Vice President JD Vance expressed in a Thursday interview with Newsmax that the Trump administration believes the cryptocurrency sector should be given the freedom to flourish within the broader economy, with its success or failure ultimately determined by market dynamics.
Vance himself is optimistic about crypto’s future.
The vice president, who had just returned from delivering a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, shared his perspective during a one-on-one conversation with Greg Kelly on Greg Kelly Reports.
While speaking at the Vegas event, Vance declared that Bitcoin now enjoys solid backing at the federal level, stating, “Bitcoin finally has an ‘ally in the White House.'”

A man who blamed exposure to far-right extremist content for his online threats to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews said the penalty for such “keyboard terrorism” needed to be serious enough to deter others, particularly because threats against public officials are on the rise. People need to work out differences through the democratic process, not violence, Crews said. “The public must not accept this as the norm,” he said in handing down the sentence for Teak Ty Brockbank.

Judges from the U.S. Court of International Trade who recently ruled against President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs have longstanding ties to the Democratic Party and liberal activism, raising questions about their impartiality.
The trio of judges—Gary Katzmann, Timothy Reif, and Jane Restani—who delivered Wednesday’s ruling, which was temporarily halted by an appellate court on Thursday, all have personal and professional histories that align with progressive causes and candidates. Critics say their decision fits a pattern of judicial activism aimed at weakening Trump’s executive authority.

New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where a man says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin, a city official said Thursday. One of the detectives serves on Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail and is believed to have picked up the victim from a local airport and brought him to the townhouse, the official said. It’s not immediately clear if the other detective, who is a narcotics officer, has any connection to the incident.

Two detectives with the NYPD have been reassigned to desk duty following revelations that they were moonlighting as security guards for a group of cryptocurrency investors now accused of kidnapping a man in SoHo, according to law enforcement sources who spoke with CBS News New York.
The department confirmed that an internal probe has been launched, and both officers have had their guns and badges taken away pending the outcome of the investigation.
While it’s common for NYPD officers to take side jobs during off hours—a practice known as moonlighting—department regulations require prior approval. Authorities say these two detectives did not receive such clearance, prompting a response from Internal Affairs.

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is turning his recent 25-hour speech on the Senate floor into a book set to be released in November, drawing ridicule across social media platforms.
Delivered on April 1, a date many associate with jokes and pranks, Booker’s extended address became the longest uninterrupted speech in Senate history, surpassing the record held since 1957 by Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
Publisher St. Martin’s Press has announced the upcoming release of “Stand,” a book meant to complement Booker’s prolonged Senate remarks and further expand on the themes he discussed during the oration.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have announced plans to target civilian aircraft belonging to Israeli airlines, including El Al, in what could mark a dangerous new phase in the Yemeni group’s ongoing assault on Israel. The warning, issued through Lebanon’s Hezbollah-aligned Al-Akhbar newspaper, follows Israel’s airstrike on Sanaa International Airport earlier this week. The targeted strike reportedly destroyed the last operational Houthi aircraft, a move that Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said eliminatec the group’s remaining air capabilities. But the Houthis aren’t backing down—in fact, they’re upping the ante.

Seven weeks into nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, Israel is voicing escalating concerns that President Donald Trump’s administration may accept a deal that fails to eliminate Tehran’s uranium enrichment capabilities, potentially leaving Israel vulnerable to a nuclear-armed adversary. Simultaneously, Saudi Arabia has privately urged Iran to engage seriously with the U.S. proposal, warning that failure to do so could risk a military confrontation with Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly cautioned that a “bad deal is worse than no deal,” emphasizing that any agreement permitting Iran to retain enrichment capabilities would be unacceptable.