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From the longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra in East Plano Islamic Center v. Texas Funeral Servs. Comm’n, decided June 24 but just posted on Westlaw a few days ago: East Plano Islamic Center (“EPIC”) brings this action to vindicate its right to conduct religious funeral and burial rites in accordance with Islamic faith and tradition. EPIC is a nonprofit Islamic organization in Plano, Texas, formed to “provide religious, social, and educational services to inspire the Muslim community to fulfill its responsibility and contribute to the betterment of society by following the principles of Quran and the noble life…
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No true culture warrior worth his salt admits to reading The New York Times. Very Online conservatives refuse to read it because they think it hates Jews. Very Online progressives refuse to read it because they think it hates trans people. So intense is their loathing, it seems, that some of these hashtaggers cannot even tolerate the company of those who do read the Times. This includes one @claireyfaerie, who recently told Bluesky followers: “My parents have a [New York Times] subscription. Whenever I go to visit them and see the paper sitting on their coffee table, I remember the…
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The integration expands access to USDU, the UAE’s first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, as it builds distribution beyond institutional channels. Read the full…
In brief President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a “fair version” of the Clarity Act during a White House meeting with crypto…
AI agents could boost crypto activity, but much of the value may bypass blockchains and their tokens. Read the full article here
Four of the five candidates supported by ads funded by the cryptocurrency-aligned political action committee (PAC) Fairshake won their primaries or otherwise advanced on…
The Committee to Protect Journalists and partner organizations issued a joint letter on Wednesday urging members of the United States Congress to act on…
BTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled the size of its bond buybacks. Read the full…
Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first live cross-border transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, demonstrating interoperability between the banks’ tokenized deposit systems a…
In brief The Base accelerator plans to select 10 startups for its eight-week Batches 004 accelerator. Each selected team will receive a $100,000 investment…
From 2000 through 2024, FIRE recorded 102 cases of politicians trying to silence faculty. That’s four cases a year on average. Then, in 2025…
Bitcoin is close to forming a pattern that analysts say could signal prices rising to as high as $76,000. Read the full article here
Injective’s affiliated entity can now maintain securities ownership records, adding regulated market infrastructure to its growing push into tokenized assets. Read the full article…
New York, August 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is shocked by the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Gulnara Bazhkenova, former editor-in-chief of…