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Andy Barr to launch Senate bid to succeed Mitch McConnell

6 days ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman |Daniel Desrochers

The Kentucky Republican will enter a contested primary. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., speaks before a gathering to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail at the Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, June 20, 2024. | Timothy D. Easley/AP Rep.
The next China crackdown

1 week ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman

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Trump’s brawl with Harvard sets up ‘unprecedented’ clash of power

1 week ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman

The White House blitz against the country’s top universities is being led by some of the most powerful people in the West Wing, including Stephen Miller, Trump’s top policy adviser. Graduating students hold Palestinian flags and chant as they walk out in protest over the 13 students who have been barred from graduating due to protest activities, during commencement in Harvard Yard, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., May 23, 2024.
The Trump family is cashing in on crypto. It’s creating problems in Congress.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jasper Goodman

The Trump family’s latest cryptocurrency business venture could jeopardize bipartisan support for a GOP effort to lightly regulate the digital assets industry. Republican lawmakers need Democratic votes to pass long-promised crypto legislation that they are rushing to send to President Donald Trump’s desk. But a company started by Trump's eldest sons announced last week that it would launch a new digital coin, a move that could make it harder to get additional Democrats on board.
Trump family crypto venture to launch a stablecoin

1 month ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman

The move comes as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are working to enact regulatory changes that could benefit the crypto industry. World Liberty Financial was launched by Donald Trump Jr. (right) and Eric Trump last fall during the home stretch of their father’s presidential campaign, the first of several moves by the Trump family to get into the digital assets business.
Congress’ crypto era is here

1 month ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman

Lawmakers are quickly moving to advance legislation that could boost the digital assets industry. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are working to advance industry-friendly cryptocurrency legislation. | Jon Cherry/Getty Images The cryptocurrency industry, once beleaguered by scandals and skepticism in Washington, is now within striking distance of the biggest policy win in its history.
Crypto’s day of reckoning in the Senate

1 month ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman |Sam Sutton

Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. The Senate Banking Committee is about to vote on legislation for the first time in more than 17 months, and it’s forcing Sen. Elizabeth Warren to work to stave off a crypto mutiny.
Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like

1 month ago | thenarrativematters.com | Ben Jacobs |Jasper Goodman |Jordain Carney |Jennifer Scholtes

We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.
Trump’s plan to stockpile crypto complicates industry's policy push

1 month ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman |Declan Harty

“This is just the wet dreams of the crypto bros, and it’s a bad idea,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), a senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee who has supported industry-backed crypto legislation, said before Trump signed the executive order setting up the reserve and stockpile.
Trump signs executive order to create ‘strategic reserve’ of crypto

1 month ago | politico.com | Jasper Goodman

The action comes ahead of a White House crypto summit on Friday that will feature prominent figures in the digital assets world. The order is part of a broad shift in Washington toward policies aimed at benefiting the crypto industry.