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Clintons refuse to testify in Epstein probe as Republicans threaten contempt charges

Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to testify in a Republican-controlled congressional committee's investigation into convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Republican chair James Comer...

3dFrance 24Politics

Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Read Jerome Powell's letter to senators following his testimony about renovations to the Fed building

Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...

3dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Galaxy Compares DeFi Provisions in Crypto Bill to Patriot Act Surveillance

Galaxy said that new Treasury authorities in a Senate draft could mark the largest surveillance expansion since 2001....

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US crypto market structure bill in limbo as industry pulls support

The crypto market structure bill in the US Senate has been delayed amid disagreements among lawmakers and influential cryptocurrency companies....

1dCoinTelegraphPolitics

Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions?

Rising numbers of older people across the continent are straining budgets and making for some difficult political decisions...

2dFinancial Timeseconomics

West Virginia lawmaker introduces bill to allow state crypto investments

The legislation would allow the stateā€˜s treasury to hold digital assets with a market capitalization of more than $750 billion, which applied only to Bitcoin as of January....

1dCoinTelegraphPoliticsImpact

I pay the millionaire's tax in Massachusetts. I've thought about moving my family away, but I'm staying for my kids.

Sam Slater says he wants to raise his children in Massachusetts, despite paying the millionaire's tax. Sam Slater California's proposed wealth tax is sparking debate among billionaires across the stat...

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Some policy experts struggle to make sense of new Trump health plan

Experts weighed in on Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan."...

7hABC NewsPoliticsImpact

US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, State Department says

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-suspend-visa-processing-75-nations-next-week-fox-news-reports-2026-01-14/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46620941 Points: 21 # Comm...

2dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory

The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...

2dThe VergePoliticsImpact

Republican bill pushes to make Greenland 51st US state amid Trump’s bold arctic move

A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump h...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Powell sent senators details on $2.5bn Fed project following testimony

Letter seen by FT appears to undermine claims that chair of US central bank misled Congress over renovation...

3dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

US halts visas for 75 countries, with China not on the list

The administration of US President Donald Trump is halting visa processing for people from more than 70 countries, the US State Department has confirmed to the Post. ā€œThe State Department is pausing i...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Warren seeks delay to World Liberty bank bid until Trump cuts ties

ā€œWe have never seen financial conflicts or corruption of this magnitude,ā€ said Senator Elizabeth Warren on US President Donald Trump's links to World Liberty Financial....

3dCoinTelegraphPoliticsImpact

4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony

Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony....

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An unreliable America is making Japan turn to drumstick diplomacy

If Tokyo can’t count on Washington, forging pragmatic new alliances with former foes increasingly makes sense...

2dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet

Article URL: https://state-of-iranblackout.whisper.security/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46603910 Points: 42 # Comments: 12...

3dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters, federal agents square off

US state sues Trump over ICE raids after fatal shooting of mother of three sparks nationwide protests....

3dAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact

Trump threatens to deploy military to Minnesota after ICE shooting

Tensions remain high in the state following last week’s killing of a protester by a federal immigration agent...

1dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact