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US sues world’s largest crypto exchange and CEO for alleged regulatory violations

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is suing cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its CEO for allegedly breaking U.S. regulatory law, labeling the firm’s compliance efforts a “sham.”

‘Bulls***’ excuses: McCaul threatens to subpoena State Department over Kabul dissent cable

A top House Republican dismissed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s “bulls***” excuses for not handing over a July 2021 dissent cable from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and promised a subpoena against the State Department if it doesn’t comply by Monday’s end.

AOC slammed by watchdogs for boosting TikTok: ‘Swampy stuff’

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been slammed for her recent defense of TikTok, with watchdogs accusing her of a "conflict of interest."

A look at the week ahead in Congress featuring key hearings on Ukraine and banking

Congress is set to hold a series of hearings this week scrutinizing the aid to Ukraine, revisiting authorization of military force in Iraq, and discussing the banking crisis, among other subjects.

Democrats mobilize for $60 million blitz to expand on state legislature victories

Coming off the heels of a string of surprise 2022 pickups in state legislatures, Democrats are mobilizing to keep the momentum going in the upcoming cycle to flip even more states blue.

Nashville shooting: Covenant School press conference crashed by Highland Park parade survivor

A woman, who was at a shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, last year, crashed the end of a press conference regarding the shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.

Raccoon dogs, hedgehogs, and the wet market: The competing theories for COVID-19’s origins

With the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis gaining prominence within the U.S. intelligence community, various international scientists and some intelligence agencies point at a natural origin for COVID-19, with China baselessly blaming the U.S. military or frozen foods.

White House welcomes Netanyahu’s decision to pause Israeli judicial reform

The White House welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision on Monday to pause his plans to reform the country's judicial system after significant backlash within Israel and across the globe.

Hawley seeks to attach Ukraine aid watchdog to Iraq AUMF repeal bill

The Senate will vote on an amendment that would create a special inspector general to oversee U.S. aid to Ukraine as part of an effort to repeal the authority that Congress gave President George W. Bush to use force against Iraq in 2002.

Nashville shooting: White House presses GOP on assault-style weapons ban

President Joe Biden is seeking to put pressure on congressional Republicans to pass an assault weapons ban after three children and three adults were killed during a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
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