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US intel officials postpone classified threat briefing for election officials after technical difficulties
With Election Day approaching, a botched federal intelligence briefing on foreign election threats has left state officials frustrated and raised fresh questions about the nation’s preparedness for interference from Russia, Iran and China.
Bets on midterm endorsements, rallies, debates and dropouts raise insider trading concerns
Political prediction markets are facing scrutiny as more than $20 million flows into bets on campaign events and decisions that insiders may know in advance, raising concerns about potential insider trading, election integrity and the need for stronger oversight.
First challenge to prediction markets reaches Supreme Court
Prediction markets are headed for a showdown at the Supreme Court as New Jersey moves to shut them down, potentially deciding the future of platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.
Trump’s teleprompter operator under investigation for insider trading, sources say
A longtime Trump aide is under federal investigation after suspicious prediction market trades raised insider trading concerns inside the White House.
Trump administration proposes new rules on prediction markets that would still allow most sports activity
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has unveiled new rules aimed at regulating prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, seeking to balance innovation in sports-related trading with safeguards against manipulation in high-risk contracts.
Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle Dominion lawsuit over network’s 2020 election lies
Egregious lies about the 2020 presidential election are going to cost Newsmax $67 million.
Federal judge won’t block Trump’s plan to use IRS data to track down undocumented migrants
A federal judge won’t block a controversial Trump administration initiative to share highly sensitive taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities in hopes of tracking down undocumented immigrants and quickly deporting them out of the country.
Left in limbo: How federal workers still on the job are coping with chaos
More than 100 days into Donald Trump’s presidency, many federal workers have decided to do something that was unthinkable on inauguration day: quit their jobs.
Federal workers turn to little-known ‘merit board’ as they try to avoid Trump’s mass layoffs
Federal workers are rushing to a little-known and understaffed office to try to save their jobs from President Donald Trump’s mass government layoffs, in hopes that it will be a bulwark against the president and Elon Musk as they push for more cuts.
Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax charges, in surprise move on brink of trial
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to all nine charges in his federal tax case, in a surprise move on the day that an agonizing weekslong trial was supposed to begin.