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Connor Tomasko grew up wary of credit cards. As she taught herself more about managing money, she realized that many people also have bad habits when it comes to payment apps. Tomasko, 31, a freelance software consultant in Chicago, understands why people appreciate the ease of the apps, which typically only require you to know someone’s username in order to send money. But she realized that keeping money in the apps could be risky and means losing out on the interest from a high-yield savings account. She now immediately transfers any payments out of the apps and encourages friends...

Donald Trump, a convicted felon and President, has just started his second term, his final one permitted under the U.S. Constitution. But he has already started making quips about serving a third one. “Am I allowed to run again?” Trump joked during the House Republican retreat in Florida in January. Whether teasing or taunting, it seems to be part of a pattern. Just a week after he won election last fall, Trump suggested in a meeting with House Republicans that he might want to stick around after his second term was over. “I suspect I won’t be running again...

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said on February 7, returning to a strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during his first term. In a statement, the prison agency said it is assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “by housing detainees and will continue to support our law enforcement partners to fulfill the administration’s policy objectives.” The Bureau of Prisons declined to say how many immigration detainees it is taking in, or which prison facilities are being used. “For privacy, safety, and security...

For years, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in suburban Indianapolis has wanted to partner with federal immigration authorities to identify and detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally and facing charges. President Joe Biden’s administration never returned its calls, the sheriff’s office said. But as convicted felon and President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration, Hamilton County deputies soon could become the first in Indiana empowered to carry out federal immigration duties and one of many nationally that Trump’s administration hopes to enlist. “We definitely are joining,” said Chief Deputy John Lowes. “We want to collaborate with ICE...