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Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politics

Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politics

Arrests for betting on the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Death threats from gamblers to a journalist reporting on an Iranian missile attack on Israel. Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a quick buck. These are some of

How money exchanges between House members shape the balance of power in Congress

How money exchanges between House members shape the balance of power in Congress

(LOS ANGELES) When Americans think about campaign finance, they usually picture wealthy donors, political action committees and super PACs pouring money into elections. But some of the most revealing money moves happen inside Congress itself. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives routinely give campaign money to fellow members

Montana Senate race takes shape as Bankhead emerges from Democratic primary

HELENA — With music bumping in a backroom at the Rialto Bar, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alani Bankhead was pacing, in a little bit of a shock following her Tuesday night victory in the party’s primary. Bankhead, seemingly out of nowhere, won by almost 12,000 votes over Reilly

Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters

Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters

Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cottage industry has sprung up on the left dedicated to answering a single question: How can Democrats win back the working class? The answers come in different forms. Sometimes it is

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that

Kurt Alme emphasizes Montana roots, conservative cred in early weeks on campaign trail

If there’s one thing the presumed Republican nominee for Montana’s open U.S. Senate seat wants voters to know about his candidacy, it’s that his roots in this state run deep. The 59-year-old can tick through the mascots of the football teams he faced as

If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation

If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation

(AMHERST, MASS.) Washington is buzzing with the possibility that President Donald Trump might name one or more Supreme Court justices before the November midterm elections. In a conversation with Fox Business TV host Maria Bartiromo on April 15, 2026, Trump discussed the potential retirement of Justice Samuel Alito, 76, the