June 2026

Republican senators want more answers on $1.8 billion settlement fund as Trump considers its future

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By  MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday to discuss next steps after the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies. GOP senators who revolted against the settlement before leaving for a Memorial […]

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New mortgage pilot rewrites credit rules for first-time homebuyers

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By Aly J. Yale TheStreet The results are in from a new mortgage pilot, and hopeful homebuyers – especially those with not-so-great credit scores or little in savings, have something to celebrate. It seems a loan with no down payment, low credit score requirements, and no mortgage insurance is a real possibility. And it could be a

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Affordable housing in Miami gets a boost with incentives for small developers

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By Catherine Odom Lynda Harris has owned vacant lots in North Miami and Brownsville for years. She bought them starting more than two decades ago, following her grandmother’s advice: “Buy land, God’s not making it anymore.” But in the years since, the land sat empty. Eventually, she realized she was “paying taxes on dirt.” So she

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Richard Pryor’s daughter studies the N-word — a word he used, then disavowed

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Tonya Mosley Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has spent much of her career tracing the N-word through slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement and hip-hop. But what she didn’t tell her audiences was that her father, Richard Pryor, was the comedian who put the word at the center of American comedy in the 1970s. “I was

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Trump-endorsed Byron Donalds splits with the president on AI policy

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By Claire Heddles Byron Donalds has built his campaign around Donald Trump’s endorsement, but he’s willing to split with the president on at least one issue: He said in Miami Monday that he’d rather see state-level regulation of artificial intelligence and data centers than the national policy framework Trump wants. “If you’re going to talk about

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‘For my divas’: How a passion for fashion led Broward woman to swimwear success

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By Michael Butler When Miramar swimsuit designer Keva Johnson was a kid, she often told her mother about her fashion dreams. “I’m that girl that likes to look different, and I couldn’t find anything,” said the 43-year-old Johnson. Today, Johnson has built a swimsuit business that caters to women of all backgrounds, shapes and sizes. She

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5 Travel Red Flags That Could Get Your Credit Cards Shut Down

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By Dawn Allcot TheStreet I remember the moment clearly. I was in the Nike store at the Orlando International Premium Outlets on the tail-end of a vacation that took us down the Eastern seaboard by car, stopping in cities like Doswell, VA; Charlotte, NC; and Jacksonville, FL. It was a simple sneaker purchase of under $100, but

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Miami federal judge probes Trump’s $1.8 billion IRS lawsuit settlement

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By Milena Malaver A federal judge in Miami is looking into allegations that Donald Trump defrauded her court by suing the IRS for the sole purpose of forcing a $1.8 billion settlement that would compensate victims of “government weaponization” and shut the door on the government’s pursuit of tax claims against the president, his family and

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