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Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump's sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters

Jan. 21, 2025 18:35 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican senators say they do not agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people who assaulted police officers, broke into the building or committed other crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol four...

Bitcoin soars past $109,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump

Jan. 20, 2025 10:49 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he'll take action soon after returning to the White House. Once a skeptic who said a few...

Trump's inauguration will usher in a crypto-friendly administration, and with it, new state policies

Jan. 20, 2025 04:59 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The bitcoin-friendly administration of President-elect Donald Trump and an expanding lobbying effort in statehouses could push states to become more open to crypto and lead public pension funds and treasuries to buy into it. Proponents of the uniquely...

Bitcoin soars past $100,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump

Jan. 17, 2025 11:12 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price of bitcoin topped $100,000 again early Friday as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by Donald Trump when he's sworn in as president next week. Once a skeptic who said a few years ago that bitcoin “ seems like a scam,” Trump has...