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Senate Passes Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Rules Bill

17 juin 2025 à 19:29
The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off.

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Senator Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, said the cryptocurrency bill would boost demand for U.S. Treasury securities and help maintain the dollar’s global dominance.
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E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

16 juin 2025 à 18:44
The Trump administration’s move sets back a decades-long effort to end the use of the material, which is widely banned in other countries.

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During the California wildfires this year, asbestos in older homes was a risk to firefighters and cleanup crews.

Power Bills Are Squeezing Georgians. Voters Could Do Something About It.

15 juin 2025 à 09:19
A special primary election this week for seats on the state’s utility board will be a rare referendum on residential electric bills, at a time when they have risen sharply across the country.

Some Georgians are limiting their power usage after seeing the cost of their electric bills surge.

A Killer Within Easy Reach

10 juin 2025 à 03:00
Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones.

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Spreading fertilizer on soil cleared of weeds using paraquat in Paramaribo.

‘Ruinous Burdens’: Border Businesses Struggle Under Trump’s Cartel Crackdown

9 juin 2025 à 12:01
Federal judges have lauded the government’s goal of rooting out money laundering schemes but questioned the effectiveness of a tactic that’s wreaking havoc on small money services operations.

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In 2024, Valuta submitted just over 120 reports in order to comply, but in the period between April 14 and May 14 since the threshold was lowered by 98 percent, Ms. Light processed almost 1,500.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America

8 juin 2025 à 05:00
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.

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A Starlink satellite internet antenna in rural Brazil in 2024.

Trump Signs Executive Orders Intended to Jolt U.S. Drone Manufacturing

6 juin 2025 à 19:50
President Trump also eased restrictions on commercial drone flights and called for the revival of supersonic flights for nonmilitary aircraft.

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A drone flying supplies during a search and rescue training exercise in Ogden, Utah, last year.

Trump Has Options to Punish Musk Even if His Federal Contracts Continue

7 juin 2025 à 00:47
The president could tighten federal oversight of the tech titan’s businesses, even if heavy reliance by the Pentagon and NASA on them makes terminating Mr. Musk’s contracts less feasible.

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SpaceX holds billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts.

UK Court Warns Lawyers Can Be Prosecuted Over A.I. Tools That ‘Hallucinate’ Fake Material

6 juin 2025 à 14:46
A senior judge said on Friday that lawyers could be prosecuted for presenting material that had been “hallucinated” by artificial intelligence tools.

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The Royal Courts of Justice, England’s High Court, in central London, detailed two recent cases in which fake material generated by artificial intelligence was used in written legal arguments.

Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine

6 juin 2025 à 13:13
Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the faked kidnapping of an executive.

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The entrance to Bull Mountain mine near Billings, Mont., in 2022
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