State Attorney General Ken Paxton parroted claims by the Health Secretary which have been strongly refuted by medical professionals
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While the government does not keep a record of the number of British nationals overseas, around 5,000 British nationals are thought to be on the island
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President’s attorneys resurrect legal arguments to overturn jury’s verdict in a case that was ‘fatally marred’
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Lawrence O’Donnell said that Scott Jennings wasn’t always like this, claiming he was once ‘capable’ of criticizing Trump before he ‘figured out where the money is’ and became the ‘JD Vance of CNN.’
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Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories last month, has pledged a ‘more concentrated government machine’
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More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels
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Taking a page from other Republicans, the former collegiate swimmer accused Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive politicians of destroying the country
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Republican-led panel claims former president’s ‘cognitive decline’ was so severe he may not have been aware what he was signing and his clemency orders are therefore ‘null and void’ and should be reviewed
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‘Local theatre is where the real wizardry happens – sparking imagination and spreading a bit of joy,’ the Islington North MP said
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Secretary of War continues campaign against facial hair on Pacific tour
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The former prime minister also warned the Tories must stop chasing the Reform party
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A downgrade in the productivity figures could leave Reeves with a bigger fiscal gap
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The government has suggesting closing hotels is a bid to appease the public but critics have said it will not save the taxpayer any money
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Yet Japan could face a big issue if the enormous vehicles are imported
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An appeals court earlier this month upheld an order pausing the threatened Guard operation in Illinois
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Despite their House majority, Republicans are poised to gain more seats through redistricting
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The federal workers’ union said the Senate needs to pass a clean continuing resolution. Republicans say Democrats ‘need to listen to the unions, and that's not a sentence I say very often’
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‘Sure, at first blush it sounds crazy, but Trump loves a deal, and Brian Roberts needs to think big and differently,’ media analyst Rich Greenfield wrote this week
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Platner, an oyster farmer and populist running for Senate in Maine, has faced multiple controversies in recent weeks over his past views and a controversial skull-and-bones tattoo reminiscent of Nazi imagery
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President challenges legitimacy of ballots that are not cast in person on election day as Republicans brace for 2026
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President’s allies say deficit is going down, but predictions for 2026 still range as high as $2.2 trillion
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The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case
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Former IFS director Paul Johnson says a mansion tax ‘wouldn’t raise anywhere near enough to fill a significant hole’ in the public finances
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Justice secretary David Lammy pledges release checks on foreign inmates will be tightened
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The president’s plans for the historic East Wing, which has been partly demolished to make way for a lavish new, $300 million ballroom, has faced fierce criticism
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The agreement is the largest fighter jet deal in almost 20 years and the first new order for UK Typhoons since 2017
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‘Gavin Newsom cares more about giving illegals commercial drivers licenses than he does citizens of his own state and the safety of Americans. It’s shameful,’ Sean Duffy says
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First lady has maintainted public silence over $350m White House ballroom but reportedly ‘raised concerns’ in private and denied responsibility for the project
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The statue has long been controversial and even “stirred opposition” when it was planned over 100 years ago
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Staff shortages have increased four times over October 2024 as a federal government shutdown nears its one-month anniversary
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Up until now, most of the American public has been insulated from the shutdown’s effects, Eric Garcia writes. But with SNAP recipients going hungry, labor groups demanding the government reopen and ongoing health insurance enrollment, Trump and Democrats might be forced to find a solution.
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It was not immediately clear what advertisements Trump was speaking about
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Suspect detained over wanted poster-style meme that placed $45,000 bounty on attorney general’s head
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Food banks brace for impact as states demand USDA tap into billions of dollars in emergency funding
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The Reform UK leader says he is ‘unhappy’ with Sarah Pochin’s comments on Black and Asian people in adverts but that he ‘understands the basic point’ and will not take further action
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‘It is infuriating that neither Congress nor the courts seem to be interested in putting a stop to any of this, because we are supposed to live in a country of checks and balances,” John Oliver declared on Sunday.
