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Democratic Senate debates merits of passion vs. pragmatism MORE (D-Va.) and Chip RoyCharles (Chip) Eugene RoyStock ban faces steep hurdles despite growing support Stock trading ban gains steam but splits Senate GOP House passes stopgap bill to prevent shutdown MORE (R-Texas), the authors of a stock trading ban proposal, said Friday.

Several stock trading proposals circulating through Congress omit lawmakers’ spouses and dependent children, and Democratic leaders have warmed to the idea of a bill that extends a stock trading ban to senior congressional staffers but not spouses.

Good government experts warn that lawmakers cannot restore trust in Congress if they exempt spouses from a stock trading bill. »

Funds used to win Melania Trump's first NFT were traced back to a wallet that belongs to the creators of the project, Bloomberg reported.

The auction on the Solana blockchain resulted in a winning bid of 1,800 SOL.

Along with the NFT, the collection also included the white wide-brimmed hat worn and later signed by Melania Trump during the visit. »

On February 11, British Minister of State for Europe James Cleverly predicted that a wider war in Ukraine “would be a quagmire” for Russia.

If Russia achieves its political aims in Ukraine by military means, Europe will not be what it was before the war.

The United States and Europe will also be in a state of permanent economic war with Russia. »

Brad Pitt is suing ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her stake in their co-owned French vineyard, where they were married in 2014, to a Russian oligarch.

According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jolie sold her stake in the Chateau Miraval SA company to a Luxembourg-based spirits manufacturer controlled by businessman Yuri Shefler - without Pitt's knowledge.

Image: An aerial view of the 17th-century Chateau Miraval, in southeastern France, taken in 2012. »