LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

pbs.org The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller helped…

Binance gave VIP traders a heads up on $4B settlement: Bloomberg

blockworks.co Binance reportedly held a dinner for its biggest market makers ahead of the $4 billion settlement announcement with the Department of Justice. The topic at hand? According…

Marjorie Taylor Greene names the "powerful" colleagues ruining the GOP

newsweek.com Marjorie Taylor Greene named five "powerful Republicans in the House" who she claims have been frustrating her political agenda, and in particular her efforts to impeach…

Democrats turn tables on GOP in judge nominations

newsweek.com Illinois Senator Dick Durbin received backlash from his Republican counterparts for using hardline tactics to stop them speaking about two judicial nominees ahead of roll…

How ‘Reason’ changes minds, and lives, by covering criminal injustice

reason.com Why do people first come to Reason, and therefore, in some cases, to libertarianism? As we motor through day four of our annual webathon, in which we ask our most loyal…

Victor Davis Hanson: If Trump Wins Next Year, Will His Retribution Match (Or Exceed) The Injustices He's Endured?

zerohedge.com Victor Davis Hanson: If Trump Wins Next Year, Will His Retribution Match (Or Exceed) The Injustices He's Endured? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Don’t Do Unto Others What…

Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere

apnews.com Three members of Congress have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how foreign hackers breached a water authority near Pittsburgh, prompting the nation's top…

Biden threatens to block GOP plan to send 3,000 people back to federal prison

reason.com The White House has threatened to veto a Republican Senate resolution that would result in roughly 3,000 federal offenders who were released to home confinement during the…

Mississippi sheriff insists he was oblivious to his drug warriors' long pattern of brutality

reason.com Last August, six former Mississippi police officers, including five former employees of the Rankin County Sheriff's Office (RCSO), admitted to punching, kicking, tasing,…

Texas man who threatened Georgia election officials is sentenced to 2 years in prison

nbcnews.com A Texas man who pleaded guilty to posting a message online threatening Georgia officials in the wake of the 2020 election was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.…

Undeterred by Judge Chutkan, Donald Trump goes fishing

msnbc.com Earlier this week, Judge Tanya Chutkan denied Donald Trump’s motion to issue subpoenas to seven separate people and entities in the lead-up to the former president’s March…

Why is the crypto market down today?

cointelegraph.com The crypto market is down today as a slew of regulatory enforcement events weigh on Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and altcoin prices. The markets continue to reel since the…

Cristiano Ronaldo Faces $1 Billion Class Action Lawsuit For Promoting Binance

forbes.com Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo, the world’s highest paid athlete, is facing a class action lawsuit from Binance customers seeking $1 billion in damages for promoting the…

Mariah Carey fan claims she was blocked from concert over Palestinian scarf

newsweek.com A Palestinian Mariah Carey fan claims she was banned from the singer's concert in Toronto on Monday for wearing a keffiyeh. In a social media post, PhD student Ghada Sasa…

How Hunter Biden started fighting back

politico.com Among Joe Biden’s advisers and Democratic Party operatives, there’s disagreement on its potential political repercussions, according to eight people close to the president…

Vermont man charged with attempted murder in shooting of students of Palestinian descent

reuters.com The man accused of shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend pleaded not guilty to attempted murder…

Binance’s Zhao ordered to stay in US for now

blockworks.co A federal judge wants Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to stay in the US as he awaits sentencing. At least for now. Zhao and the exchange he founded pleaded guilty to…

Merrick Garland's stark warning after three Palestinians shot

newsweek.com Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday spoke out about the recent shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, warning the Department of Justice is…

Coinbase CEO: Binance Settlement Will ‘Turn the Page’ for Crypto

pymnts.com Does the end of the case against Binance mark a new beginning for cryptocurrencies? That’s what Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong believes, according to a Monday (Nov. 27)…

Garland: Justice Department is working to 'secure all missing Americans'

nbcnews.com Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Department of Justice is working to secure the release of all American hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. He also confirmed…

Garland says FBI is investigating if Vermont shooting was a hate crime

msnbc.com U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the FBI is investigating whether the shooting of three Palestinian American students in Burlington, Vt., was a hate crime.…

BlackRock meets with SEC over ETF, Binance’s new era begins and SBF loses release bid: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 19-25

cointelegraph.com US officials announce $4.3B settlement with Binance, plea deal with CZ Binance and its co-founder, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, have reached a settlement over criminal and civil…

Supreme Court to decide on legality of OxyContin maker's settlement plan with victims of opioid crisis

pbs.org The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller helped…

OxyContin maker's settlement faces Supreme Court scrutiny

fortune.com The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller triggered.…

"These Are Not Normal Times"

zerohedge.com "These Are Not Normal Times" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, The Blob & Its Mobs “If Israel wanted to do a genocide of Gazans, they’d have razed it…

