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US Vice President J.D. Vice President of the United States J.D. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R.) walk away from the oval office in the opposite direction before leaving the White House on March 14, 2025.Robert Schmidt | AFP | Getty ImagesUCLA Anderson’s forecast issued its first “recession clock” on Tuesday, citing significant economic changes from Trump administration policies.UCLA Anderson, who has been publishing forecasts since 1952, said the administration’s tariffs and immigration policies and plans to cut the federal workforce could potentially contract the economy. The analysis…

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil says he was “targeted” to defend the Palestinian cause in a new letter from the Louisiana Detention Center, who is being held after being arrested by federal immigration authorities earlier this month.”I will wake up on cold mornings and spend a long time witnessing ongoing quiet injustice against so many people who have been eliminated from law protection,” Halil said in a letter ordered by phone on Monday. The 30-year-old legal resident, who played a major role in the pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University last spring, was arrested by a federal immigration agent in New…

Bank of England in London on February 12th, 2024.Henry Nichols | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Bank of England is widely expected to hold interest rates when they meet on Thursday as the UK faces economic headwinds both at home and abroad.Given the unpredictability of President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and the fledgling world trade war, and how those factors will affect UK inflation, it is highly likely that the central bank will keep its benchmark interest rate at 4.5% at its March meeting.The BOE has also been convened as the UK economy shows signs of a stall, with monthly growth…

On Tuesday, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order from banning transgender people from joining or serving in the military. US District Judge Ana Reyes ruled that the ban violates the Equality Protection Clause, as van discriminates based on his transgender status and gender. Reyes said the ban was “immersed in animus.””The language is surprisingly sleazy, its policy accusing trans people of inherently ineligible, and its conclusions have nothing to do with facts,” she wrote.Reyes said, “In fact, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender soldiers have sacrificed putting their lives at risk in order to ensure…

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified on February 11, 2025 at Capitol Hill, Washington, before a hearing with the Senate Bank, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on “semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress.” Craig Hudson | ReutersFederal Reserve officials at this week’s meeting are stabilizing interest rates, but are expected to adjust their views on the economy and perhaps future paths for interest rates.If the market price is correct, there is virtually no chance that central bank policymakers will arise from the current levels of key interest rates covering the 4.25%-4.5% range. Over the past few weeks, Chairman Jerome…

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. The recent Bybit hack, which led to the theft of $1.5 billion worth of digital assets, is a wake-up call for the entire crypto industry. The attack exploits vulnerabilities in multi-signature approval and UI spoofing tactics, deceiving users to believe they were trading at the correct address when the interface was actually manipulated. Even experienced cryptography experts can overlook such inconsistencies without rigorous scrutiny. In a fast-paced environment of digital asset exchanges, these threats may not…

The biological mother of a Connecticut man who has been captured and said to be starved by his stepmother for over 20 years, says she is “pride in him” by her escape.Police say a 32-year-old Connecticut man broke out a fire on February 17th in a small room allegedly trapped in his family’s Waterbury home.He told officers responding that he was captured by his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, who was 56 years old since he was 11 and started the fire because he “wanted freedom.” The man’s biological 52-year-old mother told NBC Connecticut on Monday that she had been searching for…

Daniel Island, S.C. — Dozens of people gathered at a South Carolina coastal apartment on Saturday, reminiscing about a longtime resident who passed away the day before.Walter was murdered on property after several complaints last week, management at Daniel Island Village told Charleston’s NBC affiliate WCBD in a statement.Neighbors at an apartment near Charleston said Walter not only had been hanging out in the complex for over a decade, but also had earned a name, as well as gaining a bit of fame.Vigil organizer Rebekah Cole told the TV station that people with pets and children don’t get bothered by…

Consumers spent at a slower pace than expected in February, but the underlying measurements show sales still rising at a solid pace despite concerns about slowing the economy and rising inflation.Retail sales rose 0.2% that month, according to the Commerce division’s Advanced Reading on Monday. Excluding cars, the increase was 0.3%, which was in line with expectations.Sales numbers are adjusted to seasonal factors, but not to inflation. Prices rose 0.2% that month, according to a previous report from the Ministry of Labor.The so-called control group removed the non-core sector and fed directly to gross domestic product calculations, up 1% more…

Disclosure: The opinions and opinions expressed here belong to the authors solely and do not represent the views or opinions of the crypto.news editorial. The collapse of Mount Gox in 2014, when 850,000 Bitcoin (BTC) disappeared, appears to be a “never again” moment for Crypto. The industry was built on the promise of financial sovereignty, but 10 years later, we are still stuck in Square One. Bybit’s recent hack has lost hundreds of millions of people (probably up to $1.5 billion) in user funds, making it one of the biggest crypto security breaches to date. The exchange remains up and…