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Regulators moving to allow most sports betting, barring war wagers on prediction platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket
Federal regulators are moving to allow most sports betting while barring wagers on war and other controversial topics on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s new proposed rules were published online Wednesdayand came in the wake of a series of insider-trading scandals in the brave new world of prediction markets.…
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Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitions
JERUSALEM — Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them. He and his wife now live among shards of memory: a bicycle where his bedroom stood; the garden where he planted tomatoes as a boy; a portrait of his…
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Republicans dump on ‘crybully’ MAGA lawmaker after her loss: ‘She’s not all there’
Nancy Mace’s political career came to a crashing end Tuesday as the South Carolina congresswoman finished a distant fifth in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary — and the knives came out almost immediately. Former allies, ex-staffers and fellow Republicans were immediately lining up to deliver their verdicts on a congressional tenure defined by combustible ambition…
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Sydney Sweeney finally addresses ‘Euphoria’ cast feud rumors
Sydney Sweeney blamed the media for spreading rumors that she and her “Euphoria” co-stars were feuding behind the scenes. “We all grew up together on this show,” she told Vanity Fair in an interview published Wednesday when asked about rumors of cast drama and claims that their busy schedules led to a four-year gap between…
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5 teens killed in crash in Santa Maria; alcohol may have played a role, police say
Police are investigating whether alcohol played a role in a crash that killed five teens in Santa Maria early Sunday. Officers responded to Broadway and Miller Street around 1:40 a.m. and found a vehicle had struck a traffic signal, the Santa Maria Police Department said in a news release. Four occupants of the vehicle died…
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Trump flew off the handle at Charlie Kirk for hosting Epstein ‘grievance session’: report
Donald Trump called up the late conservative gadfly Charlie Kirk last July and berated him for letting one of his Turning Point rallies spiral into anger and conspiracy rumors about the Jeffrey Epstein files, reports the New York Times. According to reporting from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, from their forthcoming book, “Regime Change: Inside…
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‘The View’ Hosts Shut Down Kellyanne Conway’s Critiques of Graham Platner: ‘You Can Question, But YOU Can’t Question’
Kellyanne Conway had some strong criticisms for Graham Platner this week, as he won his Senate primary in Maine on Tuesday night. But, of all people to criticize Platner, the hosts of “The View” definitely do not think it should be the former Trump campaign manager and adviser. During an appearance on Fox News this…
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Anatomy of a Trump Insult
Donald Trump, as a creator of insults, is not a poet. But he is prolific—no critic can doubt his commitment to his craft—and his body of work, whatever it may lack in artistry, is notable for its volume alone. Every time the president calls someone a “dog” or a “pig” or a “horseface,” he solidifies…
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Trump ‘sleeping habits’ draw warning on House floor: ‘Grave national security threat’
A California Democrat took to the House floor Tuesday to declare Donald Trump’s tendency to fall asleep in public a “grave national security threat” — and demanded that Republicans join her in forcing the White House to come clean about the president’s health. The speech by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove was first flagged by journalist Aaron…
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MSG dismantles Mamdani claiming credit for Knicks watch party, blasts ‘police state’ street lockdown
Madison Square Garden officials dismantled Mayor Zohran Mamdani for taking credit for an outdoor Knicks watch party at the arena on Wednesday, blasting City Hall’s street lockdown as a “police state” that’ll freeze out fans. The Garden argued Hizzoner’s approval of the MSG outdoor watch party “is disingenuous at best” because it came with numerous…