Nicholas Anthony Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were launched in Jamaica and The Bahamas with ambitious promises: to promote financial inclusion, to stabilize the monetary system, and to foster competition. Yet…
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Jeffrey A. Singer A November 2024 report from the Health Resources and Services Administration projects a shortage of 87,150 full-time equivalent primary care physicians by 2037, and a shortage of…
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Pro-Israel Dem says those who won’t decry Hamas over Oct. 7 attack ‘have no business’ posing as humanitarians
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., an outspoken opponent of antisemitism, said Wednesday that those who refuse to speak out against the heinous acts Hamas perpetrated in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023…
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Trump declares US will win global AI race during executive order signing ceremony: ‘Whatever it takes’
President Donald Trump declared that the United States will do ‘whatever it takes’ to win the global race to artificial intelligence dominance, during an address at a summit held in…
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A House panel Wednesday voted in favor of subpoenaing former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., offered a motion during a House…
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The chart of Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) has completed a roundtrip from the February high around $740 to the April low at $480 and all the way back again. Over…
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Fifteen Years of Dodd-Frank: A Legacy of Missed Targets and Regulatory Overreach
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Johnson erupts over ‘dangerous’ Biden mental decline ‘cover-up,’ while Democrats push Epstein disclosure
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., accused Democrats of orchestrating a ‘cover-up’ of President Joe Biden’s signs of mental decline in a set of remarks to reporters on Wednesday. The leader of…
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New Russiagate evidence ‘directly’ points to Obama, DOJ will decide ‘criminal implications’: Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard doubled down at a White House press briefing Wednesday, alleging the Obama administration promoted a ‘contrived narrative’ that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. …
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said President Donald Trump could proceed with the firing of three Democratic members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) who were fired and…