Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles on Sep. 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom retaliated against the Trump administration’s offer of preferred consideration for…

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Crypto's numbers are going up. A boost from Washington is helping. A range of digital assets were rising Thursday. The price of bitcoin (BTCUSD), which has been flirting with record highs, was recently above $120,000. Shares of companies with large digital holdings, including Coinbase (COIN) and Strategy (MSTR), were also rising—they were recently looking at double-digit weekly percentage gains—though part of the reason for that needs a bit of explanation. The Treasury Department and...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, expanding its supply at a time when the Trump administration is under pressure from abortion opponents to sharply restrict access to abortion pills. The approval, issued on Tuesday without a public announcement, means that three American companies can now produce mifepristone for abortion. The F.D.A. approved the original pill 25 years ago and in 2019 approved the first generic version. The...

The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services say Minnesota is in violation of a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in programs that receive federal funds, citing the participation of transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. If Minnesota doesn’t take steps to voluntarily rectify the alleged Title IX violations within 10 days, the state will face “imminent enforcement” that could jeopardize federal funding...

The US Department of State has released a long-delayed, legally required report on human trafficking after an investigation by the Guardian and bipartisan pressure from Congress. The 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which details conditions in the United States and more than 185 countries, was initially scheduled for release at an event in June featuring the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the Guardian has reported, but the event was scrapped and staff at the state department...

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