Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz Open As China-Linked Ship Transits Maritime Chokepoint

US Senate Passes Housing Bill With Four-Year Fed CBDC Ban Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping housing affordability bill Monday night — and tucked inside its pages is a provision that could permanently reshape America’s digital currency landscape: a formal ban on a Federal Reserve-issued central bank digital currency through the end of 2030. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act cleared the Senate 85-5, with Republican leaders insisting the CBDC restriction ride along with one of the most bipartisan bills in years. The House was poised to...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Scholarships As Unconstitutional Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state-funded scholarship program that awarded financial aid based on the race of college students. The Democrat-controlled court followed the precedent laid out by the United States Supreme Court in finding that Gov. Tony Evers and the state were violating the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Two of the most liberal justices, however, wrote a concurrence denouncing the bar on the use of race for such scholarships. If Democrats are...

China Ranked #1 In World At Math; USA 27th... How do math skills compare around the world? This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks participating countries and economies by the average mathematics scores of 15-year-old students in the most recent PISA 2025 study, published in September 2026. PISA assesses students in mathematics, reading, and science. Its mathematics assessment goes beyond memorizing formulas or procedures, measuring whether students can apply mathematical knowledge and reasoning to real-world problems. More than 760,000 students took part in PISA 2025 across 91 countries and economies, representing roughly...