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Summary List Placement Elon Musk has said dogecoin could ironically become the future of cryptocurrencies, which could themselves become the future currency of earth. Despite the bold claim, the Tesla billionaire struck a somewhat measured tone, tweeting to his millions of followers on Friday: “Cryptocurrency is promising, but please invest with caution!” Musk’s tweet linked […]

Summary List Placement The US has no plans to shoot down the remains of a Chinese rocket that’s expected to enter the atmosphere uncontrolled this weekend, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Austin told reporters: “We have the capability to do a lot of things, but we don’t have a plan to shoot it down as […]

Summary List Placement Square reported first-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates on Thursday, powered by surging demand for bitcoin. Quarterly revenue from bitcoin grew eleven times to $3.5 billion, from $306 million a year ago, the company said in a shareholder letter. But gross profit from these transactions were only $75 million, or about 2% […]

Summary List Placement Lots of job moves are happening in and around the nation’s capital as the Biden administration fills its ranks and House and Senate offices continue to see turnover. Among this weeks’ moves: A former coal lobbyist who constantly drew the ire of environmentalists and scientists as the head of the Trump administration’s […]

Summary List Placement The sound of the gavel echoed through the House chamber and members of Congress fell silent on the evening of April 28. Everyone turned their attention to the wooden doors that just months before had been barricaded shut in a bid to hold off a riotous mob. “Madam Speaker, the president of […]

Summary List Placement Lost in the Liz Cheney leadership brawl that’s consumed House Republicans this week is an even bigger battle that politicos from Washington to Mar-a-Lago are already gaming out: What happens to Kevin McCarthy? The California Republican remains the obvious front-runner to become House speaker should the GOP win back the majority in […]

Summary List Placement Mental health startups have seen major growth through the COVID-19 pandemic as the effects of multiple lockdowns impact the population.  One such growth story has been Spill, a London-based startup that integrates with companies via Slack to provide therapy and other mental health education services to businesses. The startup, which allows employees […]

Summary List Placement It has been a week of baffling photos of political figures. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden appeared to dwarf former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter; Sen. Ted Cruz shared a candlelit photo of himself dining with former President Donald Trump; and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell […]

Summary List Placement After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said his entire focus is on stopping President Joe Biden’s administration, Democratic lawmakers renewed calls to end the filibuster. Speaking of the GOP, McConnell told reporters outside his Kentucky home on Wednesday that “100% of our focus is on stopping this new administration,” NBC News reported. […]

Summary List Placement The United States resettled only 271 refugees in April, according to new data from an organization within the US State Department, putting the country on track to accept fewer than 5,000 displaced persons before the current fiscal year ends in September — an historic low. Just under 12,000 refugees were resettled in […]