Should you lock in a CD now or wait?

Locking a portion of your money into a high-rate CD account can make sense this April. John Piekos/Getty Images Your savings strategy should incorporate multiple elements, but perhaps the most important one comes down to timing. And while that’s always critical to get right, it’s particularly important when considering a certificate of deposit (CD) account. …

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Independence Arch, or so-called “Arc de Trump,” plans include taxpayer funds

Washington — American taxpayers will help fund the construction of President Trump’s planned triumphal arch in Arlington, Virginia, according to the spending plan for the National Endowment for the Humanities released by the administration this week. According to the endowment’s spending plan approved by the Office of Management and Budget in September, $2 million in …

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US Abortion Opponents Want Trump’s FDA to Act on Abortion Pill Restrictions

U.S. abortion opponents are increasingly frustrated with the lack of action by President Donald Trump’s administration to stem the flow of abortion pills prescribed online that they view as undermining state abortion bans. A court ruling this week in a lawsuit the Louisiana attorney general brought against Trump’s Food and Drug Administration cast a spotlight …

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Lebanon Seeks Temporary Ceasefire to Allow Broader Talks With Israel, Official Says

BEIRUT, April 9 (Reuters) – ⁠Lebanon ⁠has spent ⁠the last 24 ​hours advocating for a temporary ‌ceasefire to allow ‌for broader ⁠talks ⁠with Israel, a senior Lebanese official ​told Reuters, saying it would be a “separate ​track but the same model” ⁠as a ⁠fragile truce ⁠brokered by ​Pakistan between the U.S. and ​Iran. The ⁠official …

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Arrests made in California fraud crackdown targeting LA hospice ring allegedly behind $267 million in bogus charges

The California Department of Justice and several state agencies arrested five people Wednesday in a crackdown on an alleged hospice fraud ring, and officials said more arrests will come. Several suspects received “notices to appear” in court and will face arrest warrants if they don’t show. In total, the state filed charges against 21 suspects. …

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