MBTA budget gap could climb to nearly $1 billion by 2029

The MBTA’s budget gap could grow to $652 million in the next fiscal year, when pandemic relief funds that have been helping the agency offset its significant loss in fare revenue and high cost of federally mandated safety fixes run out. The T’s financial outlook becomes more dire each of the next five years, capped … Read more

Ukraine is looking for more than bland security ‘assurances’ in talks with Canada, expert says

A significant, even far-reaching event would have slipped almost silently under the radar in Ottawa this week, had it not been for Ukrainian news media. The Liberal government quietly (perhaps deliberately so) handed over a draft of its proposed security assurances plan for Ukraine to officials in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office. The milestone was acknowledged by Canada’s Ambassador to … Read more

Neil Cavuto Brutally Rebuts Ron DeSantis’ Iowa Spin

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joined Friday’s Your World on Fox News where he faced familiar questions about the future of his presidential campaign. DeSantis landed in second place in last week’s Iowa caucuses, but ran 30 points behind former President Donald Trump. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley finished third and is expected to leapfrog DeSantis … Read more

Video released of Trump’s deposition in civil fraud case

By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — Months before Donald Trump’s defiant turn as a witness at his New York civil fraud trial, the former president came face-to-face with the state attorney general who is suing him when he sat for a deposition last year at her Manhattan office. Video made public … Read more

Surge in swatting attempts on public officials

Surge in swatting attempts on public officials – CBS News Watch CBS News A review by CBS News reveals there have been more than a dozen swatting attempts on public officials and judges just since Christmas, including two judges overseeing cases against former President Donald Trump. Scott MacFarlane has details. Be the first to know … Read more

Democrats select Julia Marvin to represent Thornton in Colorado House

Former City Council member Julia Marvin was selected Thursday night by a Democratic vacancy committee to represent Thornton and the surrounding area in the Colorado House this year, weeks after her predecessor resigned. Marvin, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Thornton last year, beat fellow former council member Jacque Phillips on a 9-7 vacancy committee … Read more

Former Obama Official Ordered to Complete Anti-Bias Training After Harassing Muslim Cart Vendor

A former White House security adviser who worked under the Obama administration was given a sweetheart deal and ordered to complete anti-bias training after harassing a Muslim cart vendor in November. Stuart Seldowitz, 64, may have the possibility of having his hate crime charges dismissed if he completes a “26-week anti-bias” training course through the … Read more

Rudy Giuliani Accused of Using Bankruptcy Filing to Stiff the Election Workers He Owes $148 Million

When Rudy Giuliani was ordered last month to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the 2020 election workers he defamed, nearly $150 million, the resounding response heard ’round the world went something like, “There’s no way he’s got even close to that kind of money.” But clearly, he’s got some money, which is why Freeman … Read more

Wu’s woke NH write-in crusade

Will white people be allowed to attend Mayor Michelle Wu’s events in New Hampshire this weekend on behalf of Dementia Joe Biden? This is a legitimate question. I mean, Wu has a record of holding separate-but-equal, no-whites-need-apply public events, as recently as last month, when she became the Democrat party’s national face of the new … Read more

Lifetime cost of military’s Cyclone choppers set to soar past $14B, government document reveals

The lifetime cost of buying, owning and operating the air force’s troubled CH-148 Cyclones is now expected to top $14.87 billion, according to a leaked internal Department of National Defence briefing document obtained by CBC News. Most of the expense — $10 billion — is being attributed to the cost of sustaining the aircraft. The CH-148 Cyclone is … Read more