One year ago, Donald Trump took office branding himself as the first “pro-crypto President.”  For an industry battered by regulatory hostility and incoherence, the moment felt historic. Campaign rhetoric promised clarity, innovation, and a reset of the U.S. government’s adversarial posture toward digital assets. Many in crypto wanted to believe that politics had finally aligned with technological reality. One year later, the results are hard to ignore — and even harder to def

For the first time in the nation’s history, the United States in 2025 is facing the zero or slightly negative population growth, a demographic shift that marks a sharp break from more than two centuries of consistent expansion. Data tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed by independent demographers indicate that population growth has slowed to near standstill as deaths increasingly outpace births and immigration no longer offsets that gap. While final year-end figures

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, Bill Pulte. [Photo by Abaca Press] Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has become the focus of congressional, legal and public scrutiny following a series of criminal referrals tied to alleged mortgage fraud involving prominent public officials who are critics of President Donald Trump. Pulte, appointed in 2025, oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises that play a central