Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. Trump Media’s trading debut this week gave Donald Trump’s biggest fans a way to show their support with their wallets, albeit in a seriously risky way that…

RBNZ Governor Orr was seen dovish, which seems to be applying pressure to the NZD. GDP and Initial Jobless Claims cushion the USD. Weak Chicago PMI figures limit the upside. Markets adjusted their expectations for a June rate cut which also adds strength to the USD. The NZD/USD is currently traded…

The wife of an American detained in Afghanistan is deeply concerned about her husband’s well-being, and pleading for the chance to tell President Joe Biden about the urgency of his case. Ryan Corbett, who has been detained by the Taliban since August 2022, was able to call his wife Anna…

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The Office of Management and Budget on Thursday announced changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US census. Under the new standards, scheduled to publish Friday, the government will collect race and ethnicity information using a single question and will include a new Middle Eastern and North African category as a choice, the Office of Management and Budget said. The question measuring a respondent’s race or ethnicity will now include seven broad categories: White, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Middle Eastern or North African,…

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Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for defrauding customers and investors in his failed crypto exchange FTX, a Manhattan court ruled Thursday. Before announcing the sentence, Judge Lewis Kaplan said there was a risk “that this man will be in a position to do something…