President-elect Donald Trump‘s new cryptocurrency token has made him a billionaire many times over, but concerns remain over the ethics of the scheme in light of his presidency. According to Axios, Trump’s crypto holdings reached $58 billion in worth on paper that when put together with his other assets could …
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After a black-out that lasted for about 14 hours, TikTok has been restored in the U.S. The app returned after President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday morning, writing, “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’sprohibitionstake effect, so …
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What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, as the saying goes. And apparently in the case of the Trumps, they’re laying seeming golden eggs in the form of crypto meme coins before the couple officially return to the White House on Monday. On Sunday, Melania Trump announced …
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It is less than a week until Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., and Rolla Alaydi can barely stop crying. For more than a year, Alaydi, a Palestinian American teacher living in California, has been working nonstop with an attorney in a heartrending, uphill battle to evacuate nearly …
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As one of the first Post-9/11 veterans, I faced a stark choice from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) when I transitioned from military service to civilian life. While attending college, I could opt for the older, less generous Chapter 32 of the post-Vietnam era veterans’ Montgomery G.I. Bill, …
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With just days to go until Donald Trump returns to the White House, the president-elect’s social media accounts pitched Friday what may be the latest Trump-branded merchandise: Trump Memes, or crypto assets being advertised as “$TRUMP.” If that sounds sketchy to you, you’re not alone: Many social media users wondered …
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The Department of Defense is the largest employer in the United States, sending out paychecks to 2.1 million service members and more than 770,000 civilians. Its annual budget — $900 billion dollars —is larger than the GDP of Switzerland. With an estimated 750 bases in at least 80 countries, it …
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Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday will be held indoors due to cold temperatures, Trump announced Friday. The temperature in Washington, D.C., is forecasted to be in the low 20s with the wind chill dipping into single digits. Trump will be sworn in inside the Capitol Rotunda instead of on the …
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“Lady Liberty stood me up!” the artist Isabelle Brourman announced, faux-pouting, on a recent Thursday evening at the Will Shott Gallery on New York’s Lower East Side. It was the opening of Exhibit 1: Paper Trail, a collection of work Brourman had created alongside courtroom sketch artists during Donald Trump’s …
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The Oath Keepers are back. And leaked documents suggest the group is trying to rebuild its brand by targeting youth, and in particular the Boy Scouts. The infamous paramilitary organization has been in disarray since the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, was arrested, charged, and convicted of seditious conspiracy for his …
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