Facebook cryptocurrency plan gets hostile reception in Congress
WASHINGTON — Under sharp criticism from senators, a Facebook executive on Tuesday defended the social network’s ambitious plan to create a digital currency and pledged to work with regulators to achieve a system that protects the privacy of users’...
Merkel and Macron Carried Off Their Trick, Barely
By | Bloomberg July 16 at 6:45 PM Ursula von der Leyen has clinched the presidency of the European Commission with a razor-thin margin of nine votes. It’s a win for the national governments that...
No Bail for Mexican Megachurch Leader in Child Rape Case
LOS ANGELES — The leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo will be held without bail on charges of child rape and human trafficking, a move that came after a historically-high $50 million bail was set earlier in the case.
A judge in Los Angeles...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she has ‘total confidence’ in Ald. Pat Dowell following Tribune report
Lightfoot was asked Tuesday about a Tribune story on the redevelopment of Rosenwald Courts, a prominent South Side apartment complex in Bronzeville. As 3rd Ward alderman, Dowell held sway over the project thanks to a long-standing tradition known as...
Dems prepare for condemnation of tweets vote
House Democrats urged their Republican colleagues to join them in voting on a resolution condemning President Donald Trump's tweets that urged four Democratic congresswomen of color to return to their countries. (July 16) AP, AP