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‘I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever,’ the president said on Air Force One Monday
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Ex Bank governor Mervyn King says problems will not be resolved by ‘just adding another wealth tax’
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Warning comes as resident doctors are due to strike for five days in November
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The chancellor is widely expected to use the Budget to increase taxes once again, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimating she needs to find £22bn via tax rises or spending cuts to meet her self-imposed fiscal rule
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Trump bragged that doctors said that he had one of ‘the best reports they’ve ever seen’
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Trump’s furious post comes just a month after a national autism charity claimed that he was pedalling ‘pseudo-science’
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Trump and Musk’s bitter feud has seen them hurl accusations of drug use and links to Jeffrey Epstein at each other
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Far-right activist Laura Loomer took credit for Hamdi’s arrest
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Trip comes amid speculation Ms Reeves could impose tax hikes in upcoming Budget
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Analysis: Experts argue that use of a donation and research funding present separate examples of Antideficiency Act violations writes John Bowden
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Great Falls City Commissioner candidate Pete Anderson said his idea would provide shelters to homeless individuals without the need for government borrowing
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Trump has grown vocally frustrated with Putin in recent days, launching sanctions against Russian oil producers and calling off a potential summit
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Just two Republican senators stand opposed to Trump’s killings of dozens of alleged drug traffickers, despite drone opposition under Obama
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un last met in 2019
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California governor has used stage as leader of largest blue state to directly challenge Donald Trump
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Trump was seen dancing along with performers representing Malaysia’s major ethnic groups
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The notes were part of the evidence collected by former Special Counsel Jack Smith for his Capitol riot investigation
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Rachel Reeves is said to be seriously considering a mansion tax to fill an estimated £40 billion budget black hole and appease the left of the Labour Party
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Reform MP Sarah Pochin provoked widespread condemnation when she said that it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’
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The song accompanied a video showing federal agents arresting protesters outside the ICE facility in Portland
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The newspaper’s editorial board argued in an op-ed that other presidents have also left their mark on the White House
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Another Central American immigrant died under similar circumstances in an August chase in California
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Trump appeared to take great offense to the ad as he slapped Canada with an additional tariff
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The health secretary compares defeat to one in Hartlepool, which almost forced Starmer to resign
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Former president’s son said it was ‘silly’ to think otherwise
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Doug Ford agreed to pull the controversial ad, but it will still air through the weekend’s Blue Jays–Dodgers World Series games, which Trump denounced as ‘fraud’ and ‘dirty playing’
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Critics have expressed concerns over the ethics and legality of a private donor funding operations of U.S. military
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Republican Senator Thom Tillis warned that President Donald Trump might look bad swiping cash from the federal government during a shutdown
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Jess Phillips is coming under increasing pressure to resign as safeguarding minister with the grooming gang inquiry in crisis
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Kamala Harris told the BBC that she hasn’t made an official decision to run in the 2028 presidential election, but said her work in politics continues
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Exclusive: The chancellor is being pushed to break Labour’s manifesto pledge on not raising income tax
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Lucy Powell beats Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate Bridget Phillipson in the contest to replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader
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The chancellor is looking at raising the living wage to at least £12.70 in her Budget
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Navy and senior Trump officials are reported to be in discussions for an ambitious new fleet fitted with powerful long-range missiles
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Scammers entered the 88-year-old Democrat’s home and charged more than $4,000 to her credit card
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It is ‘not the right time’ to cut the tax-free limit, a senior MP warns
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Construction of the facilities, which could hold up to 10,000 migrants each, could begin as soon as next month
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The image shows the president with hands clasped leaning over the Resolute Desk in a pose some have suggested is reminiscent of a famous portrait of a notorious war criminal – something Time has denied
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The world’s largest aircraft carrier is deployed to the region in an escalating military conflict against drug traffickers
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Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and approximately 50,000 TSA officers are currently working without pay
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The White House’s East Wing is being demolished this week to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom
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Price rises could impact up to 17 million Americans who buy their health insurance through the government
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The House minority leader’s endorsement of the socialist upstart says as much about Jeffries’ stewardship of Democrats in Washington as it does New York, Eric Garcia writes
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Chinese leader has not met with an American president since he visited San Francisco and met with Joe Biden in November 2023
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The president said his ‘friend’ offered to contribute ‘if there's a shortfall’
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Officials are reportedly already calling it ‘The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom’
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Keir Starmer said the coalition of the willing has agreed on a ‘clear plan for the rest of the year’ in supporting Kyiv
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Sources also told The Independent that Weiss has also expressed interest in bringing Anderson Cooper over from CNN to lead the nightly news program
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Crypto Market Structure Bill Gains Bipartisan Momentum as Coinbase’s Armstrong Says “We’re 90% There”
Even as Washington remains hobbled by a partial government shutdown, momentum for U.S. crypto market structure legislation is quietly reaching new heights.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the industry is “90%” of the way there, describing unprecedented bipartisan cooperation among senators working to finalize the long-awaited regulatory framework for digital assets.
Armstrong, who spent this week meeting with both Senate Democrats and Republicans, said the last few sticking points of the CLARITY Act — including rules for decentralized finance (DeFi) and stablecoin rewards — are close to being resolved.
