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Timing for US ether ETF launches depends on how fast issuers can move, SEC chair says

Faryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase, talks about the impact of custody on “The Claman Countdown.” When an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the cryptocurrency Ethereum could begin trading will depend largely on how quickly its issuer responds to questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman Gary Gensler said on Wednesday. Last month, […]

Monster truck topples utility poles, injuring several at Maine fairground

Last week, a monster cut power lines at the Topsham Fairgrounds in Maine, causing live wires to fall. Police investigating officer Detective Sergeant Mark Gilliam said no criminal charges had been laid. Two people were taken to hospital, including a spectator with a fractured spine and a woman with back pain. After a frightening incident […]

Biden invokes memory of Pointe du Hoc to make case for democracy

President Biden on Friday cited the memory of veterans who stormed the French beaches during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) 80 years ago to make a case for American democracy and its role on the world stage. Biden spoke from Pointe du Hoc, the 100-foot cliff in Normandy where Army Rangers scaled the summit under fire […]

Post-Conviction Polls Show Trump Tied in VA, up in AZ, NV

Former President Donald Trump is neck and neck with former Vice President Joe Biden in Virginia, a state that isn’t supposed to be a battleground state, according to a Fox News battleground state poll. In 2020, official results in Virginia showed Trump down 9.4 points. The same Fox News poll also showed Trump leading in […]

Northwestern University accused of stonewalling anti-Israel unrest investigation by House panel

Evanston, Illinois – Congressional investigators are accusing Northwestern University’s president of obstructing an investigation into the university’s response to anti-Israel riots on its campus. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-S.C., chairwoman of the House Education and Labor Committee, sent a letter to Northwestern leaders on Friday, blasting them for not responding to lawmakers’ questions sent to them […]

US pier off Gaza reconstructed and reattached, aid expected to flow shortly

The United States-constructed pier off Gaza’s coast designed to supplement the international efforts to get humanitarian aid into the enclave will be operational again in the near future. U.S. Central Command built the pier, which was first operational on May 17, only for it to get damaged during inclement weather less than two weeks later. […]