Biden and members of his family have vigorously denied the book’s claims.
There is also growing competition in the stablecoin field. A crypto enterprise partly owned by the Trump family just launched its own stablecoin, USD1.Circle said its long track record and values – the company says its mission statement is “to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value” – will help it stand apart in the field.
The Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump has served notice it wants to back away from at least 30 major rules that seek to protect air and water and reduce emissions that cause climate change. The agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, says doing so would mean a new “golden age” for America.It’s not certain the rules will go away. They can’t be changed without going through a demanding federal rulemaking process.But an examination by The Associated Press found that gutting the rules
in both money and lives.Here are some takeaways from AP’s work:
The AP examination found that the targeted rules are estimated to save at least $275 billion a year and more than 30,000 lives annually. Those figures were built in part on regulatory impact reports prepared by the EPA itself to factor in things such as reduced illnesses and deaths, as well as how much it would cost companies to comply with the rules. AP also worked with research by the
of former agency employees.With a majority of Muslim populations in most of the worst-hit countries, families who previously bought rams to take part in the annual joyful festival are finding it difficult to sustain that lifestyle with some spending significantly more of their disposable income on trying to fulfill the religious rites.
“Everyone is suffering,” Nigerian ram seller Jaji Kaligini said as he lamented thefueled by President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, such as a sudden
. “We don’t know what to do.”have worsened the living conditions, the military government banned ram exports this year to stabilize local supply. While that has helped availability, it has affected tightened supplies in neighboring Nigeria and Benin.