“Both sides are working hard to figure out the final 10%, and we’re getting close,” he said in a social media post. “We’re bullish on getting a bill passed by year-end, and hopeful it’s out of Committee by Thanksgiving.”
The Coinbase chief’s optimism comes amid a surge of engagement between lawmakers and crypto executives, marking one of the most serious bipartisan pushes to bring clarity to digital asset regulation since Congress first began debating the issue years ago.
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The legislation at the center of these discussions — the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) — passed the House of Representatives in July with a strong bipartisan majority of 294–137.
The bill now sits before the Senate Banking Committee, chaired by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), with hopes it could advance to the Senate floor before the end of the year.
In a CNBC interview on Wednesday, Armstrong described “very productive” meetings with senators from both parties, calling the level of collaboration a positive sign for the U.S. crypto industry.
According to multiple people familiar with the meetings, senior lawmakers including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) attended or participated in discussions with Armstrong and other crypto leaders such as Kraken co-CEO David Ripley, Uniswap Labs founder Hayden Adams, and Chainlink Labs’ Sergey Nazarov.
The CLARITY Act seeks to end years of regulatory ambiguity by clearly distinguishing which digital assets qualify as securities under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and which fall under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Under the bill’s framework, sufficiently decentralized networks would fall under CFTC oversight, while tokens with more centralized control or that function as investment contracts would remain under SEC jurisdiction.
The legislation also introduces clearer rules for decentralized finance, secondary trading markets, and custody services — areas where the lack of uniform federal guidance has long frustrated both innovators and investors.
Still, the final 10% of negotiations may prove the toughest. One of the key unresolved questions is how to regulate decentralized finance platforms.
Armstrong has urged lawmakers to focus oversight on decentralized intermediaries — such as interfaces or aggregators — rather than attempting to regulate open-source protocols themselves.
Another area of tension involves stablecoin rewards, which Armstrong says the banking lobby is working to eliminate. Coinbase and other industry advocates argue that consumers should be able to earn yield on regulated stablecoin holdings, similar to how traditional savings accounts pay interest.
These debates underscore the competing visions within Congress: Democrats remain focused on preventing illicit finance and ensuring consumer protection, while Republicans emphasize innovation and competitiveness.
Despite the bipartisan goodwill, the timing remains precarious. The ongoing government shutdown has slowed committee work and pushed back the formal markup of the bill. Some lawmakers, including Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), have expressed skepticism that the committee is ready to move forward, citing unanswered questions about regulatory authority and industry influence.
Still, supporters say the momentum is undeniable. Sen. Lummis, who has long championed digital asset legislation, recently told attendees at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium that she expects the market structure bill to reach the president’s desk “before the end of the year — hopefully before Thanksgiving.”
This post Crypto Market Structure Bill Gains Bipartisan Momentum as Coinbase’s Armstrong Says “We’re 90% There” first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.
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Save Our Wallets: Bitcoiners Must Act To Defend Their Right To Transact
Recent threats against the rights of bitcoiners to transact in the manner they deem fit led to the creation of Save Our Wallets. Done in collaboration with the Bitcoin Policy Institute, CoinCenter, the Bitcoin Design Foundation, and many regional Bitcoin hubs around the United States, the organization recently launched the “Satoshi Needs You!” campaign.
Satoshi needs all of you to rally together to ensure that the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) provisions are included in the coming version of the CLARITY Act, to ensure that self-custodial software tools in the Bitcoin ecosystem remain a protected thing, unencumbered by financial regulations designed to restrict businesses actually taking control of users’ funds.
The trials this summer prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the developers of Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash have set dangerous precedents by prosecuting developers of open-source and self-custodial software, which at no time gave developers control over user funds in any way, and flies directly against standing guidance from both the DOJ as well as FinCEN, the regulator in charge of the application of the relevant regulations from both cases.
The “Satoshi Needs You!” campaign aims to raise awareness of the current threats to bitcoiners’ rights and rally people to get involved in the push to cement these rights in explicit regulation.
“This is a moment of both great danger and great opportunity for the bitcoin network” said Kyle Olney, co-founder of SaveOurWallets.org. “We can’t take anything for granted until our fundamental rights to economic liberty in the digital realm have been codified into law. We need EVERY bitcoiner to get involved, contact their representatives in Washington DC, and ensure this congress continues to execute on pro-Bitcoin policy. We have a responsibility to fight for our freedoms like the right to transact, and to pass those rights on for future generations.”
Visit SaveOurWallets.org to learn more about the CLARITY Act and how you can get involved in the fight to include the BRCA provisions.
This post Save Our Wallets: Bitcoiners Must Act To Defend Their Right To Transact first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Shinobi.
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