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When Debuts Flop: Katie Britt Is the Latest in a Long Line of Botched Opening Acts

When Debuts Flop: Katie Britt Is the Latest in a Long Line of Botched Opening Acts

The Republican senator, whose State of the Union response drew savage criticism, is not the first novice lawmaker from the South to see her introducto [...]
Trump Claims Immunity Extends Even to Acts That ‘Cross the Line’

Trump Claims Immunity Extends Even to Acts That ‘Cross the Line’

In a social media post, Donald J. Trump appeared to take a stance that went even further than his lawyers have in court about the scope of immunity fr [...]
Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds

Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds

"That he vetoed a similar bill last year, and he and the bill’s authors were willing to work with industry to improve it, demonstrates that they do no [...]
Australia Acts on De-Banking of Crypto Entities, Supports Some Policy Recommendations

Australia Acts on De-Banking of Crypto Entities, Supports Some Policy Recommendations

Blockchain Australia's commitment came after hosting a "Stopping Scams Roundtable" involving 28 representatives, as well as observers from the Austral [...]
Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach

Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach

The 5-4 ruling in Sackett v. EPA creates a far narrower test than what has been used for more than half a century to determine when bogs and marshes [...]
Biden Acts to Restrict U.S. Government Use of Spyware

Biden Acts to Restrict U.S. Government Use of Spyware

The president signed an executive order seeking to limit deployment of a tool that has been abused by autocracies — and some democracies — to spy on d [...]
First Mover Americas: Paxos Acts on SEC Threat

First Mover Americas: Paxos Acts on SEC Threat

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 13, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualize [...]
Declaring Emergencies and Banning ‘Latinx’: First Acts for 9 New Governors

Declaring Emergencies and Banning ‘Latinx’: First Acts for 9 New Governors

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania opened 92 percent of state government jobs to people without four-year degrees. Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska created [...]
On U.S. Foreign Policy, Biden Acts a Lot Like Trump

On U.S. Foreign Policy, Biden Acts a Lot Like Trump

WASHINGTON — A fist bump and meeting with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Tariffs and export controls on China. Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. [...]
RBI acts in forwards market to protect forex reserves, pulls down premiums – Business Standard

RBI acts in forwards market to protect forex reserves, pulls down premiums – Business Standard

RBI acts in forwards market to protect forex reserves, pulls down premiums  Business Standard www.business-standard.com [...]
Ethereum acts as a ‘hedge’ in Bitcoin price crash as ETH/BTC hits 3-year high

Ethereum acts as a ‘hedge’ in Bitcoin price crash as ETH/BTC hits 3-year high

Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) plunged alongside other cryptocurrencies on Dec. 4. Still, its move downside did not deter it from hitting a th [...]
The Build Back Better Act’s plan on drug prices and Medicare, explained

The Build Back Better Act’s plan on drug prices and Medicare, explained

Congress’s ambitious plans to expand health coverage are crashing up against one of the great questions in health policy: Can they force the pha [...]
Build Back Better Act’s health care section turns on cutting drug costs

Build Back Better Act’s health care section turns on cutting drug costs

Democrats had big dreams for health care reform this year. In the forthcoming budget reconciliation bill, they planned to cover 4 million uninsu [...]
El Salvador acts on Bitcoin price dip and buys 150 BTC

El Salvador acts on Bitcoin price dip and buys 150 BTC

Despite warnings from global agencies regarding its adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), El Salvador's government continues to seize market opportunities. As [...]
Marjorie Taylor Greene Attracts Rebuke for Evaluating Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate to Nazi Acts

Marjorie Taylor Greene Attracts Rebuke for Evaluating Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate to Nazi Acts

Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia drew a uncommon condemnation on Tuesday from the highest Home Republican for the newest in a sequence [...]
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