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Kennedy Center board defies federal judge with second closure vote
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth separately dismissed reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, …
Air India orders blanket pilot drug testing after altitude incident
Air India has mandated substance screening for all pilots in its fleet following an incident in which one of its aircraf…
House Democrats shed long-held seats as anti-establishment revolt reshapes midterm map
Districts that haven't been competitive since the 1990s are now inside single digits.…
Clacton byelection opens as Reform faces first test without Farage on the ballot
Polling has opened in Clacton following Nigel Farage's resignation as MP at the start of July, triggering a byelection t…
CFTC flags reward-structure deficiencies at prediction exchanges
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a formal warning to prediction-market exchanges on Wednesday, identifyin…
Iran rejects US claim of Hormuz control as strait traffic hits three-month low
Hormuz shipping traffic has fallen to its lowest point in three months.…
Trump cabinet members rode decoy plane as Iran threat shaped Nato security
cabinet officials remained aboard a secondary aircraft during President Trump's departure from the Nato summit in Turkey…
US gas prices breach mid-August record as Hormuz dispute enters fifth week
Retail gasoline prices in the United States have reached a historic high for the mid-August period, with the Hormuz stan…
Oman holds its diplomatic lane as U.S.-Iran war tests Gulf neutrality
If Muscat's neutrality becomes untenable — through economic pressure, military proximity, or Gulf Cooperation Council is…
Kennedy Center ruling exposes Trump's cultural overreach in federal court
A superior court judge awarded $252,480 to jazz musician Chuck Redd, who canceled a scheduled Kennedy Center performance…
Strait of Hormuz transit falls to eight vessels as IEA warns of 4.3 mb/d supply loss
3 million barrels per day expected supply loss, with stockpiles described as rapidly depleting.…
Nevada Problem Gambling Council moves to sever ties with national body over prediction…
The Nevada Council on Problem Gambling has announced its intention to cut formal ties with the National Council on Probl…
FlightAware withdraws suit against Kalshi within 24 hours of filing
State-law data claims against a CFTC-designated contract market must contend with the preemption architecture of 7 U.…
Trump decoy flight leaves press corps as unwitting passengers on threat-flagged jet
Gambity's current baseline for US executive continuity through Q4 2026 stands at 91%.…
Qatar reports Oman-Iran shipping talks making major progress
The disclosure came as Iran publicly rejected Donald Trump's assertion that the United States holds complete control ove…
CFTC order overrides New York bid to shut Kalshi prediction markets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered Kalshi to continue operating prediction markets in New York state, …
Trump administration invokes birthright ruling to cap tariff refund scope
The Trump administration appealed a federal court order requiring tariff refunds for companies that never filed suit, ar…
FlightAware suit challenges Kalshi's data sourcing for flight markets
If FlightAware prevails on the data-sourcing argument, Kalshi faces either a licensing cost that reprices its operationa…
Trump Iran threat plane swap exposes presidential security gap
The United States president was transported out of Turkey inside a catering container aboard a decoy aircraft, while jou…
Assad Sentenced: Death Verdict Prices 12% Extradition
Assad remains in Russia, where he has resided since fleeing Damascus in December 2024.…