A right-wing lawyer has been expected to be a top candidate for a powerful federal appeals court vacancy that could leave a lasting mark on a generation. President Donald Trump will have to fill the vacancy for Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Duane Benton, who announced he would move to senior status. And Erin Hawley, a senior attorney at the Alliance Defending Freedom, could be the top contender, according to The New Republic, in a report published Wednesday. Hawley has been considered “the public face of some of the most consequential right-wing legal victories of the last decade.” She is seen as a “near-perfect judicial nominee” for conservatives, who aim to roll back federal protections for reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights and the administrative state. “With the ultraconservative Supreme Court at her back, Hawley has been one of the most effective culture-war litigators in the country. She argued Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and erased nearly 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion. She stood before the court again in 303 Creative v. Elenis, helping secure a ruling that carved out a broad First Amendment exemption to state civil rights laws protecting LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination,” according to The New Republic. She most recently represented Idaho in Moyle v. United States and argued that hospitals should not be required to provide emergency abortions even when a woman’s life or her health is at risk. The appointment could have a “profound” impact for people who live in Arkansas, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Nebraska. “Lower court judicial nominations often receive less scrutiny than Supreme Court fights, but they matter just as much-especially in the appellate courts, where the vast majority of federal appellate cases end. A judge can serve for decades, long after the president who appointed them leaves office. With her age, ideological alignment, and experience engineering high-stakes cultural battles, Hawley would likely serve as a conservative anchor on the Eighth Circuit for a generation,” The New Republic reported.”The conservative legal movement sees this as a feature, not a bug. But for the rest of the country, Hawley’s potential elevation offers a stark reminder that the Supreme Court is not the only battleground. The architects of the post-Roe order are looking for new platforms, and they are focused on courts across the country, especially with the Supreme Court already captured by the right,” according to the outlet.
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The post Hong Kong Advances Digital Finance with $10 Billicom. Timothy Morano Nov 11, 2025 05: 56 Hong Kong’s third digital green bond issuance, valued at HK$10 billion, introduces tokenised central bank money, marking a significant milestone in sustainable finance. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has announced the successful pricing of its third digital green bond issuance, valued at approximately HK$10 billion. This issuance, under the Government Sustainable Bond Programme, marks a significant advance in digital finance by integrating tokenised central bank money for the first time, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Key Features of the Bond Issuance The bonds are denominated in multiple currencies, including HKD, RMB, USD, and EUR. The HKD tranche was set at 2. 5% over two years, the RMB tranche at 1. 9% over five years, the USD tranche at 3. 633% over three years, and the EUR tranche at 2. 512% over four years. The issuance was executed following a virtual roadshow conducted from November 3 to 7, 2025, and was priced on November 10, 2025. The introduction of tokenised central bank money in the settlement process, specifically e-CNY and e-HKD, is a pioneering move that aims to reduce settlement time, costs, and counterparty credit risk. This innovation positions the issuance as a world-first in integrating such digital money forms in bond settlements. Market Impact and Innovations This issuance not only achieved a record size for digital bonds but also attracted a substantial subscription amount exceeding HK$130 billion across the four currency tranches. The tenor extension to five years meets investor demand for longer-term digital bonds, further broadening the appeal of the digital bond market to institutional investors globally. The issuance also advanced the adoption of global standards, with Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs) obtained for all tranches, linking them to International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and.
