Prediction market platform Polymarket issued an apology Friday after allowing users to place bets on the fate of American pilots aboard a U.S. fighter jet downed over Iran. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A two-seater F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran on Friday, … Read more
15m ago We asked every lawmaker in Congress what they’re doing to end the DHS shutdown Early this week, Senate Republicans and the president appeared to be edging closer to a framework for ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which is now in its second month — but a breakthrough has remained out … Read more
SELMA, Ala. — Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city this weekend, amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act. The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped … Read more