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Washington, D.C., April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on lawmakers to protect press freedom by rejecting an unamended…
In brief Blockchain data shows the U.S. government transferred more than $600,000 worth of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex…
from the his-own-people-are-still-the-worst dept Just to be clear, when I refer to “Trump” in terms of his administration, I’m referring…
The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, by Catherine Fletcher, Princeton University Press, 352 pages, $35 The…
New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists has submitted a report on the state of press freedom in…
In brief Dogecoin Cash Inc. proposed a framework where one billion tokens would equal one gram of physical gold. The…
People often ask me if I always wanted to be a law professor, or if I always knew I wanted…
New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to investigate the harassment of Folha 8…
The Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn unconstitutional restrictions that criminalized drone flights near federal immigration enforcement operations — a direct…
In brief Autonomous AI agents run 19% of on-chain activity, losing to humans by up to a 5-to-1 margin at…
New Hampshire is not the only state subject to court-ordered commandeering. Next week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
In brief Kraken parent company Payward entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bitnomial for up to $550 million in…