We have Jess Michaels, an Epstein survivor and now an advocate for transparency and accountability. Jess, welcome. So, uh, two days now past this deadline and despite an act of Congress, the DOJ has still not released all the documents victims and lawmakers have pushed for by law.Are you buying that missing documents explanation. And overall, how are you feeling right now about it. >> First of all, thank you for having me back, Alex.It's always nice to uh to talk with you about this. Um I'm feeling a millio ...

And a US official tells MS Now the Coast Guard is pursuing a third oil tanker near Venezuela after seizing tankers yesterday as well as on December 10th. Let's go to the White House and MS Now reporter Jake Trailer. So Jake, what's the latest on this.>> The White House hasn't been too concerned with political support here. They've more just been concerned with carrying out these actions against Venezuela and in the Caribbean. And that's really been the theme over the past couple of months.But this now as th ...

Let's go right now back to the breaking news from the Caribbean. A US official tells MS Now the Coast Guard is pursuing a third oil tanker near Venezuela after seizing tankers yesterday as well as on December 10th. Let's go to the White House and MS Now reporter Jake Taylor.So Jake, what's the latest on this. >> Yeah, Alex, look, the White House hasn't been too concerned with political support here. They've more just been concerned with carrying out these actions against Venezuela and in the Caribbean.And t ...

There were a number of photographs that were pulled down after being released on Friday. That's because a judge in New York has ordered us to listen to any victim or victim rights group if they have any concerns about the material that we're putting up. the material that we release on Friday or the material that we're going to release over the next couple of weeks is exactly what the the the statute requires us to release, which is everything that we have um from this case with the exception of redacting pe ...

When questions get uncomfortable, President Trump doesn’t just change the subject with a deflection — he lashes out at the women journalists asking the questions. From insults ranging from "aggressive" to "piggy", the President's niece Mary Trump weighs in on why his attacks may be escalating, "he's feeling more and more comfortable being his worst self" and “he is terrified.” MS Now Contributor, April Ryan, who has personally experienced Trump's ire says, "It's not just the words, it's what they do." MS NO ...

I want to read um what uh Farah Jasmine Griffin, Dr. . Sharon Jasmine Griffin, uh chair of the African-American and Africana African diaspora studies at Columbia University wrote about you >> in the forward to the look. The denim, the red sweater and white shirt, the slender watch and the tote say, "I am just your average American college student." She later writes, "And so she came, an American girl with a southside twist." and then later still red, white, and blue all American girl with braids. Did you se ...

Poverty Line and Living Costs - Simplify Asset Management的研究表明，对于一个四口之家来说，更合理的贫困线门槛可能是 14 万美元左右[1] - 该研究基于新泽西州考德威尔或埃塞克斯县的数据，指出儿童保育费用约为 3.2 万美元，住房约为 2.3 万美元，食品为 1.4 万美元，交通约为 1.5 万美元，医疗保健为 1 万美元，其他必需品约为 2.2 万美元，税收为 1.85 万美元[2] - MIT Living Wage Project 的数据显示，美国不同地区的贫困线标准差异很大，从低成本地区的约 8.5 万美元到纽约市等高成本地区的超过 18 万美元不等[3] Benefit Cliffs and Marginal Tax Rates - 官方贫困线与实际生活成本之间的巨大差距，导致家庭收入略高于贫困线时，会面临失去 SNAP 或 EBT 等福利的挑战，形成“死亡谷”或“福利悬崖”，导致实际边际税率可能超过 100%[4] - 家庭收入从 4 万美元增加到 10 万美元，生活水平往往没有实质性改善，甚至难以维持现状[4] Wealth Distribution and Economic Policy - 自里根时代以来，美国经济政策发生了重大转变，导致超过 50 万亿美元的财富从普通劳动人民及其家庭转移到极少数富人手中[9] - 里根政府在 1980 年代放松了反垄断法的执行，导致并购活动激增，加剧了财富转移[9] - 中产阶级占人口的比例从里根上任时的三分之二下降到现在的 45% 左右[10] Housing Market and Generational Wealth - 住房成本的上涨速度超过了通货膨胀，对那些无法拥有住房的人造成了经济压力[22][23] - 千禧一代仅掌握美国 4% 的财富，而 90 年代与他们同龄的人掌握了 22% 的财富[18] - 住房成本挤占了其他领域的消费，对整体经济产生影响[24] Regulatory Frameworks and Housing Scarcity - 住房供应的短缺在一定程度上是由于监管框架人为造成的[26] - 房地产市场的垄断行为，例如 RealPage 的垄断，人为地制造了合谋和租金上涨[25] Potential Solutions and Policy Recommendations - 讨论了解决住房负担能力问题的各种方法，包括监管改革、限制公司和外国人拥有住房，以及政府在住房和医疗保健等领域的干预[29][30][32] - 医疗保健和教育应被视为公共资源[18]

A hoax, a scam, and a conj job. Those are the words President Donald Trump has used to describe not just the affordability crisis, but also climate change. Dismissing decades of scientific research and evidence.And now his administration is taking it a step further, seemingly attempting to erase evidence that climate change or that that humanity has contributed to chi climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency under Trump has replaced or fully deleted information from its website which detailed the ...

I'm here with my good friend Caleb Silver and he's the editor-inchief at Investopedia, the chief business editor with People, Inc. Investopedia recently came out with a list of the most searched words of the year. Top word this year, affordability. >> All right, no surprise there.So, it's time to visit our hypothetical friend, Betty, who is a working mother of a high schooler named Bobby. All right, let's start with housing cost. This is a big deal.Betty's rent on their two-bedroom unit actually fell 1.7% f ...

Good morning. It's Sunday, December 21st. If there's one takeaway from Donald Trump's grumpy address to the nation on Wednesday, it's that his administration may finally be catching on to America's mood on the state of the economy. A string of recent surveys have shown that the public is continuing to sour on Trump's handling of the economy. According to a recent Associated Press NORC poll, Trump's approval rating on the economy has slipped to 31%.That's the lowest it's been across both of his presidencies. ...