FICO Crashes As Trump Housing Chief Pulte Cracks Mortgage-Score Monopoly

"Gotten Too Old Not To Be Greedy": Virginia State Sen. Arrested, Accused Of Masterminding $4.5 Million Criminal Drug Enterprise Virginia's Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, 82, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and taken into federal custody on charges of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, money laundering, honest-services fraud/bribery, and maintaining a drug-involved premises. Six co-defendants, including her daughters and grandson, were also charged. FBI Director Kash Patel put the alleged scheme at roughly $4.5 million. The 45-page indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District...

Credit Card Chargebacks Surge As E-Commerce & Cashless Society Gets Messy For Consumers US consumers are disputing card purchases at a record pace, as online fraud, confusing billing practices, and sneaky subscription charges drive a surge in chargebacks. Bloomberg cites new data from research firm Juniper Research on consumers' aggressive use of chargebacks. Last year alone, US consumers filed 158 million transaction disputes, up 29% from 2021 and outpacing overall growth in card spending. Global disputes jumped 46% over the same period. The increase may reflect not only more legitimate fraud but...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in an interview with NPR, published on Thursday, that in the days before the US and Israel launched the war with Iran, President Trump dismissed Carlson’s concerns about the conflict by saying, “We all die anyway.” Carlson said that he told Trump that the war was not about […]