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December 19, 2025
Cynthia Lummis To Not Seek Reelection — dailycaller.com
Republican Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis announced Friday afternoon she will not seek reelection in 2026. Lummis, who was first elected to the Senate in 2020, cited the “difficult, exhausting session weeks” in her retirement announcement. She is a close ally
David Frum: Trump and Epstein Were Best Friends — thebulwark.com
Of all the images of Trump, the only times he seemed to be authentically smiling in the presence of another person was when he was with Jeffrey Epstein. The two of them had the same interests, and other people in the 80s and 90s assumed they were best
Agentic AI – Ongoing coverage of its impact on the enterprise — computerworld.com
Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise
Klarna partners with Coinbase to receive stablecoin funds from institutional investors — fortune.com
After staying out of crypto for years, the buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna has been making a flurry of moves in the digital asset space. The latest example came on Friday when the company said it is partnering with the crypto exchange Coinbase to accept
He's Serving 5 Years in Prison for Bitcoin Privacy Software — reason.com
This week, guest host Zach Weissmueller is joined by Keonne Rodriguez, the founder of Samourai Wallet, a noncustodial bitcoin privacy tool. Rodriguez is currently facing a five-year federal prison sentence for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money
Strategy and bitcoin-buying firms face wider exclusion from stock indexes — reuters.com
Strategy and bitcoin-buying firms face wider exclusion from stock indexes Reuters
The bulls are too bullish: Bank of America warns 200-plus fund managers just triggered a contrarian ‘sell’ signal — fortune.com
Bank of America’s “Bull & Bear Indicator” rose from 7.9 to 8.5 in the last few days, triggering its contrarian “sell” signal for risk assets, according to a note from analyst Michael Hartnett and his colleagues seen by Fortune this morning. The indicator
America is becoming the world's dumb money — semafor.com
Liz’s view Is the US now the dumb money? Trump Media’s $6 billion merger with a nuclear energy company doesn’t even pretend to make business sense. TMTG is, to borrow Matt Taibbi’s defining phrase of another era, the vampire squid of this moment,
2025 Tech Year in Review — aei.org
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re taking the time to look back and analyze some of the most notable developments in tech policy. The following represents the technology and innovation team’s year in review. 2025 marked the transition from AI as a
Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize — jacobin.com
Steve Bannon’s whole pitch is that he’s leading a movement against a decadent, borderless elite. Except according to newly released messages and emails, that movement has been heavily reliant on the most decadent, borderless elite of all: Jeffrey Epstein.
AI financial advisors are coming and they may outperform the humans guarding your money — foxbusiness.com
For decades, Americans were given the same advice about money: Find a good financial adviser. Trust the person, not just the process. That model worked when markets were simpler, tax laws changed more slowly, statements arrived quarterly and financial
‘Fraud Tourism Industry’: Criminals Flocked to Minnesota To Cash In On ‘Easy Money’ Fraud Schemes, Federal Prosecutor Says While Announcing New Charges — freebeacon.com
Minnesota has "developed a fraud tourism industry" that entices scammers to travel to the North Star State to exploit "easy money" taxpayer-funded programs, Joe Thompson, the federal prosecutor behind the Somali fraud convictions, said Thursday. He
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