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CBS News Miami’s Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.Defede talks with trustee Roberto Alonso about the rationale for giving away land valued at up to $300 million for the project. DeFede also asks whether he and his fellow trustees violated Florida’s Sunshine Law by failing to be transparent during the process.Also joining Defede is Marvin Dunn, the professor and historian who filed the initial lawsuit. He explains why he is continuing his legal battle over the land transfer.Guests: Roberto Alonso/Trustee, Miami Dade College …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Lloyds Banking Group is pushing for an overhaul of the UK financial system to put customer deposits on the blockchain, a shift that its chief executive said could help redesign how Britons buy and sell homes. Charlie Nunn said combining tokenised deposits with artificial intelligence could spark a change in the financial services sector that was as significant as the invention of the smartphone. Nunn told the Financial Times’ Global Banking Summit: “If you blend these two technologies together, if you think about…

Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and U.S. Surface Transportation Board accused the administration on Thursday of discriminating against them as part of a pattern of dismissing Black leaders across the government.Robert Primus on the STB and Alvin Brown on the NTSB were the only Black board members overseeing their officially independent agencies when they were fired this year, in August and in May. Both had already filed lawsuits challenging their dismissals, saying the White House didn’t have good cause, as the law requires. Democracy Forward filed the new discrimination…

ANDHRA PRADESH, KAKINADA, 07-12-2025: Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries Bhupathiraju Srinivas Varma performing bhumi puja for dialysis centre in Bhimavaram on Sunday. BY ARRANGEMENT | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries Bhupathiraju Srinivas Varma on Sunday performed bhumi puja for two new 10-bedded dialysis centres at Bhimavaram and Achanta in West Godavari district. Services at the two centres are expected to commence early next year. Mr. Srinivas Varma said that more depending on the need of the dialysis centre in Narsapuram, additional beds would be added. The Narsapuram dialysis centre would be built at…

National Insurance alerts have sparked panic among Brits who sell their clothes online. Vinted users who were trying to make extra cash by selling their second-hand items feared they had inadvertently impacted their taxable income.Users who had sold more than 30 items or made £1,700 in a year reported receiving notifications that asked for their NI number as “required by UK law”. Sellers have taken to TikTok and Instagram to share screenshots of the notification and ask whether they will be hit by a huge tax bill.One user posted on Reddit: “Vinted is asking for my National Insurance number, does…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.SpaceX is in talks with investors about a share sale which would value Elon Musk’s rocket maker at $800bn, leapfrogging Sam Altman’s OpenAI to become the most valuable start-up in the world. The Starlink owner had communicated with investors in recent days to gauge interest in a share sale at double the company’s current valuation of $400bn, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. SpaceX has held secondary share sales roughly every six months in recent years, in which existing…

It was Prince Andrew’s dogged refusal to accept the scale of the public disapproval he had provoked – and him consequently ignoring suggestions that he might scale back his living arrangements – that started it.The shamed former Duke of York doggedly dog in his heels and refused to move from the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park until public anger made a move inevitable. But now the entire extended Royal Family finds itself caught up in the consequences as they face an unprecedented full investigation into their property holdings and how they are financed.Secret rental deals, peppercorn charging arrangements, lifetime…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants more people to invest. Her latest Budget did exactly that by cutting the cash Isa allowance while leaving the stocks and shares Isa untouched.It’s easy to see why investing is in the spotlight. Analysis from IG shows that, since 1999, stock market investors have earned seven times the real return of cash savers, after accounting for inflation. I’ve spent years writing about investing, and I’ve seen the same slip-ups catch people out. Whether you’re just getting started or you already invest regularly, here are six mistakes everyone should avoid. Please note: the content contained in this article is…

China’s central bank added to its gold reserves for a 13th straight month, according to data released on Sunday.Bullion held by the People’s Bank of China rose by 30,000 troy ounces last month, bringing the total to around 74.12 million troy ounces. The current buying cycle began in November 2024. Source link

A star in the new Doctor Who spin off endured financial hardship growing up – despite coming from a famous family.Jemma Redgrave features in The War Between the Land and the Sea alongside Russell Tovey in a show that launches on the BBC this weekend.She is of course returning to her role as Kate Stewart – the head of the Doctor’s paramilitary allies Unit. And the new highly anticipated series tells the story of a deadly and ancient species emerging from the ocean in response to humanity’s thirst for oil.Jemma’s character Kate, who first appeared in 2012, will be looking…