Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas National Guard deployment in Illinois

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois after hundreds of Texas ...

With the Texas National Guard now in Illinois, here’s what you need to know about the unit

National Guard, no stranger to being deployed for immigration enforcement, is in the Midwest to “safeguard” ICE officers.
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2 years after Oct. 7 shattered them, Israel’s border kibbutzes are drawing new dreamers

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Swift to build blockchain ledger for 24/7 cross-border payments

Swift’s blockchain ledger, developed with Consensys, will facilitate instant 24/7 cross-border transactions. The ledger will connect traditional finance on Swift’s system. Over 30 institutions from 16 ...
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SWIFT and 30+ Global Financial Institutions To Build Blockchain-Based Cross-Border Payments System

Global online payments leader SWIFT said on Monday that it is developing a blockchain-based shared ledger with more than 30 global financial institutions, aiming to enable instant, 24/7 cross-border ...
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'Protecting women athletes': Elk Grove school board blocks Title IX girls’ sports measure on transgender participation

ELK GROVE, Calif. — A proposal to schedule a meeting on a resolution aimed at “protecting female athletes” failed Tuesday in a 7-1 vote by the Elk Grove Unified School District board. “One of the ...