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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that it would be teaming up with global financial giants to launch a 12-week digital dollar pilot program. The New York Fed’s experiment will review how banks are able to process digital dollar tokens within the central bank system and quantify their impact, with the assistance of the some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, Mastercard, and Wells Fargo & Co. were among the major banks said to be participating in the trial, which was led by the Fed’s New York Innovation Center (NYIC), according to a...

WASHINGTON—Attorney General Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to determine whether former President Donald Trump should face charges stemming from Justice Department probes, according to a person familiar with the matter. A formal announcement, which is expected by Friday afternoon, would come three days after Mr. Trump announced another bid for the presidency and would mark the naming of the third independent prosecutor in five years to examine issues involving Mr. Trump. The exact scope of the special counsel’s remit and who it would be couldn’t be determined. The move reflects the sensitivity of Mr. Garland overseeing any investigation...

President Joe Biden abruptly canceled a G20 meeting on Tuesday, as world leaders gathered in Indonesia to conduct the official business of managing world affairs. However, the official explanation for Biden’s last minute drop-out has many wondering once again if something is seriously wrong with the president. Watch: “Breaking news would be that President Biden is missing the G20 leaders dinner,” Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported. “He is supposed to be at a supper right now, 8:10 in the evening here in Bali, Indonesia, with everybody that flew in. If you’re the U.S. president, you spent basically...

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are hosting back-to-back conferences about disinformation in the days following Donald Trump's 'big announcement.' Bush, 76, will host his The Struggle for Freedom conference in Dallas on November 16, while Obama's democracy conference will be held in New York City on the 17th. Trump's big announcement - largely rumored to be his 2024 presidential campaign announcement - is set for Tuesday. Organizers said the conferences were not planned together, but will focus on the rising threats from authoritarianism and disinformation.

DETROIT (LifeSiteNews) — Leftist Gov. Gretchen Whitmer handily won reelection Tuesday in the state of Michigan with a resounding victory over her Trump-endorsed Republican challenger Tudor Dixon by a margin of 54-44%. She was joined in her win by Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, both of whom are pro-LGBT extremists. “As we think about the historic nature of yesterday, we know that this is a moment where people have reaffirmed that focusing on the fundamentals, building a Michigan where every person can get ahead is what really matters right now more than ever,” Whitmer claimed...

With control of the Senate up in the air, the crucial Senate race in Georgia will be heading to a December 6th runoff between pro-abortion Democrat incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock and pro-life GOP challenger Herschel Walker. Currently, both candidates are seperated by just 35,000 votes and under the 50% threshhold needed to avoid a runoff. Warnock currently has 49.42% of the more than 3.9 million votes cast to Walker’s 48.52%. With Senate races in Arizona and Nevada yet to be decided there is a potential that the Georgia race may determine whether or not pro-life Republicans capture the Senate from...

MOSCOW — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow and is being sent to a Russian penal colony to begin serving out her nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, her lawyers said Wednesday. A statement released by Griner’s legal team says they do not have information on Griner’s “exact current location or her final destination.” The statement also said that in accordance with “standard Russian procedure,” they anticipate Russian authorities will notify Griner’s legal team and the U.S. embassy of Griner’s whereabouts upon arrival at her destination.

There will likely be tens of thousands of undated and wrongly dated ballots rejected statewide under a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s campaign for U.S. Senate has joined the legal fight over whether mail ballots with no date or the incorrect date should be counted in Tuesday’s election. There will likely be tens of thousands of undated and wrongly dated ballots rejected statewide under a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling. .There will likely be tens of thousands of undated and wrongly dated ballots rejected statewide under that ruling. Because mail ballots are so disproportionately used by Democrats over...

The Biden administration will not say when the president plans on calling newly elected Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his victory, drawing accusations the U.S. administration is trying to isolate the conservative Jewish leader before he even takes office. Asked on Thursday afternoon if President Joe Biden has any plans to phone Netanyahu following his victory this week in the Israeli elections, a White House spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon, "We don’t have any call to preview at this point." he Israeli media reported on Thursday that Biden is expected to call Netanyahu some time...

