September 8: AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt Victory and Senate Crypto Ethics Fight
At the U.S. Senate A bipartisan cryptocurrency regulation bill, the CLARITY Act, is facing a likely setback when senators return next week. Republican senators say negotiations have stalled over Democrats’ demand for ethics rules covering President Trump and his family. The White House says Trump wants the bill passed, but the dispute raises a basic question for a law meant to regulate an industry built on trust: who gets exempted from it? In Germany The far-right Alternative for Germany won nearly 44 percent in Saxony-Anhalt, putting it close to becoming the first far-right party to govern a…
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