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WASHINGTON Some members of Congress are asking for their salaries to be withheld during the government shutdown, while federal workers on Friday missed their first full paycheck since many operations closed on Oct. 1. With no movement toward a deal to end the shutdown, the House remained on a prolonged break from Capitol Hill, the Senate left for its usual long weekend and President Donald Trump prepared to depart for a trip to China, where he will likely focus much more on foreign policy and tariffs than the funding lapse. The president, lawmakers and federal judges all receive their regular paychecks during government shutdowns, unlike the 2 million civilian federal employees and thousands of staffers who work in the legislative branch. Members of Congress are paid $174,000 a year and leaders are paid more. Active duty military members would also normally miss their paychecks, but the Defense Department reprogrammed $8 billion earlier this month to avoid a missed payday for U. S. troops. It’s unclear if the Pentagon can do that again ahead of the Oct. 31 pay date or if there was enough money left to cover those salaries. Pay for CongressUnlike most federal workers, members of Congress have the option to receive their pay as normal, donate their salaries to charity, give the money back to the Treasury, or have their checks withheld during this shutdown. Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Gabe Amo posted a letter Thursday evening from House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine L. Szpindor confirming that House members’ salaries can be held back until after the funding lapse ends. Szpindor wrote that legal requirements, including the 27th Amendment, entitle members of Congress to their pay and that any lawmaker who has their check withheld during a shutdown can request it be distributed at any time. Szpindor did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted said the Senate Financial Clerk told their office that while senators are required to be paid, officials can withhold his check until after the shutdown ends, at his request. The Senate disbursing office will continue to cut the check, but Husted will not pick it up until after Congress funds the government, the spokesperson said. Husted doesn’t believe members of Congress should receive their salaries on time when other federal workers cannot, the spokesperson said. A different Senate staffer, speaking on background about the issue, told States Newsroom the salary for another senator was transitioned from direct deposit to a physical paycheck so it could be held by the disbursing office for the duration of the shutdown, at that senator’s request. Members of Congress who have asked for their salaries to be withheld include Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Andy Kim, Oklahoma Republican Rep. Stephanie Bice and Oregon Democratic Rep. Janelle Bynum, among others. Spokespeople for Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., did not respond to a request for comment about whether they are having their salaries withheld during the shutdown. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S. D., said he is having his paycheck held back. Can lawmakers’ salaries legally be withheld? Congress has voted several times over the years to officially withhold members’ salaries during a shutdown, but none of the bills have ever become law. There have been questions during past funding lapses about whether members’ paychecks could legally be withheld. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office wrote in a letter to Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst just before the shutdown began that member pay “is required by the Constitution and is considered mandatory spending.” “Thus, Members of Congress would continue to be paid during a lapse in discretionary appropriations,” CBO Director Phillip L. Swagel wrote. That assessment lines up with a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, updated in August, that says “Members of Congress continue to receive their pay during a lapse in appropriations for a number of reasons.”Lawmaker salaries “have been provided by a permanent, mandatory, appropriation since” 1981, the report says. The U. S. Constitution, in Article I, Section 6, Clause 1, says: “Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.”And the 27th Amendment to the Constitution says: “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.”The CRS report quotes the Government Accountability Office’s principles of federal appropriations law as saying, “The salary of a Member of Congress is fixed by statute and therefore cannot be waived without specific statutory authority.”But the report also points out nothing prevents a member of Congress from accepting the salary and then donating all or part of it back to the Treasury. No options and no paychecks for fedsThat same choice isn’t available for the people who work for members of Congress or those at departments and agencies throughout the executive branch. They must go without their paychecks until after Congress and the president broker a deal to fund the government and end the shutdown. Any worker who manages national security issues, or the protection of life or property, is considered exempt and continues working until the shutdown ends. Any federal employee not in that category is placed on furlough. The Senate was unable to advance multiple bills Thursday that would have provided salaries to some federal employees and contractors during the shutdown. Absent new congressional action, both exempt and non-exempt federal workers are supposed to receive back pay under a 2019 law once government reopens, though Trump and administration officials have cast doubt on whether they will do that for employees in the executive branch. Guidance from the House Committee on Administration says that all employees who work within the legislative branch will receive back pay once a funding bill becomes law. “Neither essential nor furloughed employees are authorized to receive compensation during a lapse in government funding,” the report says. “Federal law statutorily requires retroactive pay for furloughed and essential employees following the end of a lapse in government funding.”This story was published in partnership with Creative Commons. Read the original story here.