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If Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s flimsy legal case against former President Donald Trump is intended to hamstring his 2024 campaign, it appears to be backfiring.Continue Reading

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The Biden administration wants to send Patriot surface-to-air missiles and more American troops to Ukraine, a move the Russian embassy in Washington says may lead to “unpredictable consequences.”

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested just before he was to testify to Congress. Meanwhile, the DOJ may prosecute rival cryptocurrency exchange Binance for money laundering. All this as the New York Fed tests its own digital currency.Continue Reading

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Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy, blaming the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Bitcoin is now down more than 70% from one year ago.

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An interfaith group of religious environmental activists broke mock stone tablets on a mountain in Egypt believed by some to be Mount Sinai, symbolizing the need for “climate repentance.”Continue Reading

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A devastating fire hit a poultry farm in Minnesota that supplies the nation’s largest supermarkets with three million eggs a day. This is the latest in a string of mystery fires and explosions to hit dozens of food processing plants in North America over the past year.Continue Reading

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President Biden said Saturday that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” White House officials immediately began walking that back, claiming that Biden meant to prepare the world for extended conflict in Ukraine—something that’s not good news for Ukrainians or the world.Continue Reading

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Big changes ahead for the U.S. dollar: Saudi Arabia and China are discussing oil sales in yuan, which could undermine the dollar as the world’s de facto reserve currency. And President Biden signed an executive order last week directing government to research a Central Bank Digital Currency.Continue Reading