In a ruling on Friday, Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote that the lawsuit arrived last minute and failed to show how the event irreversibly harmed the individuals who sued.

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With the East Wing turned to rubble, our Graphics staff set out to show what exactly the president planned to build there and elsewhere.

President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on the Reflecting Pool, and an absence of working fountains.

President Trump brings a particular brand of reality TV-style renovations to the nation’s capital.

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One day before a deadline to take the president’s name off its facade, the arts institution appealed a federal judge’s ruling that also temporarily blocked it from closing.

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President Trump has said that construction is complete. Now comes the real test. Will the longstanding problems finally be solved?

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by Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net By 2027, the European Union (EU) is set to use its Anti-Money Laundering regulations (AMLR) to ban privacy cryptocurrencies (crypto-asset accounts allowing anonymization of transactions) and anonymous accounts (accounts using anonymity-enhancing coins). This is interpreted by observers to be defined in the Markets in Cryptao-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The European Crypto Initiative (EUCI) has come out with its “AML Handbook” focusing on how AMLR obligations affect crypto asset service providers (CASPs), as well as financial and credit institutions. These “strict” prohibitions are contained in AMLR Article 79, the key takeaway being that they will […]

by Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project When Donald Trump announced his bold opposition to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), many cheered. “Finally,” they said, “a politician who’s putting a stop to the technocratic surveillance money.” But as with most things in politics, the devil is in the details — and what’s happening now is a classic bait-and-switch. While Trump is busy posturing against CBDCs, his administration is actively laying the groundwork for stablecoins to fill the exact same role. Same control grid, different branding. Legislation like the bipartisan GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins) […]