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House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

By Luke Garret Unlike Senate members and staff, House lawmakers and staff can still bet on prediction markets — where billions are bet each week on sports, culture, policy and elections. But a growing number of House lawmakers are calling for a rule change to bar the lower chamber from using prediction markets as reports of insider trading mount. The push is in part a response to concerns that key decision makers and their staff can use insider information from their careers in government to bet in prediction markets and profit. In April, prosecutors charged a U.S. soldier with using

Trump loyalty tests, major battlegrounds and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s elections

By Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman President Donald Trump’s campaign to suppress dissent in his own party faces its most prominent test yet as he takes aim at Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky on Tuesday, while GOP candidates across the country look to leverage his endorsement in key primaries. So far, Trump’s push to defeat Republicans who have crossed him has succeeded in other May primaries, ousting several Indiana state lawmakers and ending Sen. Bill Cassidy’s congressional career Saturday in Louisiana. But it’s Massie who has drawn the most attention from Trump amid repeated clashes with across multiple issues, which prompted Trump’s political operation to

DOJ sets up $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Trump drops IRS lawsuit

By Ryan J. Reilly, Gary Grumbach and Megan Lebowitz The Justice Department announced Monday that it was establishing a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” after President Donald Trump moved to dismiss a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns. Justice Department officials announced that Trump and his co-plaintiffs would drop their IRS lawsuit, as well as other claims of damages, in connection with the 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home, and in connection with the Russian collusion scandal “in exchange” for creating the fund, which the Justice Department said set up a “systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization

Investigation Finds Illinois Colleges Falling Short on Shielding Undocumented Students

By Jamaal Abdul-Alim (EDU) Most public colleges and universities in Illinois are failing to fully comply with a new state law that requires the schools have protocols on what to do if immigration agents show up on campus and to provide information to students on how to respond, a Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ investigation has found. While the law required the schools to put protocols in place by Jan. 1, the Sun-Times/WBEZ analysis found that only four institutions were following four key aspects of the law: designating someone to handle reports of agents on campus; listing a contact number or people to call if

New York braces for chaotic Monday commute amid Long Island Rail Road strike

By Gabriella Rudy New York officials urged commuters to work from home Monday as a strike by Long Island Rail Road workers threatened to disrupt travel for hundreds of thousands of riders across the region. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority were preparing emergency transit alternatives, including shuttle buses from Long Island into Queens and additional subway service, after negotiations between the MTA and rail unions broke down this weekend, prompting workers to walk off the job and shutting down the railroad Saturday. “Let’s face the facts: It’s impossible to fully replace LIRR service,” Hochul told

Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom

By Mike Hixenbaugh PARKVILLE, Md. — Melissa Gonce used to cry when her son came home from his day program soaked in urine, dehydrated and distressed. Jason, 28, is nonverbal and profoundly disabled, with significant cognitive limitations and little awareness of danger — vulnerabilities that require constant, watchful care. Some nights, the van that was supposed to bring him home arrived hours late. Gonce would call and call, scanning the street, her mind racing. When he finally arrived, he was sometimes slumped over, pants wet down to his socks, his fingertips bitten raw. Six years later, Gonce no longer worries about

Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation

By Bill Barrow Same fight. New generation. That’s the mantra of a multiracial group of civil rights leaders and activists organizing opposition to a mostly white conservative alliance dismantling the Voting Rights Act and political districts that allowed Black and other nonwhite voters to choose more of their elected leaders for the last half-century. “We have to respond as quickly as possible,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in an interview. “The real question,” Johnson told The Associated Press, “is how do we as a country really address the effort to shrink us backwards into a 1950s reality?” Johnson’s 117-year-old association, which was at the

Bipartisan IGNITE Act aims to modernize HBCUs in Arkansas & across the country

By Jurnee Taylor  Members of the Bipartisan HBCU Caucus joined historically Black college and university leaders Thursday to introduce new legislation aimed at investing in HBCU campuses across the country, including Arkansas institutions. Co-chairs of the caucus, French Hill and Alma Adams, introduced H.R. 8791, the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act, during a press conference on Capitol Hill alongside university presidents, advocates, and lawmakers. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would direct the Department of Education to create a competitive grant program for historically Black colleges and universities to modernize, renovate, and construct campus facilities. The proposed funding could support instructional labs, research

China and U.S. agree Hormuz shouldn’t be ‘militarized,’ Marco Rubio says

By Tom Llamas and Jennifer Jett BEIJING — President Donald Trump discussed the Iran war and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News in an interview Thursday, adding that the United States was not asking for Beijing’s help with Iran. “The Chinese side said they are not in favor of militarizing the Straits of Hormuz, and they’re not in favor of a tolling system, and that’s our position,” America’s top diplomat said in Beijing after Trump, Xi and their delegations held more than two hours of talks. During the wide-ranging interview, Rubio — who traveled to Beijing while

Livestreamer ‘Chud the Builder’ involved in shooting outside Tennessee courthouse

By Marlene Lenthang and Maya Rosenberg Livestreamer “Chud the Builder” was involved in a confrontation “with gunfire” outside a Tennessee courthouse Wednesday, authorities said. The controversial 28-year-old streamer, whose real name is Dalton Eatherly and who is known for using offensive racial language, was involved in a confrontation around 1:20 p.m. outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, District Attorney General Robert J. Nash of the 19th Judicial District said in a statement. The confrontation with an “unknown male” escalated to gunfire, Nash said. Both sustained gunshot wounds, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said. Eatherly was the person who opened fire, and he

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