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The House Oversight Committee has initiated an investigation into Kalshi and Polymarket over suspected insider trading on their prediction markets. Chairman Rep. James Comer requested internal documents related to the companies’ identity verification processes and their methods for investigating such activities.
The Government Publishing Office produces the Congressional Record, providing a detailed account of legislative proceedings since 1873. Each day, a team of stenographers, editors, and proofreaders compile speeches and debates, ensuring timely publication to maintain transparency on Capitol Hill.
In a contentious California primary, progressives are challenging the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s support for moderate candidate Jasmeet Bains over Latino candidate Randy Villegas in a heavily Hispanic district. The DCCC’s backing highlights ongoing tensions within the party over its approach to Latino voters and candidate selection.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the RAF carried out targeted strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen due to their ‘reckless actions risking lives at sea’.
Ex-President Donald Trump held a town hall and a press conference around his civil fraud trial shortly after his wife Melania’s mother died.
An elderly couple were discovered dead in their home in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with their heater reaching 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The US and UK have launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, in the first offensive action taken against the Iran-backed group since the they began attacks in the Red Sea.
A chance discovery in a Lithuanian church cellar in 2017 led to the unearthing of a collection of lost stories of Jewish teenagers depicting their lives in the 1930s. Ken Krimstein, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, was so moved by the autobiographical accounts that he travelled to Vilnius to read them in person.
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