OxyContin maker's settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it's up to the Supreme Court

aol.com The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller triggered.…

OxyContin maker’s settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it’s up to the Supreme Court

theglobeandmail.com The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller triggered.…

5 takeaways from America’s biggest crypto crackdown in history

cnn.com The US government just sent a clear message to the world of cryptocurrency, a market valued at around $1.4 trillion. Just as crypto investors were hoping to move on from the…

Another crypto boss falls

economist.com F a shot at inordinate riches and a good chance of landing in jail at some point. That, in a nutshell, is the popular board game of Monopoly. But it describes just as…

Regulators and law enforcement crack down on crypto's bad actors. Congress has yet to take action

apnews.com While the scandals in the cryptocurrency industry seem to never end, Washington policymakers appear to have little interest in pushing through legislation to codify the…

Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Released on $175M Bond, Will Be Sentenced in February

coindesk.com Zhao pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in court earlier on Tuesday, after federal officials alleged he directed Binance to allow U.S. customers to use the…

Changpeng Zhao: another crypto king is dethroned by America’s courts

theguardian.com Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, warned last year that it was difficult to prevent illegal activity in the industry that he…

Crypto Kingpin

thedailyupside.com Binance agrees to pay one of the biggest corporate fines in U.S. history. There cannot be very much brightening up the days of the convicted fraudster and ex-crypto…

Binance was slapped with a $4.3 billion fine because it let groups like Hamas and ISIS receive funds: Treasury Department

finance.yahoo.com None Binance has reached a settlement with US regulators to pay out over $4 billion in fines. • None The treasury department says the company enabled transactions from…

Binance users pull over $1 billion from the exchange after CEO leaves, pleads guilty

cnbc.com Outflows from Binance have amounted to more than $1 billion in the past 24 hours, not including bitcoin, according to data from blockchain analysis firm Nansen, after…

Binance avoided a death sentence

aol.com Proof of State is the Wednesday edition of Fortune Crypto where Leo Schwartz delivers insider insights on policy and regulation. The fates of Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng…

Binance's Canadian CEO steps down, pleads guilty to breaking anti-money laundering laws

cbc.ca Binance chief Changpeng Zhao stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking U.S. anti-money laundering laws as part of a $4.3 billion US settlement resolving a years-long probe…

Binance CEO CZ Pleas Guilty, Steps Down, Case Settled for $4.3B

bitcoinnews.com Binance, the world’s largest digital asset trading platform, witnessed a management upheaval with its co-founder and CEO, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, stepping down. As current…

The daily business briefing: November 22, 2023

theweek.com Sam Altman has agreed to return to ChatGPT-maker OpenAI after his firing last week by the company's board triggered a revolt by employees and investors, who demanded his…

Who is Changpeng Zhao, Binance CEO ousted for US crimes?

reuters.com Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance greets the audience during an event in Athens, Greece, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas/File Photo…

Changpeng Zhao, the crypto king and Binance chief, ousted for US crimes

investing.com The most powerful man in crypto has lost his crown - and could see his freedom curtailed as well. Binance chief Changpeng Zhao on Tuesday stepped down and pleaded guilty to…

Binance's Zhao pleads guilty, steps down to settle US illicit finance probe

investing.com Binance chief Changpeng Zhao stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking U.S. anti-money laundering laws as part of a $4.3 billion settlement resolving a years-long probe…

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty as part of broad pact with US authorities

finance.yahoo.com Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is stepping down and pleading guilty to violating anti-money laundering requirements as part of a wide-ranging deal his company reached with US…

Binance CEO Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges, Faces 10 Years In Jail

bitcoinist.com Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, and billionaire Changpeng Zhao, have jointly confessed guilt in response to government accusations, representing a…

Binance’s Zhao Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Steps Down

asiafinancial.com Crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao stepped down as the chief of Binance on Tuesday, after pleading guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws. Zhao will personally pay…

Binance Founder CZ’s Release: $175M Bond Set Amidst U.S. Charges

watcher.guru In a surprising development, Changpeng Zhao [CZ], the founder and former CEO of Binance, has been granted release from custody. This was done through a substantial $175…

US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records

theregister.com A senator has alleged that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendment,…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance pleads guilty along with CEO to money laundering charges

aol.com Binance, the operator of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple financial crimes and agreed to pay about $4.3 billion, the Justice…

Binance Will Exit the US Paying over $7.6 Billion in Settlements

financemagnates.com Binance has agreed to enter into a historic corporate settlement by paying over $4.3 billion to settle charges brought by the US Department of Justice (DoJ). The crypto…

Binance, CEO Zhao guilty of multiple financial crimes

theregister.com The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange just got a little smaller, with the US Department of Justice announcing Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao have both pleaded…