Today’s Catch Up
Are You Making the #1 RMD Mistake?
Most retirees take Required Minimum Distributions in cash. That means more taxes for Washington - and less for you. But IRS Code 408(m)(3) gives you another option.
Top Judiciary Democrat Raskin blasts possible Trump-IRS settlement
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Sunday blasted the potential fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump, calling it a "political slush fund" that he said is "illegal" and "unconstitutional."
"Only Congress has the power to appropriate money, and Congress never voted on creating this $1.7 billion political slush fund at the Department of Justice, and Congress would never pass that," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, the committee's ranking member, in an interview with ABC News' "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.
The Electrification of Heavy Machinery Has a Ground Floor
Tesla did it to cars. Now the same shift is coming for excavators, forklifts, cranes, and military equipment. The difference is that nobody has owned this moment yet — until RISE Robotics.
Their technology strips hydraulics out of heavy machinery entirely and replaces it with a patented electric actuator. No fluid. Full digital control. Built for the autonomous machines that are coming whether the industry is ready or not. The Pentagon is already a customer.
Last Round Oversubscribed. $9.7M in revenue already on the board. Dylan Jovine of ‘Behind the Markets’ spotted it early. The Wefunder community round lets anyone invest alongside institutional backers.
At least 6 Americans in Congo were exposed to Ebola virus
At least six Americans were exposed to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sources with international aid organizations told CBS News, although it was unclear if any had been infected.
Three of the Americans faced a high-risk contact or exposure, the sources said, and one was symptomatic. It wasn't immediately clear whether the Americans are still in Congo. The health news organization STAT was first to report on the exposures.







