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Former Harding official to help advocate freedom of religion 2/17/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette WASHINGTON -- A retired Searcy college administrator has been selected to serve on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. James W. Carr, former executive vice president and professor of business of Harding University, was named to the board this month by House… Read more »

Washington news in brief 2/16/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette Arkansan goes west in presidential run WASHINGTON -- Fresh off her 25th-place finish in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, presidential candidate Mosie Boyd of Fort Smith is campaigning this week in delegate-rich California before returning to the Natural State. The 50-year-old attorney captured 32 out of the… Read more »

Transcript: US Congressman raises spectre of threat of digtial renminbi CBDC to US dollar. Fed governor responds 2/13/2020 Ledger Insights At a Congressional hearing this week, U.S. Congressman Bill Foster quizzed the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, about the speed at which the Federal Reserve is exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or digital dollar.… Read more »

Trapped in Idlib, US-funded school for orphans appeals to Trump for help 2/13/2020 The National As Syrian regime troops advanced on the former rebel stronghold of Maarat Al Numan in Idlib province this past December, Jerry Adams was at a loss. There was little the businessman could do from 6,000 miles away in Conway, Arkansas. “You’re helpless,” said Mr Adams. “The sense is,… Read more »

Federal Reserve Chairman: U.S. is “Working Hard” on Digital Currency 2/12/2020 Blockonomi A few years ago, a government or central bank launching its own digital currency was a foreign concept. But since Facebook and a swath of partners unveiled the Libra cryptocurrency project in June 2019, those in power have sprung into action, looking into ways it could combat the rise of… Read more »

EDITORIAL: Blessed assurance 2/11/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette How can it be--how can it become--that a country with so many religious people in it can be free of the religious wars that have plagued other countries? You can't swing a dead cat in Arkansas without hitting a church--Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist; take your pick. And so far we've only mentioned some… Read more »

Bitcoin Surges After Fed Chair Powell Declares That The US Is Working On A Digital Dollar 2/11/2020 ZyCrypto Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has stated that the US central bank is working hard to develop a digital dollar. This is in response to the competitive threat posed by Facebook’s Libra project. Facebook’s Libra Has Prompted The US Fed To Work Hard On A Digital… Read more »

The Fed Does Not Need Fedcoin To Protect Consumers 2/10/2020 Forbes Facebook clearly knows how to grab the attention of the world’s central banks. Its Libra initiative, an attempt to create a new digital currency-based payments system on the back of the company’s massive social network, has even caused an about-face at the Federal Reserve. In May 2018, Fed Governor Lael… Read more »

Hill, British counterpart make appeal for renewal of religious freedom 2/7/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette WASHINGTON -- Religious persecution is rising around the globe and it's important for freedom-loving nations to stand up for people of faith, lawmakers and a British member of parliament said this week. At a roundtable discussion organized by U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark.,… Read more »

Liberals in Congress seek to punish right-to-work states, strangle gig economy 2/6/2020 Washington Examiner Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will bring to the House floor H.R. 2474, which would do just that. The Protecting the Right to… Read more »