. That is when there is a family heirloom that may not have a lot of material value but holds a ton of symbolic value in the family. If grandma didn’t designate who to leave …
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A President Biden-appointed judge slammed the Justice Department’s apparent hypocrisy on Fridayfor allowing attorneys involved in the Biden family investigation to defy subpoenas — even though former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is sitting in prison for doing the same thing. District Judge Ana Reyes ripped the DOJ at a status conference for not letting DOJ lawyers Mark Daly and Jack …
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A record number of voters think the taxes they pay are too high, while at the same time slightly more say the message they would give Uncle Sam is “lend me a hand” as opposed to “leave me alone,” according to the latest Fox News national survey. With Tax Day around the corner, 64% think they pay too much in …
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A federal South Carolina judge sentenced Alex Murdaugh to another 480 months, or 40 years, in prison on Monday after the former personal injury lawyer pleaded guilty to 22 federal financial crimes charges in September of last year. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel said he was committed to impose 480 months and mandatory restitution totaling more than $9 million. …
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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun’s Senate campaign must pay a $159,000 civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign finance rules during the 2018 election. The FEC posted an agreement on the penalty this week. The Indianapolis Star first reported the penalty Friday. INDIANA GOV. HOLCOMB VETOES BILL DEFINING ANTISEMITISM: ‘TOOTHLESS’ The FEC initially charged the Braun campaign with …
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Interest on the federal debt is exploding much faster than the government predicted. It turns out Congress and the executive branch are as bad at projecting the future as they are at saving money. Yet much more alarming than the mathematical deficiencies of government is the rate at which America is running out of time to solve its debt crisis. …
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The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table. The federal tax collector said Monday that roughly 940,000 people in the U.S. have until May 17 to submit tax returns for unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020, which total more than $1 billion nationwide. The average median refund is $932 for 2020. …
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