Several Democrat senators seemed ready to expand COVID-era Obamacare tax credits holding up spending legislation needed to reopen the government — but less willing to grapple with what that would mean for the country’s expenses. ‘I’ll disagree with the framing of deficit increase,’ Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said when asked about the program’s implications for […]
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Ripple appears to be preparing one of its most ambitious experiments through a $1 billion digital-asset treasury (DAT) designed to accumulate and manage XRP as a long-term reserve. According to a Bloomberg report, the initiative would be financed through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). This structure is often used in traditional finance to raise […]
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MILAN — Giorgio Armani has appointed deputy managing director Giuseppe Marsocci as chief executive with immediate effect, the Italian fashion house said on Thursday, confirming media reports. Marsocci, who has been with the company for 23 years, serving as global chief commercial officer for the past six years, steps into the role previously held by […]
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The commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), whose area of operations includes the Caribbean waters where the strikes against the alleged drug boats have been conducted, announced he is retiring suddenly by the end of the year. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, who became the commander of SOUTHCOM in November 2024, announced Thursday that he would […]
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The U.S. is planning to offer rewards to Gazans who help locate the bodies of the deceased hostages who were held by Hamas, a pair of senior White House advisors told reporters Wednesday evening. ‘We’re probably going to put together some sort of program where we’re going to ask people to see if they can […]
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Former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted Thursday on 18 counts related to the improper handling of classified materials, Fox News Digital has learned. According to the indictment, Bolton was indicted on eight counts of transmission of National Defense Information and ten counts of retention of National Defense information. ‘From on or […]
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A teenage street musician has been jailed and charged with leading a public gathering in which she led a crowd in singing an anti-Putin rock song in St. Petersburg, a rare act of defiance, according to local reports. Diana Loginova faces a single administrative charge for organizing an unauthorized public gathering and has been jailed […]
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A video shared on X shows Erika Kirk at the Turning Point USA office surrounded by staff members, proudly showing them the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to her late husband, Charlie Kirk. In the clip posted by Mikey McCoy, Charlie Kirk’s former chief of staff, Erika speaks movingly to the assembled team. In the […]
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The trade war that once rattled global markets has returned, and Bitcoin is part of the battlefield this time. On Oct. 15, President Donald Trump declared that the United States was now in a trade war with China, saying: “We’re in a [trade war] now. We have 100% tariffs. If we didn’t have tariffs, we […]
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Elon Musk recently revived the “51 % renewables” benchmark, stating that the energy backing Bitcoin “can’t be faked.” The reference is to his earlier promise that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin payments once at least half of mining energy came from clean or low-carbon sources. However, now that the latest data suggests the network may […]
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