Prediction market platform Kalshi will start verifying the employment of its users in markets that are at high risk for insider trading, the company announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes as beltway pundits and taxpayers have brought increased scrutiny to the use of prediction market platforms among government employees and public officials in Washington, D.C. […]

Conservative commentator Steve Hilton is headed to California’s gubernatorial general election, facing off against Xavier Becerra, former President Joe Biden’s health and human services secretary. Hilton, endorsed by President Donald Trump, received 25% of the vote in the open primary, coming in second behind Becerra, who garnered 27.9% of the vote, according to the Associated […]

Rep. Darren Soto’s (D-FL) apparently “notorious libido” while a member of the Florida legislature forced his colleagues to rein in his sex drive through a prank on the House floor.  The episode is receiving renewed attention as Soto faces a difficult reelection path in central Florida after state lawmakers redrew his district to favor Republicans. […]

Twenty House Republicans broke ranks on Tuesday and joined Democrats in voting to prevent companies from stalling union contracts. In a 230-191 vote, the House approved the bill in defiance of House GOP leadership. All Democrats who voted supported the measure. The discharge petition forced a vote on the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a bill requiring employers […]