Tag: D.C
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3 D.C. zoo pandas to be returned to China
[ad_1] 3 D.C. zoo pandas to be returned to China – CBS News Watch CBS News Three beloved pandas who have been living at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are being returned to China. Their departure brings an end to decades of so-called “panda diplomacy,” which began in 1972. Adriana Diaz has more.…
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HRF to Launch CBDC Tracker on Nov. 14 in D.C.
[ad_1] A CBDC is a digital national currency. Like paper dollars or euros, CBDCs would be liabilities of central banks. Unlike paper dollars or euros, CBDCs would not offer the privacy protections, neutrality, or finality that cash provides. Here is a short video we made to help explain the difference. Virtually all money today is already digital,…
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Crypto’s Wild D.C. Ride: From FTX at the Fed to a Scramble for Access
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency lobbyists were riding so high in early 2022 that an FTX executive felt comfortable directly emailing Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, to ask him to meet with Sam Bankman-Fried, the soon-to-be-disgraced founder of the cryptocurrency exchange. It worked. “The day that would work for me is February 1,” Mr.…
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Trump reiterates request for Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from his D.C. Jan. 6 case
[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump’s defense team filed papers Sunday night in further support of his request that Judge Tanya Chutkan recuse herself in the federal 2020 election conspiracy case case brought by special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, D.C. In doing so, Trump lawyers met the Sunday deadline set by Chutkan to formally respond…
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The March on Washington’s 60th anniversary draws thousands to D.C. : NPR
[ad_1] People participate in the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images People participate in the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.…
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Rudy Giuliani Recommended For Disbarment In D.C.
[ad_1] A Washington, D.C., disciplinary committee recommended Friday that Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “We are convinced that a sanction must be enhanced to ensure that it adequately deters both [Giuliani] and other attorneys from acting similarly in the future,” the committee wrote in its recommendation to the…
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Armed Man Arrested After Running Towards Obama’s D.C. Home
[ad_1] An armed man was arrested after reportedly running towards former President Barack Obama’s Washington. D.C. home on Thursday. The reported suspect, Taylor Taranto, 37, had an active warrant related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. He was initially caught by members of the Secret Service blocks away from the Obama family’s home, according to…
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Children’s fife & drum corps greets veterans on Memorial Day in Washington, D.C.
[ad_1] Kids’s fife & drum corps greets veterans on Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. – CBS Information Watch CBS News Linton Hall School’s Fife & Drum Corps, made up of musicians as young as 6, greeted veterans on Memorial Day at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., carrying on a tradition that goes back to the…
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Nearly every state and D.C. sue telecom company over billions of robocalls
[ad_1] Attorneys basic from virtually each state within the U.S. filed a lawsuit Tuesday towards Avid Telecom, an organization accused of creating greater than 7.5 billion robocalls to individuals on the Nationwide Do Not Name Registry. Attorneys basic from the District of Columbia and each state besides Alaska and South Dakota are performing as plaintiffs. …
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Dianne Feinstein Is Heading Back To D.C. After Three-Month Absence
[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is on her manner again to Washington and will return to Senate votes as quickly as Tuesday evening, her spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost. The information was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday. Feinstein hasn’t solid a Senate vote since mid-February, when she contracted shingles. Her monthslong restoration…