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Rep. Maxine Waters warns crypto legislation opens door for Trump corruption, financial crisis

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to pass landmark cryptocurrency legislation, sending the nation’s first federal regulatory framework for stablecoin digital currencies to the desk of President Donald Trump. Ahead of Wednesday’s historic vote on the GENIUS Act, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., led a group of House Democrats in opposition to the crypto legislation, warning that it would open the floodgates for financial corruption and further enrichment of the wealthy class, most especially Trump and his family. Waters, […]

todayJuly 16, 2025 2

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University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation

The University of Kentucky will disband its office promoting diversity and inclusion efforts in response to questions from policymakers that its focus on identity has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday. The action on the Lexington, Kentucky, campus comes after state lawmakers debated whether to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities. Republican supermajorities in the Kentucky House and Senate were unable to resolve differences on the issue before ending this year’s session in April, but the […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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House Democrats push for gun reform legislation, ask GOP for help

House Democrats hope to pass gun reform legislation to combat the nation’s gun violence epidemic that disproportionately impacts Black and other marginalized communities. On Wednesday, members of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, which included U.S. Reps. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to crack down on mass shootings and other forms of gun violence in urban cities across America. The U.S. Capitol building is shown in […]

todayJanuary 11, 2024 1