Kalshi said the U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who was indicted and arrested this week for betting on the January raid that led to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro‘s capture was banned from the online prediction market platform. On Thursday, federal prosecutors accused Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of using classified government information to […]

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) introduced a resolution on Friday to ban sitting senators from trading on prediction markets, such as Kalshi or Polymarket. The freshman lawmaker’s measure is the latest instance of Congress seeking to regulate insider trading on the betting platforms. The newly filed legislation would amend Senate rules to prohibit members from entering […]

President Donald Trump celebrated his administration’s success in beautifying Washington, D.C., specifically the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool and the fountains at Lafayette Park. Last month, Trump said he tasked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum with “fixing the absolutely filthy” reflecting pool on the National Mall after the Biden administration failed to do so. Trump now says […]

California State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, a Republican lawmaker in the state legislature, secured more than the necessary number of signatures to get a voter ID initiative on the November ballot. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, issued a notice on Friday announcing the development. The document lists DeMaio, California Republican state Sen. Tony […]