Crypto fight at center of FISA extension poised to escalate

A bid by hard-line conservatives to pass a measure banning the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) fell short, but the fight is only poised to escalate as both chambers revisit another extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance powers in the weeks ahead. Conservatives have long sought…

Dem House Candidate Paige Cognetti Owns Secret Second Home at ‘Fairy Tale’ Ski Resort

Cognetti, running in Pennsylvania swing district, touts herself as a champion of ‘transparency’ Paige Cognetti (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Scranton, Pa., mayor Paige Cognetti (D.) is running for Congress on a platform of “transparency” and as a working class champion, hammering her Republican opponent in Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District for owning a “secret