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View More NewsOver 6,200 children have been detained since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term. But despite ongoing legal challenges over the poor conditions in which detained undocumented children are held, the Trump administration is planning to build a new detention facility capable of holding 3,000 unaccompanied migrant children. The purpose of the proposed “Emergency Intake Facility,” discussed during a virtual roundtable on Tuesday, is to respond to “surges” of unaccompanied children at the southern border, reports The Independent. Surrounded by an 8-foot fence and staffed by “physicians, teachers and other ‘humanitarian care’ providers,” the facility would hold up to…
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MarketsPublishedAug 21, 2026Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 lifted miners and treasury companies, with Canaan, Strive and Metaplanet posting double-digit gains as crypto stocks surged. Shares…
In brief Strategy is sitting on roughly $1.4 billion in unrealized gains on its Bitcoin holdings. The company holds 840,447 BTC acquired at an…
This week, EFF, along with Big Brother Watch, Defend Digital Me, Liberty, Open Rights Group, Race Equality First, Statewatch, and Stopwatch, wrote to Nottinghamshire…
from the because-of-course-they-did dept This news will come as no surprise to anyone. Those who have been following police misconduct revelations for years have…
New Delhi, May 12, 2026—Maldivian authorities must immediately release journalists Mohamed Shahzan and Leevan Ali Nasir and end judicial harassment of their news outlet,…
Chairman Mike Selig of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said his agency is in talks with all major U.S. professional sports leagues…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw classic volatility ahead of Tuesday’s Wall Street open as a key US inflation gauge hit its highest levels in three years.Key…
In brief Bhutan moved 100 BTC ($8.1 million) out of holding wallets on Tuesday, per Arkham Intelligence data. The sovereign fund has sold $230…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Bring your spaghetti in and take a seat, we’ve got a full newsletter today. This…
XRP exchange-traded funds (ETF) drummed up their biggest inflows since January amid a slew of developments at related company Ripple and favorable price action…
Exodus Movement reported a net loss of $32.1 million for the first quarter of 2026, more than double the $12.9 million loss recorded in…
In brief Senate Banking Republicans released the draft text of the crypto market structure bill Wednesday ahead of a key committee vote on Thursday.…