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A senior Trump official ordered a true society in May for a visit aimed at touring Alcatraz Island off the coast of California and measuring the likelihood of returning the national park to prison.FoxNews accompanied Attorney General Pam Bondy and Interior Secretary Doug Burgham, as they toured federal facilities that were closed as federal prisons in 1963, according to the Prison Bureau. It has been operated as a national park since 1972.”It’s federal property. Since its original use was a prison, part of this is testing the feasibility of reverting to its original use,” said Burgham, who oversees the national…

“Congress should reject the double standard of cryptocurrency.” Tim Ryan and Kendrick Meek of NewsweekWhy “Single Out Crypto? The President is not banned from owning shares in oil companies while setting up energy policies, or ownership of real estate while forming tax policies,” says Tim Ryan and Kendrick Meek. “It’s about optics, simply because Crypto is brand new or politically charged.” “If the goal is to prevent self-richness, it makes little sense to allow broad discretion on other financial assets that can easily create conflicts of interest while limiting crypto-holding.”read more Subscribe to week Escape the echo chamber. Get analysis…

LONDON – The UK will lower the voting age between 18 and 16 before the next national election, as part of a measure to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday.The Central Left Labour Party pledged before lowering the age of votes for the elections that were elected in July 2024 to British Parliament. Scotland and Wales have already voted in local and local elections, with people aged 16 and 17.The UK will join a short list of countries with 16 voting ages, along with Austria, Brazil, Ecuador and others. A small number of European Union countries, including Belgium, Germany…

Open this photo in the gallery:Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will then speak at the Bitcoin 2024 event held in Nashville, Tennessee on July 27, 2024.Kevin Worm/ReutersTiming was not on Changpeng Zhao’s side. Zhao, the founder and Canadian of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, faced money laundering charges under the Justice Department during his time in Biden. He traded in prison for four months. If only the event is dragged a bit.On January 21st, a day after the inauguration, US President Donald Trump forgives a code criminal who did much worse than Zhao: Ross Ulbricht, who had been sentenced…

The 61-year-old man was dead after a group of people were hit by lightning in New Jersey’s archery area on Wednesday night, police said. Thirteen other people, including the seven-year-old, were injured in a lightning strike at the Black Knight Bow Benders Archery Range in Jackson Township. Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew D. Kuntz said the injuries “from burns to non-specific complaints of feeling unwell.” At least four victims were children and were taken to hospital with burns, said Jerry Mindursky of the Archery Club. Black Night Bow Benders Archery Club in Jackson Township, New Jersey on Wednesday.NBC New YorkThree…

Q2 2025 was an exceptional quarter for cryptocurrencies. It didn’t necessarily feel that way. Bitcoin refused to break out of the $100,000 range, and other crypto assets traded mostly sideways.But let’s consider what actually happened.Paul Atkins, the most pro-crypto SEC chairman in history, has been confirmed. Coinbase joins the S&P 500 index. Stablecoin issuer Circle debuted with one of the most successful IPOs in a decade.The number of companies with Bitcoin on their balance sheets has increased by nearly 60%. Bitcoin was the world’s best-performing major asset, rising more than 30%. This is nearly three times the return on U.S.…

Influencer Emily Kaiser’s husband could face felony child abuse charges in the drowsing death of his 3-year-old son Trigg in an Arizona backyard pool.Chandler Police Department said on Tuesday X that Trigg’s May 18 death and “following a thorough review of the evidence, investigators recommended a class-four felony charge of child abuse against Brady Kaiser.”The case was filed with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for review. Police and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Trigg died six days after it was found unconscious in a backyard pool. Phoenix’s NBC affiliate KPNX…

Chicago has built a global reputation as a leader in financial innovation, with three of the world’s most important exchanges: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and the Chicago Trade Commission (CBOT). But today, its reputation is at risk of slipping as the next generation of financial technology (digital assets) evolves (mainly) outside our state. Certainly, Chicago has formed solid roots for digital assets such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web 3.0, but it is not a world-leading way to lead the world with past innovations such as financial futures, options trading and the provision of…

The Trump administration could migrate to countries where immigrants are not involved. In some cases, there is a six-hour notice and without assurance that deported individuals will not be “persecuted or tortured,” migrants, according to a new memo from the immigrants’ chief executive.The immigration customs enforcement memo, which states that the policy will be “effective immediately,” was issued by acting director Todd Lyons on July 9th. It provides ice guidance to employees on how to force people into countries outside of their country of origin, and “in harsh circumstances” even if they were at risk of being persecuted or tortured…

President Donald Trump’s increased turn against Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is among supporters between Ukraine and its supporters who have begun to believe what he has been telling him all along, Moscow is an adversary and the only way to stop it with cash and military supplies.But while Monday’s obvious U-turn was dramatic, other Ukrainian supporters, former officials and other foreign policy experts are deeply skeptical, at least at their worst. “The questions Europeans and Ukrainians are asking,” according to Ibo Daalder, former US ambassador for NATO, “How realistic is this change? And how long will this change last? And…