by Erika Tulfo | May 26, 2026 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are facing mounting pressure in Congress as lawmakers debate whether the platforms should be treated as financial exchanges or gambling operations. The platforms allow users to bet on real-world...
by Gabriel Matias Castilho | May 21, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Members of a congressional subcommittee this week questioned utility leaders and state officials about their knowledge of preexisting problems with the sewage line that collapsed on Jan. 19 near the Potomac River. According to the University of...
by Jamie Gareh | May 21, 2026 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON, May 14 — Every day at 4 a.m., Cesar wakes up to sell burritos on the streets of Los Angeles. He spends a few hours preparing food in his apartment kitchen and later sets up a small canopy tent with a grill, several coolers and a large sign, made by...
by Georgia Epiphaniou | May 20, 2026 | Breaking News, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –Thirty years after he allegedly ordered an attack on U.S. civilian planes, the Justice Department on Wednesday indicted Raul Castro, 94, a former president of Cuba. Raul Castro, who served as Cuba’s president from 2008-2018 (Department of Justice) ...
by Amy L. Wong | May 20, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — China constructed headquarters for a massive Cambodian-based scam network harming victims and is failing to hold them accountable, according to never-before-revealed findings in a bipartisan congressional investigative report released on Tuesday. House...
by Erika Tulfo | May 20, 2026 | Business, Business & Tech, Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) — As sports betting and prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket grow in popularity, U.S. senators on Wednesday weighed the need to regulate use of the platforms by minors. One main issue senators raised during a hearing by...