Former president Donald Trump boasted on Saturday that he’s polling way above “Ron DeSanctimonious” for the GOP 2024 presidential nomination, in an early taste of the rivalry that’s widely expected to develop after next week’s midterms. Trump at 71, Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent, Mike Pence at 7 percent . . . Oh, Mike’s doing better than I thought,” Trump told a crowd of supporters at a rally in Latrobe, Pa., for Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and Doug Mastriano. The fact that Trump assigned the governor of Florida a derogatory nickname is a telltale sign that...

There was a third person inside Paul Pelosi’s house on Friday when he was attacked by suspect David DePape according to a report by NBC News. NBC investigative correspondent Tom Winter confirmed Sunday morning on Meet the Press that there was a third person inside the home that opened the door for police. San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott indicated there was a third person during a press conference on Friday evening, when he recounted details of what occurred when police arrived on the scene. “When the officers arrived and knocked on the front door of the residence this morning...

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The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, has apologized to investors for being wrong about Facebook parent Meta Platforms after its stock plunged to a record low. “I made a mistake here. I was wrong,” he said emotionally after stating previously that Meta was a good investment. “I failed to help people. And I own that.” Jim Cramer’s Apology About Meta: ‘I Was Wrong’ The host of CNBC’s Mad Money show, Jim Cramer, apologized to investors Thursday for recommending Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. (Nasdaq: META) after the stock kept tanking following the company’s Q3 earnings release. Cramer is a...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky had tested positive for COVID-19. She is experiencing mild symptoms and is up to date with her vaccines. "Consistent with CDC guidelines, she is isolating at home and will participate in her planned meetings virtually. CDC senior staff and close contacts have been informed of her positive test and are taking appropriate action to monitor their health," the CDC said in an emailed statement. In September, the director received her bivalent, omicron-specific COVID-19 booster shot.

Surrey, British Columbia Fewer guns mean safer communities. That’s why the Government of Canada is implementing some of the strongest gun control measures in a generation. Handguns are the weapon of choice in most firearm-related crimes, which is why limiting the number of handguns is a critical part of our plan to protect Canadians from violence. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the national freeze on the sale, purchase, and transfer of handguns comes into effect. From now on, people cannot buy, sell, or transfer handguns within Canada, and they cannot bring newly acquired handguns into the country. A national...

The 8th Circuit US Appeals Court blocked Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program on Friday afternoon. The court granted an emergency stay barring the discharge of any student debt until the court decides on a request for a longer-term injunction. Reuters reported: A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student debt, one day after a judge dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit by six states challenging the loan-forgiveness program. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay barring the discharge of any student debt under the program...

President Joe Biden said that Gisele Fetterman would be “a great lady in the Senate” during a Thursday campaign appearance, as questions about Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman continue to swirl. Biden appeared in Pittsburgh to promote his infrastructure proposals, including the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. During a press conference, Biden name-checked several Pennsylvania elected officials, including Fetterman, who suffered a stroke less than a week before he won the state’s Senate primary by more than 30 points. “John, thank you very much for running, I do appreciate it. And Gisele, you’re gonna...

On Wednesday, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to add the Covid-19 vaccine to the Vaccines for Kids program. The 15-0 vote took place during Wednesday’s committee meeting. A vote will be held on Thursday on whether to include the vaccine in children’s immunization schedules. Vaccines for Kids is a federally funded program that provides children vaccinations at no cost to families. Children are eligible for the program if they are under the age of 19, and are Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, underinsured, American Indian, or Alaska Native. Vaccines available through this program are ones included on the ACIP’s...

In a speech today, President Biden claimed his son Beau "lost his life in Iraq"; Beau Biden served in the Delaware Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq from 2008 to 2009, and later died in the United States of brain cancer in 2015.

Federal agents investigating Hunter Biden believe they have for months had enough evidence to charge the first son with tax crimes — as well as for lying about his drug abuse so he could buy a gun, a new report revealed Thursday. The final decision on whether to bring a case against the 52-year-old son of President Biden will be made by Delaware US Attorney David Weiss, who was appointed to his current post by former President Donald Trump. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the investigation, reported that agents had determined months ago that they had assembled a...