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Google employee charged with insider trading on Polymarket

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Google employee charged with insider trading on Polymarket Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Google employee with insider trading on Polymarket, marking the second case related to insider trading on prediction markets. © AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File In a seven-page complaint filed in federal court in the Southern District of...

Oil prices dip amid reports of tentative deal

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Oil prices dip as U.S. signals deal with Iran Oil prices dipped Thursday amid reports that the U.S. and Iran had reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. © Chinatopix Via AP International benchmark Brent crude was trading at about...

Michigan Democratic candidates square off in Senate debate: Key takeaways

The Democratic candidates in Michigan’s Senate race squared off in a combative Thursday debate, clashing over foreign and corporate campaign donations. Rep. Haley Stevens (Mich.), state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health, Human and Veteran Services director, are running to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) in a competitive Aug....

Citation dropped for Florida woman accused of holding phone in hand she doesn’t have

A viral video shows the moment a woman in Palm Beach County, Florida, was pulled over for allegedly holding her phone in her right hand while she was driving. But when she was pulled over, the woman raised her arm to show the deputy her alibi: she doesn't have a right hand.

‘The View’ rips DOJ investigation of Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll: ‘What the hell?’

The hosts of ABC’s “The View” on Thursday blasted the Trump administration for launching a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexual assault and successfully sued him for millions of dollars. “Why is the administration spending time trying to relitigate this case that was already decided by two juries?...

Hakeem Jeffries a ‘Hard No’ on a Trump $250 bill: ‘Get over yourself’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday slammed the reported push from Trump administration officials for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design a $250 bill with President Trump’s face on it.  “Hard No on a Trump $250 bill,” Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. “Get over yourself,” he added. “The upcoming...

Court orders Customs chief to appear at tariff refunds hearing

The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered the commissioner for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to appear at a hearing next month to testify about the tariff refunds process being implemented by the Trump administration.  The hearing will take place in New York on June 9, and Commissioner Rodney Scott has been ordered...

Anthropic hits $965B valuation with latest funding round, overtaking OpenAI

Anthropic raked in $65 billion from investors at a $965 billion valuation in its latest funding round, overtaking OpenAI’s most recent valuation as the two AI startups race to go public. The company announced the additional financing Thursday, with investment firms Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital leading the round. It marks a massive...

Bessent fields 2028 question during White House briefing

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday dismissed a question about his presidential ambitions during a White House press briefing.  While filing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, Bessent spoke for more than 30 minutes about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Iran, the impending launch of “Trump Accounts” for children and...

Bessent blasts Washington Post reporting on Trump appearing on $250 banknote

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was the latest host of the White House press briefing, where on Thursday he took aim at reporting from The Washington Post about a planned commemorative $250 bill with President Trump's face on it. "I don't really understand this Washington Post article, but who here is from the Post?" he said,...

Hochul knocks Trump’s ‘slush fund’

AFTER 57 DAYS, THE BUDGET IS DONE! TAXING TRUMP’S BUCKS: Gov. Kathy Hochul believes there should be ramifications for anyone who accepts cash from...

Police rush to SCOTUS justice’s home amid rising threats against conservatives — but report quickly unravels

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was targeted in a swatting incident at her Falls Church, Virginia, home Wednesday evening, police confirmed.

Top Democrat shuts down 2028 White House speculation: ‘I will not be one of them’

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, long viewed as a possible 2028 presidential contender, says she will not run for the White House in the next election cycle.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani launches Elon Musk-style ‘COGE’ chaired by Soros-aligned Dem

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes a page from Elon Musk's DOGE playbook by launching his own city Commission on Government Efficiency.

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