Tanner Stening

2 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

A bipartisan bill aimed at establishing rules for so-called stablecoins could be a key step in sending the cryptocurrency industry into the mainstream.  In a procedural vote on Monday, the U.S. Senate advanced the GENIUS Act, securing the 60-vote threshold toward a full vote in the near future. The bill would create a regulatory framework to support the creation of stablecoins, which are a type of digital asset that is pegged to another currency, such as the U.S. dollar.

2 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

Former President Joe Biden’s Stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis has raised questions about when the former president knew he had an aggressive form of the disease — and whether those surrounding him kept that information out of view of the public. At least, physicians and cancer researchers were thrown by the timing.

3 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

President Donald Trump is taking aim at the high cost of drugs in the United States, signing an executive order that aims to get pharmaceutical companies to lower prices. The executive order pressures drug companies to lower their prices in the U.S. and directs federal agencies to set targets. If those targets are not achieved, the action directs Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

3 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar in a transaction that legal experts say raises thorny questions about the rules surrounding foreign gifts to sitting presidents. “The Emoluments Clause suggests Congress must consent if this is a present from a foreign state,” says Dan Urman, director of the law and public policy minor at Northeastern University, who teaches courses on the Supreme Court.

3 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Tanner Stening

Gregory D. Abowd, dean of Northeastern’s College of Engineering, has accumulated an impressive list of honors over the course of his professional career. He can now add one more: member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. “It’s a huge honor,” Abowd tells Northeastern Global News.