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A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled late Thursday that federal law protects FTC commissioners from being removed by the president without cause, citing a key …

Live Updates: Trump Tells Bondi to Pursue Release of Epstein Material as Congress Claws Back Funding  The New York Times Trump tells Attorney General Bondi to seek release of Epstein grand jury records  CNN Michael Wolff on MAGA’s Revolt Over Jeffrey Epstein  The New Yorker Donald Trump orders US attorney general to ‘produce’ more Epstein documents  BBC A Timeline of What We Know About …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday will sign into law a new set of regulations for a type of cryptocurrency that are seen as a way to legitimize the burgeoning industry. The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency that is tied to a stable asset like the U.S. dollar to …

Trump Aims Tariff Double Whammy at Industries, Nations by Aug. 1  Bloomberg Trump Threatens Pharma Tariffs Soon. Why the Stocks Are Looking Healthy.  Barron’s Trump threatens to impose drug and chip tariffs as soon as 1 August  The Guardian Can Eli Lilly Stock Withstand the Threat of President Trump’s New Sweeping Tariffs?  The Motley Fool Trump’s real threat: industry-specific tariffs  The Economist Source link

Nearly 800,000 doses of mpox vaccine pledged to African countries working to stamp out devastating outbreaks are headed for the waste bin because they weren’t shipped in time, according to reporting by Politico. The nearly 800,000 doses were part of a donation promised under the Biden administration, which was meant to deliver more than 1 million doses. Overall, the US, …

CNN  —  Steve Bannon joined a growing chorus of MAGA influencers coalescing behind President Donald Trump in the wake of the Wall Street Journal report about a ribald birthday letter bearing Trump’s name that was sent to Jeffrey Epstein, telling CNN Friday that he believed the story had united a base that had been showing signs of fraying. “We are …

Some Democrats supported the GENIUS Act, arguing that some regulation is better than none as cryptocurrency activity increases globally and the technology has the potential to revolutionize the US financial system. But Hand told Ars that “we’ve already seen what happens when there are no protections” for consumers, like during the FTX collapse. She joins critics that the BBC reported …

Bitcoin Price, XRP Gain as Genius Act Passes Congress. Trump Has a Bigger Plan for Cryptos.  Barron’s This Unstoppable Cryptocurrency Is Now As Big As Amazon, and It Could Soar By Another 10,500%, According to Strategy’s Michael Saylor  Yahoo Finance Bitcoin is nearly double where it was a year ago. This is what’s behind the run  CNBC Why the Price of Bitcoin Keeps …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump …

AP  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press. The information will give ICE officials the ability to find …