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By Jonathan Stempel

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has once again proved his support for Bitcoin, taking an oath that he would end the Biden-led administration’s “war on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency” when elected President.

The 2024 hopeful's remarks will spotlight the unveiling of «Declaration of Economic Independence.»

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushed a platform based partly on “economic independence" in his 2024 presidential campaign, specifically calling out policy on digital currencies. 

Major League Baseball has paid its $185 million settlement of a lawsuit by minor leaguers alleging violations of minimum wage laws

With the announcement of Reubens' death, he also shared in a statement, “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” AP reported. “I have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my friends, fans and supporters. I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you.”

Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is taking aim at China with a 10-point economic plan he's calling a “Declaration of Economic Independence.”

Federal officials say they are investigating a recent close call between an airline plane and a private jet that required pilots of both planes to take evasive action

The San Francisco prosecutor’s office has started laying out its murder case against a tech consultant charged in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee

According to a recent poll conducted by New York Times/Siena College former US President Donald Trump is dominating his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, leading his nearest challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis by 37 percentage points, the New York Times reported on Monday. The poll results reveal that Trump enjoys robust support across demographic group and region and in every ideological wing of the party. A staggering 54% of likely Republican voters back Trump, compared to a distant 17% for Governor DeSantis.

Apple is facing regulatory scrutiny in the US over its App Store guidelines, which allegedly hurt apps related to blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

By Gram Slattery

An advocacy group for journalists wants to get involved with Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis

A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation

The U.S. division of Kingswood, a global network of independent wealth management firms managing more than $13 billion in client assets, has hired two industry veterans for leadership roles.

Bloomberg, the figures are set to be disclosed in a filing on Monday, as per anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The significant amount of $40.2 million spent on legal costs by Donald Trump's political action committee, Save America, has led to the PAC requesting a refund of a $60 million contribution it previously made to another group supporting Trump. This development indicates a potential financial crisis for the campaign, as reported by The New York Times on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump's political action committee is expected to report on Monday that it has spent about $40 million in legal fees in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump and his advisers, among others, the Washington Post reported.

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will be facing off against Orlando City in the round of 32 of the 2023 Leagues Cup. Orlando City secured their spot in the knockout stages as group winners after a thrilling 3-2 victory over Santos Laguna, with Wilder Cartagena's stoppage-time strike sealing the win at Exploria Stadium. Under the guidance of Óscar Pareja, Orlando City finished two points ahead of Houston Dynamo to top Group South 2. Inter Miami, on the other hand, confirmed their qualification as winners of Group South 3 earlier in the week. They displayed an impressive performance in the round-robin stage, notably with Lionel Messi making a sensational impact. In his first start for the team, Messi scored two goals and provided an assist in a dominant 4-0 victory against Atlanta United at DRV PNK Stadium. The match marked a memorable debut for Messi and also saw his former Barcelona teammate, Sergio Busquets, making his full Miami debut.

Kamala Harris urged Black Americans to vote and cast Republicans as extremists on everything from abortion, voting rights and gun reform. “Here’s what we need to do. Vote. It gets back to the voting,” Harris said Saturday at a gathering of the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil-rights organisation, in Boston. Noting that Black voters had record turnout in 2020, Harris said that “it scared some people.” “It is by no coincidence that immediately thereafter you started seeing extremist so-called leaders passing laws restricting voting days, making it more difficult to vote,” she added. Since Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in 2020, supporters of the former president have stepped up efforts to reform the US election system, with several states introducing new rules restricting voting and redrawing electoral maps. Still, the Supreme Court this year gave an unexpected boost to the Voting Rights Act enacted in 1965 to protect minority rights at the polls by upholding a decision that requires a second majority Black District in Alabama. Harris, 58, has addressed the NAACP’s national convention for two straight years. With the president ramping up his re-election campaign, Harris the first woman, Black and Asian vice president has become a key envoy in the outreach to Black voters, who Biden credits for his 2020 victory.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN

When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades