Author: Leslie Stewart

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will pardon U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), who was indicted on bribery and money laundering charges last year.In a post on Truth Social, President Trump accused Democrats of working to “attack, rob, lie, deceive, destroy, and massacre anyone who dares to oppose far-left policies.””Based on these and other facts, I hereby announce a full and unconditional pardon for my beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar and Imelda,” Trump said in a post, referring to Cuellar’s wife, who is also facing charges. “Henry, I don’t know about you, but sleep well tonight. Your…

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President Donald Trump’s tariffs, aimed at replacing American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could instead lead to job cuts at home, according to recent statements from business executives and economic forecasters.The labor market is already in a “no layoffs, no jobs” situation, and there are growing concerns that tariffs on U.S. imports will raise operating costs and force companies to cut payrolls.For example, respondents to the Institute for Supply Management’s survey on factory conditions in November expressed increased levels of concern.”We’re starting to implement more permanent changes because of the customs environment,” said one transportation equipment executive. “This includes job…

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Mohammedia – The recent Amazon Web Services outage has brought new scrutiny to the entire cryptocurrency industry, exposing how deeply the industry relies on centralized Web2 infrastructure. opinion published by crypto.news argues that the disruption has exposed structural vulnerabilities at the core of crypto platforms, where exchanges and wallets rely on the same cloud systems used in traditional financial and government services. A single DNS failure within AWS caused a cascading failure that brought down more than 14,000 websites and caused an estimated loss of more than $1 billion in less than two hours. Platforms such as Coinbase, MetaMask, and…

Christmas market in Cottbus, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesEurozone inflation was 2.2% in November, up slightly from the previous month, preliminary data from data agency Eurostat showed on Tuesday.The latest consumer price index is slightly above the European Central Bank’s target of 2%. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 2.1% rise in the 12 months through November.Looking at the main components of inflation in the euro area, the services industry is expected to have the highest annual rate of 3.5% in November, up from 3.4% in October, Eurostat said. Core inflation, which excludes the more…

Here’s how Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin finance company, Strategy, works. The company will raise funds to purchase Bitcoin. When you buy, the price of Bitcoin increases. Strategy’s stock price follows suit. Rinse and repeat. The deal was so lucrative, fueled by Thaler’s full confidence that he was a hype capitalist on par with OpenAI Inc.’s Sam Altman, that it spawned dozens of imitators targeting the same “infinite money glitch,” like a video game cheat code.However, a problem has occurred. Bitcoin’s price has fallen below $90,000 and is approaching the $74,000 average price Bitcoin paid for its stash of 650,000 coins, making…

West Virginia’s governor said Monday that a National Guard member hospitalized in critical condition after a fellow Guard member was shot and killed near the White House is recovering.Andrew Wolf, 24, a member of the West Virginia Air National Guard, is showing signs of improvement, including responding to a nurse’s request for a thumbs up, Staff Sergeant Patrick Morrissey said at a news conference.“They also said he was wiggling his toes,” he said. “So we take that as a positive sign.”Mr. Wolfe was hospitalized in critical condition following Wednesday’s attack, and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of the West Virginia Army…

The 80-year-old was standing in a convenience store, pouring $60,000 into a cryptocurrency ATM machine. He wasn’t an investor. Someone called him pretending to be a representative from his bank. She scared him by saying she needed to convert her life savings into cryptocurrency to protect her funds. However, he knew nothing about cryptocurrencies or even how to convert cash into cryptocurrencies. The scammer explained what to do and where the nearest crypto machine was located at a convenience store near the apartment. When the son received a notification from the bank that a large sum of money had been…

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