If you are in the process of refinancing your mortgage, you may end up paying more than you expected. Fannie Mae FNMA, + 1.42% and Freddie Mac FMCC, + 1.67% announced Wednesday night that they will now charge a 0.5% negative market fee on all refinances, including both cash-out and …
Read More »UAE and Israel to normalize relations, West Bank annexations on hiatus
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations in a development that will place Israel’s efforts to annex parts of the West Bank annexed by Palestinians. The president posted a joint statement from the …
Read More »The Supreme Court will not block required rules for Rhode Island absentee ballots
Thursday’s order is a loss to the Republican National Committee, which the court had asked to step in after lower courts decided to abide by the new absentee ballot rules. The requirement of witnesses was eliminated in the wake of the pandemic, and applied to absentee ballots during the state’s …
Read More »American Airlines was able to cut some flights required under federal aid conditions as expiration nears
Passenger planes of American Airlines followed a collision where they parked due to flight reduction to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US March 23, 2020. Nick Oxford | Reuters American Airlines is preparing for flights that serve two dozen medium-sized and …
Read More »Israel and the UAE have “established complete normalization of relations,” Trump says
As part of the deal, Israel will “suspend” plans to annex parts of the West Bank, according to a joint Israeli-UAE-US statement that Trump tweeted Thursday morning. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had a conversation with the leaders from both countries who had agreed to exchange …
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