Elizabeth Warren presses SEC Chair Atkins on 401(k) crypto risks

Elizabeth Warren presses SEC Chair Atkins on 401(k) crypto risks

Senator Elizabeth Warren has written directly to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins asking him to explain how the SEC plans to serve its mission of investor protection as it seeks to support President Trump’s order to make cryptocurrency investments available in retirement plans. President Trump signed an executive order in August clearing a…

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Sen. Kelly sues DOD Sec. Hegseth, says he was punished for ‘disfavored political speech’

Sen. Kelly sues DOD Sec. Hegseth, says he was punished for ‘disfavored political speech’

Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued the Pentagon and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, alleging the Trump administration’s efforts to punish the Arizona Democrat for his participation in a video to U.S. troops violate the Constitution. The federal civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington was filed one week after Hegseth said his department…

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Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen and other past officials say Trump using ‘prosecutorial attacks’ to undermine Fed

Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen and other past officials say Trump using ‘prosecutorial attacks’ to undermine Fed

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks after he was named among three U.S. economists awarded the 2022 Nobel Economics Prize, during a news conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington, October 10, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters A chorus of previous Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries and prominent economists came together Monday to support…

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Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats

Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats

ROME — Instruments made from smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to Italy’s shores told their tale of desperation and redemption in a special performance at a prison in Milan on Saturday, in front of the inmates who made them. World-renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti led the Cherubini Youth Orchestra, whose members played on violins, violas…

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Dollar drops, gold surges as Trump’s Fed pressure campaign raises fears

Dollar drops, gold surges as Trump’s Fed pressure campaign raises fears

Precious metals are jumping to records. The U.S dollar is dropping. Stocks are choppy. Monday is all about the “Sell America” trade after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s bombshell announcement that he’s under criminal investigation — which market participants see as a sign of President Donald Trump’s interest in stripping away the central bank’s political…

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