NEW YORK — Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred. On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that at least 50 brand new accounts on Polymarket placed substantial … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! War Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly removed multiple officers from a military promotion list — a decision that diverges from standard practice and is now under review at the White House, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Digital. The list included candidates for dozens of senior roles, … Read more
With crowd numbers estimated at several million in more than 3,000 locations, the No Kings Day protests on March 28 – animated by opposition to President Donald Trump – might turn out to be the largest combined single-day protest in U.S. history. The movement, which bills itself as “rising against [Mr. Trump’s] authoritarian power grabs,” … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet as the 38-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on, acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told reporters Tuesday. “We got folks sleeping in cars,” Stahl told reporters at Washington’s Reagan National … Read more
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, introduced a bill Tuesday to regulate the Pentagon’s use of AI, an opening salvo in how Congress might address the military’s use of the technology. The bill seeks to codify two existing Defense Department guidelines into law: that AI cannot autonomously decide to kill … Read more
CHICAGO — Three former U.S. presidents, Grammy-winning artists, clergy and elected officials are expected to attend a Chicago celebration of life on Friday for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. The event honoring the protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate follows memorial services that drew large crowds in Chicago … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While running as a moderate with bipartisan appeal, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, who defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, for the Democratic Senate nomination, has a history of making controversial statements on matters of religion, race, gender, border security and beyond. With Talarico in the national spotlight … Read more
Persian Gulf nations like Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia are warning that Iran’s ongoing retaliatory strikes protesting the U.S.-Israeli military operation could draw them into the conflict. CBS News’ Imtiaz Tyab has the latest. Source link
Wagers on popular prediction markets tied to the fate of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the timing of U.S. military strikes in the country are drawing scrutiny over possible insider trading and the ethics of betting on death. Users of Kalshi and Polymarket have flocked to the platforms in recent weeks to wager … Read more
U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran draw mixed reactions from lawmakers – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic and Republican lawmakers had mixed reactions to the U.S. and Israel’s massive operation against Iran. CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns has more on the response from Capitol Hill. Source link