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just now (554+ words) (Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin's most entrenched investors are still cashing out " and the pressure is starting to show. More than two months after the token hit a record high above $126,000, Bitcoin has fallen nearly 30% and is struggling to find support. One reason: its long-time holders haven't stopped selling. New blockchain data shows that coins held for years are being divested at some of the fastest rates in recent memory, just as the market's ability to absorb them is fading. Hudson Tunnel Digging Work to Start as Boring Machines Ready How This Chameleon UK Location Became a Little-Known'Hollywood Backdrop New York Says Cab, Rideshare Insurance Rates to Rise 25% New York Utility Says Queue for Large Power Users Has Tripled NYC Must Spend $700 Million to Cut Class Sizes According to a report from K33 Research, the amount of Bitcoin that had remained unmoved for at…...

2+ min ago (119+ words) What was once a public good is now a massive profit extraction machine, a witness told a House committee. Congress Asked to Break Up $40 Billion Pay-to-Play Youth Sports Industry A small number of private equity firms control most of the facilities, leagues, tournaments, recruitment events, and competitive youth sports infrastructure that parents invest in because they think the programs will help their children earn an athletic scholarship, federal lawmakers were told this week. New Jersey Poised to Eliminate High School Exit Exam, Like Most States This Maine School Swapped Detention for Hikes. We Visited to See if It Works. DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Racial Discrimination Against Employment Candidates Arizona Will Remove DEI From Public Schools...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (104+ words) PayPal also plans to offer interest-bearing savings accounts to its customers. PayPal Plans to Open Industrial Bank to Serve Small US Businesses A global online payment system, PayPal has already submitted applications to the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to set up PayPal Bank, a proposed Utah-chartered industrial loan firm. "AI Can't Climb a Utility Pole'Experts Warn of "Silver Tsunami' in US Utilities Christmas Day Gas Prices Could Hit $2.79: GasBuddy US Builder Confidence Rises to 8-Month High in December Amazon Doubles Same-Day Fresh Grocery Delivery to 2,300 US Locations...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago (35+ words) The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. ET titled "The Impacts of Temporary Protected Status." LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Impacts of Temporary Protected Status...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (1098+ words) The Justice Department accuses the defendants of systematically violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens through unconstitutional policies and practices related to firearm licensing. [Lawsuit Gavel Judge Court iStock-Mark Youso 1455889577]The Justice Department accuses the defendants of systematically violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens through unconstitutional policies and practices related to firearm licensing. iStock-Mark Youso 1455889577 On December 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a major lawsuit in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. John Division, against the Government of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD), and Police Commissioner Mario Brooks. The Justice Department accuses the defendants of systematically violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens through unconstitutional policies and practices related to firearm licensing. The complaint, spanning 12 pages, seeks declaratory and equitable relief under the Violent…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago (147+ words) Another year of the the Volokh Conspiracy tradition of marking the occasion of this ancient Roman holiday. Ilya Somin | 12.17.2025 5:49 PM The Encyclopedia Romana has a helpful description of Saturnalia: As in most years, we have no shortage of strong candidates for the position of Lord of Misrule. But the current occupant of the White House has a particularly compelling claim to the title. Happy Saturnalia to all the friends, Romans, and Volokh Conspiracy readers out there! NOTE: Most of this post is adopted from previous Saturnalia posts. NEXT: Trump's Attempt to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng is Part of an Awful Pattern Christian Britschgi | 12.17.2025 4:50 PM Jack Nicastro | 12.17.2025 4:25 PM Robby Soave | 12.17.2025 3:56 PM Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2025 3:35 PM John Stossel | 12.17.2025 2:25 PM...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago (124+ words) The administration has sought to deport numerous dissenters back to their oppressors. Ilya Somin | 12.17.2025 5:40 PM A policy that essentially aids anti-American regimes in their persecution of dissidents undermines our position in the international war of ideas between these governments' ideologies and ours, and deters future would-be dissidents and allies from working against those governments or aiding us. This isn't making America Great Again. It's making us simultaneously evil and stupid. NEXT: Jewish Plaintiffs in Establishment Clause Cases Christian Britschgi | 12.17.2025 4:50 PM Jack Nicastro | 12.17.2025 4:25 PM Robby Soave | 12.17.2025 3:56 PM Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2025 3:35 PM John Stossel | 12.17.2025 2:25 PM...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago (663+ words) BREAKING: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he will leave his post in January WASHINGTON " Rebelling against their leaders, four House Republicans on Wednesday signed onto a "discharge petition," giving Democrats the 218 signatures needed to force a vote on a three-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire for millions of people on Dec. 31. If the enhanced premium tax credits expire, as is expected, insurance costs are projected to double, on average, for about 22 million people who get their coverage through Obamacare. The discharge petition, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has all 214 Democrats on board. The four Republicans who signed on Wednesday morning and pushed it to 218 were Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., and Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa. All four represent competitive districts that could make or break the GOP's…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago (59+ words) Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of MIT nuclear scientist in US... (First column, 13th story, link) Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of nuclear scientist in US - report This is an assessment that has not yet been verified and is not supported at this stage by official findings from the investigative authorities in the United States....

3+ hour, 54+ min ago (753+ words) The United States is leading a global data center boom. Investors are plowing some $7 trillion into the infrastructure necessary to support AI development, with 40 percent of that investment happening here in the United States. This boom in data center investment is so pronounced that many analysts argue it's propping up an economy that'd otherwise be wobbling under the strain of tariffs and high borrowing costs. Some skeptics credibly argue that the money flowing into AI research and the physical infrastructure needed to support it is a bubble that will eventually pop. Unconvinced by the skeptics is Sen. Bernie Sanders (I'Vt.), who seems to believe that data center investment will generate large profits, produce technological innovations, and drive economy-wide productivity growth. Therefore, he wants to shut it down. In a video posted to Instagram, the socialist senator called for a federal…...