Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation

Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation

Senate Democrats are demanding changes to cryptocurrency legislation pending in Congress, responding partly to growing evidence that the Trump family is using its connections and President Trump’s power to profit from crypto trading. The pushback intensified late last week after a closed-door meeting among Senate Democrats in which Senator Chuck …

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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wants to End With a Message of Hope

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wants to End With a Message of Hope

Though it was conceived in the Obama era, “The Handmaid’s Tale” arrived on Hulu in the early months of the first Trump presidency. Eight years later, it is concluding at the dawn of the second as an enduring, if initially accidental symbol of feminist resistance. Like the 1985 Margaret Atwood …

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Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?

Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?

The calls, texts and emails start coming in before 6 in the morning: restaurants, bakeries and others desperate to find eggs. Brian Moscogiuri is an egg broker. A vice president for the wholesale company Eggs Unlimited, he works the phone in his home office in Toms River, N.J., until late …

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Shows Little Urgency to Lower Rates

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Shows Little Urgency to Lower Rates

Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, signaled little urgency to lower interest rates with the economy sturdy and inflation still too high in a hearing with lawmakers on Tuesday. Mr. Powell, who testified before the Senate Banking Committee, confronts an economic and political landscape that is far different …

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