Republican Sam Graves, House transportation committee chief, to retire

Republican Sam Graves, House transportation committee chief, to retire

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.). Kylie Cooper | Reuters Republican Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced Friday that he won’t seek reelection, joining a wave of retirements ahead of the midterm elections. Graves, 62, has represented a solidly GOP and rural northern part…

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Thai court sacks PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation 

Thai court sacks PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation 

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s prime minister, arrives at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday for an ethics violation after only a year in power, in another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty…

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BlackRock’s bull case for bitcoin access among retail investors

BlackRock’s bull case for bitcoin access among retail investors

It could be the year Main Street’s appetite for cryptocurrency exposure meaningfully grows. Although it’s been two years since the first spot bitcoin ETFs began trading on U.S. exchanges, BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs thinks they’re a fairly new concept. “It’s still so early,” the firm’s U.S. head of equity ETFs told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week….

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