Prediction markets have come of age. Kalshi, the industry leader, is enjoying its biggest year ever. Monthly trading volumes surpassed $37 billion in July, boosted by the World Cup. The startup is raising new capital at a $40 billion valuation, about four times what it was worth just eight months ago, and the CEO speaks […]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney detailed three of the “last-minute changes” he alleged U.S. negotiators tried to bargain for in trade talks, which he said ultimately led to his country pulling out of the negotiations. In an overnight statement explaining Canada’s decision to suspend its trade talks with the Trump administration, Carney claimed that “last-minute […]

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday that she will be returning to the Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc. after exiting the White House. Leavitt said that she is leaving her role at the White House so she can spend more time with her children, having given birth to her second child earlier […]

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) insists he has “zero interest” in running for president in 2028, but a growing corner of the Democratic internet is acting as though he may not get the final say. The Georgia Democrat’s national profile has surged in recent weeks as clips of his increasingly combative attacks on President Donald Trump […]