Albanese dismisses lobby concerns, Chalmers takes one for the team

Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the…
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Dollar (USD) Set for Worst Week Since June on Fed Bets, Bank Woes

The dollar traded on the cusp of its worst week in more than two months as expectations of…
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The dispute between the federal government and Germany's states regarding a shortfall in funding for highway development is escalating, despite a recent injecti... https://news.osna.fm/?p=19755 | #news #autobahn #demand #expansion #federal
Northern States Demand More Federal Funds for Autobahn Expansion - Osna.FM

Northern German states demand more federal funding for crucial highway upgrades amid ongoing debates about infrastructure investment.

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#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

Lauri Miranda Silva
* Brazilian professor

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#DOJ says #Smartmatic execs bribed officials for $1M

#Federal prosecutors have charged #voting tech firm Smartmatic with money laundering & other crimes arising from >$1M in bribes that several execs allegedly paid to #election officials in the Philippines.

The 2015–2018 payments were made to obtain a contract with the Philippines govt to help run that country’s 2016 presidential election & secure the timely payment for its work….

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Smartmatic executives charged with alleged bribery in Philippines

Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines. The payments, between 2015 and 2018, were made to obtain a contract with the Philippines government to help run that country’s 2016 presidential election and secure the timely payment for its work, according to a superseding indictment filed Thursday in Miami federal court. Three former executives of Smartmatic, including co-founder Roger Pinate, were previously charged in 2024 but at the time Smartmatic was not named as a defendant.

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Dollar falls against yen and euro with trade dispute, rate outlook in focus

By Chibuike Oguh and Stefano Rebaudo NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was on track for a third…
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#US #States Seek To Revive FEMA's #Disaster #Mitigation #Funding

By Ganesh Setty

A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia urged a Massachusetts #federal #court Wednesday to block the Trump administration's termination of a disaster mitigation program under the #Federal #Emergency #Management #Agency arguing such authority lies with #Congress [via Law360]

FDIC's Hill Discusses #Stablecoin #Rulemaking Lift

By Aislinn Keely

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. acting Chairman Travis Hill said Wednesday that crafting a #licensing regime for stablecoin issuers under his agency's purview will likely be relatively "straightforward," but the recently passed stablecoin legislation has also tasked banking regulators with thornier policy issues. [via Law360]
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#US 3rd Circ. Weighs If AR-15s Are 'Dangerous,' '#Unusual' Arms
The full Third Circuit #federal #court on Wednesday quizzed counsel in a #gun #rights #case about whether #AR-15s and other widely owned #semiautomatic #firearms and #high-capacity #magazines should be considered so "dangerous" or "unusual" as to not be protected by the #secondamendment with the panel giving no clear leanings as to how it might rule. [summary via email from Law360]
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BREAKING: Some Fed. Workers Win Quick Block On Shutdown Layoffs

By Bonnie Eslinger

A #California #federal #judge on Thursday #granted a #request from two #unions representing thousands of federal #workers to immediately #block the #Trump administration from #layoff of them during the government #shutdown saying she believes the plaintiffs will show that "what's being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority." [via Law360]