In 1974 when Vice President Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency after Richard Nixon resigned, the country was in a bad economic crisis. The Arab oil shocks of 1973 led to a 300% increase in the price of oil, which translated into inflation of more than 12%.
An audit of the city of Los Angeles funds found that the city spent $1.2 billion on a program that was meant to build housing for the homeless, but the cost is now projected to cost around $837,000 per unit.
Florida lawmakers unanimously approved a bill on Feb. 23 that would require high school students to take and pass a financial literacy course before graduating.
The White House’s Deputy Director of Technology previously worked for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which funneled nearly half a billion dollars into the 2020 U.S. election in an effort to secure a victory for Joe Biden.
Biden's overseas business operations were a source of controversy during the 2020 presidential campaign, and now first won Hunter Biden is the subject of a tax investigation.
