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Regulators, Too, Must Be Verifiable
By Scott Shields – Contributing Writer – Capitol Times Media - From Conversations and Material of Zhu Weisha. Learn more about Zhu Weisha here at Capitol Times Media's July Magazine Issue A Review of From - Traditional Regulation to Verifiable Regulation From Traditional Regulation to Verifiable Regulation appears to be about how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should respond to AI and crypto. At a deeper level, however, it asks a larger question: under what techn
Five Killed After Amazon Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway, Slams Into Vehicles and Erupts in Flames
MIAMI — An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, struck multiple vehicles and erupted in flames, killing at least five people and injuring five others in one of the most serious U.S. cargo aviation disasters in recent years. The Federal Aviation Administration said 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft, overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time.
Trump Childcare Plan Could Open Federal Support to Stay-at-Home Parents in Major Pro-Family Shift.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is reportedly considering a major change to federal childcare policy that could allow some married couples with a stay-at-home parent to receive support from a program long aimed at helping low- and moderate-income parents pay for outside childcare while they work, attend school or receive job training. The proposal, still described as a draft plan and not a finalized rule, would involve the Child Care and Development Fund, a roughly $12
Minneapolis Shooting Raises Hard Questions After Suspect Was Reportedly Known to Police
Minneapolis is again facing the same ugly question that follows too many violent attacks in American cities: how many warning signs were visible before the bloodshed? A downtown Minneapolis apartment-building shooting left two victims dead, the suspected gunman dead, and six others injured, including three police officers, after officers responded Wednesday to reports of gunfire at Shoreline Plaza near Loring Park. Authorities said police entered the building, heard gunshots,
Gloria Steinem, Pat Buchanan and the Anti-WTO Warning Washington Ignored
The death of Gloria Steinem at 92 has brought the usual flood of tributes to a feminist icon, a founder of Ms. magazine, and one of the most recognizable figures of America’s cultural left. But buried beneath the predictable memorial language is a political lesson Washington would rather not revisit: even Steinem once stood on the same side of a historic economic fight as Pat Buchanan. That fight was not about abortion, feminism, culture, or party labels. It was about soverei
Hochul Turns ‘Lake America’ Into Anti-Trump Spectacle as New York Governor Chooses Partisan Defiance Over American Interests
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wasted little time turning President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” for federal purposes into another partisan confrontation, publicly declaring that her state will refuse to use the name and mocking the president while a much more consequential U.S.-Canada economic battle unfolds around her. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Interior Department and U.S. Board on Geographic Names to
Zarutska Family Takes Charlotte to Court, Alleging Security Failures Left Light Rail Dangerously Exposed
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One year after 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed aboard Charlotte’s light-rail system, her family is taking the city and its private security contractor to court, alleging that a chain of longstanding security failures helped create the dangerous conditions surrounding her death. The wrongful-death lawsuit was filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court against the City of Charlotte and Professional Security Services, the privat
Guilty Plea Rocks High-Profile CEO Murder Case — Federal Court Moves as State Trial Looms
A major development shook one of America’s most closely watched criminal cases Friday, as Luigi Mangione, 28, entered a guilty plea in federal court tied to the 2024 assassination-style killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson. According to reporting from Associated Press and other U.S. outlets, Mangione admitted in a Manhattan courtroom that he stalked and tracked Thompson before fatally shooting him outside a New York City investor conference in December 2024. I
Georgetown Graves Scandal: Questions Mount Over D.C. Handling of Historic Burial Grounds
A growing controversy in Georgetown is raising serious questions about how D.C. officials handled a sensitive infrastructure project near historic Black burial grounds — with local advocates accusing the city of negligence, secrecy, and a failure to respect American history. At the center of the dispute are the Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries, where multiple previously undocumented graves were identified just feet below the surface during surveys tied to a
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