Bitcoin is a “Decentralized Ponzi Scheme,” JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon Reiterates Negative Stance During a recent interview with Bloomberg, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, reiterated his long-held belief that Bitcoin is a “public decentralized Ponzi scheme.” Dimon expressed his skepticism about Bitcoin’s potential as a currency, stating that he has always maintained […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has cracked down on cities that fall short on housing. Now he wants to do the same with homelessness. The state’s housing enforcement unit will expand to encompass homelessness, the Newsom administration told POLITICO ahead of an announcement Thursday. The governor is effectively doubling down on his aggressive strategy to get […]
GOP candidates running for Senate in swing states are largely embracing the states’ rights message on abortion that Donald Trump outlined Monday. The former president tried to defang the issue by neither endorsing nor explicitly ruling out a 15-week federal abortion ban, instead saying in a video message that states should determine their own abortion […]
WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump released a video about his abortion stance Monday morning, President Joe Biden’s campaign was ready to pounce, launching an aggressive strategy to pin the presumptive Republican nominee down on his record and amplifying his desire to take credit for overturning Roe v. Wade. The re-election effort said that over the […]
MIAMI — There’s no state that will need to navigate Donald Trump’s abortion stance quite like Florida, which has authorized one of the strictest abortion bans in the country but also could broadly enshrine abortion rights protections in the state constitution through a ballot measure in November. The Republican Party of Florida and key conservative […]
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Opposition to President Joe Biden‘s strong support of Israel’s war against Hamas faces a fresh test on Tuesday in Wisconsin where pop-up groups on a shoestring budget are urging voters to mark themselves uncommitted in the state’s Democratic primary. For two weeks, 60 grassroots groups and organizers have advanced […]
Hamilton County prosecutors are doubling down on their position that Common Pleas Court Judge Wende Cross went rogue when she overturned a murder conviction against Elwood Jones, a man who spent nearly 30 years awaiting execution. In a filing submitted Tuesday to the Ohio Supreme Court, Assistant Prosecutor Philip Cummings briefly rebutted the stance of […]
Mar. 26—Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made headlines over the weekend with comments on her unwillingness to vote for former president Donald Trump, which put her in an ever-shrinking group of GOP members opposing the party’s presumptive nominee for president. “I wish that as Republicans, we had a nominee that I could get behind,” […]
The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) defended her party’s stance toward Russia in a weekend interview with dpa, denying allegations that AfD politicians are too cozy with the Kremlin. “It is simply important to me that a very balanced view of things is not confused with an alleged closeness to Russian President […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — On March 22, prosecutors released nearly 17 gigabytes of data — including scans of Ruby Franke’s journal, footage from police body cameras and interrogation footage — after Franke and her former business partner Jodi Hildebrandt did not file for appeals in their respective cases. Included in the data released by […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once again clearly refused to supply Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. “My clarity is there. It is my job as chancellor, as head of the government, to be precise and not raise any misleading expectations. My answers are correspondingly clear,” said Scholz at a press conference in Berlin on Monday. He […]
Mar. 6—They did not anticipate their effort would garner such a negative reaction. Neither Rep. Charlie Shepherd of Riggins nor Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association Executive Director Aaron Lieberman thought a proposed Idaho House Joint Memorial supporting minimum flows in Hells Canyon would be overly controversial. They expected Idaho Power would oppose the measure that […]