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Sports betting companies face image crisis this NFL season

The return of football season is bringing a major boom in sports gambling activity across the country, and with it, new scrutiny over how online sportsbooks are doing business.    Major online betting providers like FanDuel and DraftKings are spending more than ever this fall on extensive advertising campaigns and corporate partnerships marketing themselves to potential...

Senators spurn Hegseth’s pick amid jockeying for Army secretary nomination

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pick to lead the Army is facing Democratic opposition and a hesitant reception from key Republicans, amid jockeying for the service branch’s top civilian post after Dan Driscoll resigned a month ago. Hegseth’s choice to lead the Army is Sean Parnell, a decorated Afghanistan war veteran and his senior advisor and...

Can schools help boost youth voter turnout for midterms?

Advocates are hopeful the upcoming midterms will see an uptick in youth voters as high schools and colleges work to help register and encourage students to go to the polls. Voter turnout is typically lower during midterms, especially among the young, but advocates argue motivation is high due to the discontentment with the Trump administration...

How political tensions over Trump family crypto ventures derailed Clarity Act

President Trump and his family’s sprawling empire of cryptocurrency businesses cast a long shadow over efforts this year to negotiate a bill regulating the industry. They arguably weighed down bipartisan talks in the end, which ultimately disintegrated ahead of a Senate vote last week on the Clarity Act that failed to advance the bill. Senate...

Hispanic voters turn toward Democrats in redistricted Texas, Florida

Hispanic voters swung to the right in the last election, but Republicans appear to be losing ground with the key voting bloc, potentially complicating the party’s path to victory in the redistricted red strongholds of Texas, Florida and beyond. Recent polling has signaled that Hispanic voters who helped propel President Trump to a second term...

GOP Reps urge Trump to reimpose sanctions on Russian-owned Serbian refinery

A pair of House Republicans are urging the Trump administration to resume sanctions on a Russian-owned refinery in Serbia, according to a letter obtained exclusively by The Hill. The GOP criticism marks another instance of growing Republican pushback against the president’s foreign policy actions.  Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Keith Self (R-Texas), staunch allies of...

Schumer, Dems at odds as leader aims to kill Ohio Republican’s data center bill

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is aiming to kill a bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jon Husted (Ohio) to protect taxpayers from additional costs posed by AI-driven data centers, but his Democratic caucus isn’t fully on board after House Democrats overwhelmingly voted for the proposal. The looming Senate floor fight over artificial intelligence and...

AOC’s Ivy League warmup act leads democratic socialists in notorious anti-Israel chant

Cornell University's Young Democratic Socialists of America lead "from the river to the sea" chant before Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes stage.

Why AOC probably should look to advance in 2028

Voters can tell if you don't really need to win — and they like the attitude.

Sen Kennedy says no living politicians should have buildings named after them after Trump’s moves

Sen. John Kennedy has proposed barring living politicians from having buildings named after them as Trump pushes to rename the Kennedy Center.

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