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View More NewsNo, that didn’t actually happen, but it is ripe for the Babylon Bee. In reality, the ACLU has filed a “motion to clarify the preliminary injunction” in Barbara v. Trump asking the court to rule that children of aliens who are members of foreign terrorist organizations, including declared Alien Enemies, are birthright citizens. Indeed, the danger of that asserted authority is heightened because the scope of the purported exception is so unclear. The Order says that “alien enemy” is “defined to include” members of certain groups designated as terrorist organizations by the Administration. EO2 § 2(a) (emphasis added). But “include” does…
In brief BTCPay Server supporters offered 10% of recovered funds, capped at 3 BTC. Attackers stole Bitcoin using credentials taken from vulnerable LND servers. Users running affected software should update to version 2.4.2 immediately. BTCPay Server supporters are offering 10% of any funds recovered, capped at 3 BTC currently worth around $190,000, if all the Bitcoin stolen in a recent exploit is returned.In a post on X on Monday, BTCPay said the offer extends to anyone with information that could help recover the funds, including the attacker.“We will examine our mistakes, but regret alone will not help affected users or…
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The story of Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor who has just resigned amid a scandal involving plagiarism, fabulism, and résumé-padding, has rattled a number of skeletons in Western academia’s closet. In 2023, Arday became the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge when he was appointed professor in the sociology of education at the age of 37. Arday had obtained his PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2015. The son of immigrants from Ghana who lived on a Clapham council estate, he claimed to have overcome autism and other disabilities that left him unable to read or write…
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The consequence is simpler for a user. A payment that looked complete over the weekend could vanish from Ravencoin’s record, with the coins returning…
Strategy CEO Phong Le said the company plans to resume accumulating Bitcoin later this year, even after shifting business priorities prompted it to sell…
In brief The Bank of Russia published a draft directive letting non-qualified investors buy crypto through brokers, capped at 300,000 rubles a year. Only…
Washington, D.C., August 11, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Kuwaiti political commentator Mohammed Saleh al-Sabti. …
from the I-told-you-once-and-I-told-you-twice dept Section 702 surveillance powers are still limping along, mostly unimpeded, despite on-again/off-again objections by federal politicians. More active recently have…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Take a seat and crack open a beer, because summer is here (where I live,…
Beirut, May 19, 2026 —The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to immediately release all journalists and media workers detained after Israeli…
The next global power competition is not being fought over missiles alone. It’s being fought over money, and right now, China is moving aggressively…
Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated near month-to-date lows on Tuesday as surging US bonds punished stocks and safe havens.Key points:Bitcoin joins risk assets feeling the pressure…
In brief Researchers found people behave more unethically toward AI agents than human workers in customer-service scenarios. The study says consumers feel less fear…
Renée Good had just died. Hours after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot the Minneapolis protester on January 7, Kristi Noem, then…
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 26 other organizations in calling on Gulf states to end their attacks on the free flow of information.…