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Ron DeSantis making moves for 2028 White House bid — but will MAGA embrace Trump’s former foe?
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Ron DeSantis making moves for 2028 White House bid — but will MAGA embrace Trump’s former foe?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is crisscrossing the country as he lays the groundwork for an increasingly likely 2028 presidential campaign, refining his pitch and working to move past his bruising 2024 defeat by President Trump.

DDaily Reports Politics Desk·3d ago
Economy

China Digital Yuan Goes Cross-Border: Internationalization Just Got Real

Beijing flipped the switch on a cross-border payment system for the digital yuan, accelerating a long-running plan to push the RMB into more of the global plumbing.

DDaily Reports Economy Desk·Today
China Digital Yuan Goes Cross-Border: Internationalization Just Got Real
Policy

Central Bank Official: Digital Currency Regulatory Framework Coming Soon

A senior central-bank official telegraphed that the long-awaited digital-currency rulebook is finally close, with a public draft expected next month.

DDaily Reports Policy Desk·Today
NYC

Council Wants the Bite Off Spot: New Bill Would Permanently Disarm NYPD's Robot Dogs

A New York City Council member is moving to ban the NYPD from ever strapping weapons onto its four-legged robotic dogs, citing safety risks and chilling civil-liberties precedents.

DDaily Reports Metro Desk·Today
Crime

Soldier Allegedly Bet $400K on Maduro Raid Using Inside Intel — Now Faces a Manhattan Judge

A US special-forces operator stands accused of cashing in on a prediction market by trading on classified details about a mission to capture former Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro.

DDaily Reports Crime Desk·Today
Soldier Allegedly Bet $400K on Maduro Raid Using Inside Intel — Now Faces a Manhattan Judge
Crime

Bedford Park Bodega Stuck Up at Gunpoint: Two Suspects on the Loose

A neighborhood bodega in the Bronx was robbed at gunpoint overnight, with two masked suspects emptying the register before vanishing into the surrounding streets.

DDaily Reports Crime Desk·Today
Crime

Run-DMC Cold Case Closes: Defendant Pleads Guilty in 2002 Murder of Jam Master Jay

More than two decades after hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay was gunned down in his Queens studio, one of the men charged in the killing has formally entered a guilty plea.

DDaily Reports Crime Desk·Today
Politics

FISA Reauthorization Stalls: GOP Splits as Surveillance Deadline Bears Down

Republican leaders missed another procedural window to push through a renewal of the federal foreign-surveillance law, with hardliners demanding warrant requirements and other privacy guardrails.

DDaily Reports Politics Desk·Today
Politics

NY Governor's Race Twist: GOP Pushes Cure Bill After Blakeman Booted From Public Funds

A signature snag has knocked Republican governor hopeful Bruce Blakeman out of New York's public matching-funds pool, and his party is now pushing legislation that would give candidates a short window to fix paperwork errors.

DDaily Reports Politics Desk·Today
World

South Korea's Ex-President Yoon Sentenced to Seven Years

A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years on multiple charges, capping one of the most dramatic political falls in the country's modern history.

DDaily Reports World Desk·Today