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CFTC Chairman Michael Selig discusses prediction market regulation rules

World Cup Betting Boom Puts the CFTC’s Prediction Market Rulebook on the Clock

Kalshi hit $13.5 million in a single day of World Cup trading fees on June 24, the latest data point in a regulatory contest that the CFTC's July 27 comment deadline has

June 26, 2026

by News Room

News coverage of the New Jersey Attorney General's arrest of Lucchese crime family members in illegal gambling bust

Lucchese Gambling Ring: Eight Plead Guilty in New Jersey, Including Convicted Killer

George 'Georgie Neck' Zappola, a convicted murderer released from federal prison in 2014, pleaded guilty to racketeering in New Jersey for his role in a Lucchese crime family gambling ring. Eight defendants entered pleas Wednesday in a prosecution that has

June 26, 2026

by News Room

Nevada Gaming Commission Black Book casino exclusion organized crime Las Vegas

Nevada Gaming Commission Removes Two Dead Kansas City Mob Figures from Its Casino Blacklist

Nevada's Gaming Commission voted Thursday to remove William Cammisano Jr. and Peter Ribaste from its casino

A vintage sports baseball card representing the sports card collecting industry at the center of the Whatnot gambling lawsuit in California

Whatnot’s $8 Billion Sports Card Empire Faces Gambling Lawsuit Over Random Breaks

A California attorney has filed 15 arbitration claims against Whatnot, accusing the $8 billion live-shopping platform

Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin at the port of Matanzas Cuba amid US sanctions waiver debate at G20

G20 Nations Are Quietly Lobbying Washington to Abandon Russia Sanctions, Moscow Says

Major G20 economies are privately telling Washington that sanctions on Russia are destabilizing the world economy, a senior Russian diplomat revealed — a disclosure that exposes a widening fault line between Washington's

June 14, 2026

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Donald Trump signing a proclamation at the White House in June 2026, as new Reuters/Ipsos polling shows his approval among rural voters has declined sharply

Trump’s Rural Base Is Cracking: New Polls Show His Strongest Voters Are Losing Faith Over Fuel and Farm Costs

Two polls published in June 2026 show Donald Trump's rural approval has collapsed by more than 30 points since the start of his second term, as fuel prices from the Iran conflict

June 14, 2026

Economy·Government and Politics·News

Vessels stranded near the Strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran negotiate a toll-free shipping agreement in June 2026

Iran Agrees to Toll-Free Strait of Hormuz Under US Deal, but Tehran Is Already Calling Service Fees a Done Deal

Washington says the Islamabad MOU bans tolls on Hormuz shipping. Iran's foreign minister says service fees are already embedded in the same text — a distinction that could define the deal's durability.

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Nigel Farage Reform UK leader who published Substack essay claiming Britain is a two-tier state against white people in June 2026

Farage Claims Britain Is a ‘Two-Tier State Against White People’ in Substack Essay, Vows to Deport Foreign Tenants and Repeal Equality Act

Nigel Farage's first Substack essay claims Britain operates as a 'two-tier state against white people' and vows to deport foreign social housing tenants and repeal the Equality Act. Reform MP Suella Braverman

June 14, 2026

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US warship NATO allied forces Europe military capability gap 2026

NATO Says US Jet Cuts Are Manageable. The Real Gaps Are Somewhere Else.

NATO sources say replacing the US fighter jets being pulled from Europe is not the hard part. Missile defense, aerial refueling, and space-based surveillance are where the alliance has no ready answer

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

UFC Freedom 250 arena and Claw structure on the South Lawn of the White House before the fight

Casino’s Front Row Seat: How the White House UFC Spectacle Revealed Gambling’s Grip on America

With Polymarket's logo stitched onto the Octagon at the White House, UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday made an argument no press release could: that casino-style gambling has become a pillar of American

June 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Sports

Aerial view of Baghdad International Airport, Iraq

Iraq Cancels $764 Million Baghdad Airport Project Over Corruption Allegations

Iraq has scrapped a $764 million public-private partnership for Baghdad International Airport after corruption allegations engulfed the project, dealing a severe blow to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's infrastructure reform agenda. The

June 14, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

US President Donald Trump and President Zelensky at G7 summit Evian-les-Bains France 2026

Trump Leaves His Birthday Party and Flies Into a Summit That Trusts Him Less Than Ever

Donald Trump departs his 80th birthday celebration — a UFC fight on the White House lawn — to fly to the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, where a new European Council on Foreign

June 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Qatari Envoys Land in Tehran as Iran’s New Leadership Holds the Iran-US Deal Hostage to Its Own Internal Reckoning

Qatari mediators flew into Tehran on Sunday morning to try to secure Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's sign-off on the Islamabad Declaration, even as Trump declared the war effectively over and the

June 14, 2026

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Security forces in Oaxaca Mexico following killing of mayor Joel Bravo Martinez 2026

Mexican Mayor Shot Dead After Being Denied State Protection in World Cup Host Country

Joel Ángel Bravo Martínez, the mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan in Oaxaca, was gunned down inside his own home on Saturday — weeks after formally requesting state protection he never received. His

June 14, 2026

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World Cup Betting Boom Puts the CFTC’s Prediction Market Rulebook on the Clock

Lucchese Gambling Ring: Eight Plead Guilty in New Jersey, Including Convicted Killer

Nevada Gaming Commission Removes Two Dead Kansas City Mob Figures from Its Casino Blacklist

Whatnot’s $8 Billion Sports Card Empire Faces Gambling Lawsuit Over Random Breaks

G20 Nations Are Quietly Lobbying Washington to Abandon Russia Sanctions, Moscow Says

Trump’s Rural Base Is Cracking: New Polls Show His Strongest Voters Are Losing Faith Over Fuel and Farm Costs

Iran Agrees to Toll-Free Strait of Hormuz Under US Deal, but Tehran Is Already Calling Service Fees a Done Deal

Farage Claims Britain Is a ‘Two-Tier State Against White People’ in Substack Essay, Vows to Deport Foreign Tenants and Repeal Equality Act

Casino’s Front Row Seat: How the White House UFC Spectacle Revealed Gambling’s Grip on America

Iraq Cancels $764 Million Baghdad Airport Project Over Corruption Allegations

Trump Leaves His Birthday Party and Flies Into a Summit That Trusts Him Less Than Ever

Qatari Envoys Land in Tehran as Iran’s New Leadership Holds the Iran-US Deal Hostage to Its Own Internal Reckoning

Mexican Mayor Shot Dead After Being Denied State Protection in World Cup Host Country

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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