Category: 2-DailyNews

The news to know for Thursday, November 1st, 2018!

Today, we're talking about health insurance, Trump's new plan for military troops and an e-scooter recall. 

Plus: Bitcoin's birthday, 23andMe's new approval and a way to get featured for optimism.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Then, hang out after the news for "Thing to Know Thursday." This week's bonus interview is with Carolyn DeWitt. She is the President and Executive Director of Rock the Vote, the largest national organization focused on building long-term political power for this country’s most diverse youth generation.

Got to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about all the stories and topics mentioned in today's episode. Find today's date under the section titled 'Episodes.'

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What do young black leaders really think about President Donald Trump? And what do they think about conservativism? The Daily Signal's Troy Worden went to Turning Point USA's Young Black Leaders Summit, and reports back on his conversations with attendees. Plus: Starbucks is releasing its holiday cups Nov. 2--but isn't it too early to already be celebrating Christmas? We also cover these stories:--President Trump gives a speech on immigration, focusing on asylum seeker and the caravan.--Relations between the U.S. and China are not strong at the moment, as the two nations are locked in an escalating trade war. But on Thursday, President Trump signaled progress on the trade front.--The Today Show’s Al Roker dressed up as Doc Brown from “Back to the Future”.  Roker, who is black, defended dressing up as a white character after an objection on Twitter.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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• The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly linked to the troubled Russian exchange WEX.
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• Former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has been gifted a small amount of bitcoin.
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• The Indian government is considering imposing a ban on what it calls "private cryptocurrencies" in the country.
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• The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has teamed up with distributed ledger startup Digital Asset to develop a blockchain platform for post-trade processing.
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• A cryptocurrency ticker application called CoinTicker appears to be installing two backdoors on computers made by Apple, cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes warned Monday.
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The news to know for Wednesday, October 31st, 2018!

Today, we're talking about President Trump's plan to change the meaning of an amendment and what happened to a famous mob boss...

Plus: Google's giveaway, Uber's monthly subscription option and details about the Game of Thrones prequel.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned today (or see below).

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The Supreme Court has never actually ruled on whether the children of illegal immigrants born here are citizens or not. Amy Swearer, a legal analyst at The Heritage Foundation, joins us on the podcast to share that fact and more about the history of birthright citizenship in the US, and whether it's appropriate for President Trump to use an executive order to declare that children of illegal immigrants born here aren't citizens. Plus: We talk about the best Halloween movies.We also cover these stories:--President Trump is looking to sign an executive order that would get rid of birthright citizenship.--House Speaker Paul Ryan says, "You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order."--Whitey Bulger, the notorious Boston mobster, was pronounced dead Tuesday at a federal prison in West Virginia, one day after being transferred there.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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• U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has just announced $300 million in new funding

• The developer that formalized the code underlying most initial coin offerings (ICOs) – ethereum's ERC-20 token standard – has proposed a new approach in a bid to make the funding schemes more safe for would-be investors

• A 21-year-old bitcoin trader from California has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business and now faces a maximum of five years in prison.

• Bitcoin's (BTC) downside break of the recent narrow trading range may have opened the doors for a drop to key support at $6,100, technical charts indicate.

• Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Pantheon is a suite of ethereum-based services built by PegaSys, a 50-strong engineering team at the ethereum design studio ConsenSy

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The news to know for Tuesday, October 30th, 2018!

Today, we're talking about why President Trump's visit to Pittsburgh is controversial, why 5,200 troops were sent to the U.S.-Mexico border and things to know one week before Election Day.

Plus: NASA broke some space records and Apple hosts a big event.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned today (or see below).

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• Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has been acquired by NXMH, an investment firm based in Belgium and owned by South Korean conglomerate NXC

• The Korean government made waves last year when it moved to ban initial coin offerings from taking place in the country.

• Blockchain payments startup Ripple Labs has hired former Google executive Amir Sarhangi as its vice president of products.

• After nearly two weeks stagnating at around $6,400, bitcoin has finally made a move – to the downside.

• Cryptography startup StarkWare just closed a $30 million equity funding round led by Paradigm and featuring a number of other major investors, according to an announcement made Monday.

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The news to know for Monday, October 29th, 2018!

Today, we're talking about two big hate crimes in the U.S., the people arrested for them and the groups trying to help.

Plus: the World Series champions, the weekend's top movie and why lavender was just compared to Valium...

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned today (or see below).

Today's episode is brought to you by Hello Fresh. Get a total of $60 off at www.HelloFresh.com/NewsWorthy60 and use promo code NEWSWORTHY60. 

 

 

Almost immediately following the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, media figures began claiming there is widespread anti-Semitism among conservatives. This ignoried the pervasive anti-Semitism within the BDS movement and other mainstream liberal groups on college campuses nationwide.Joel Griffith, chair of the Washington, D.C. chapter of Young Jewish Conservatives and research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins the podcast to call out the hypocrisy and provide insight on how to stop anti-Semitism in the U.S. Plus: Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra Pelosi, is out with a new documentary on fans of President Donald Trump.We also cover these stories:--President Trump will visit Pittsburgh today, along with first lady Melania Trump. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders noted Monday that Trump "is the grandfather of several Jewish grandchildren."--President Trump is deploying some 5,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as the migrant caravan continues to head north.--A third suspicious package was sent to CNN.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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