Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
NPRAn election betting advertisement flashed on screen during coverage of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this weekend on the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a conservative media company. “Bet on the US election,” the ad for Kalshi said as Trump spoke on stage. “Bet $100 on Trump,
Why Democrats’ purest filibuster reformer is playing the long game
Semafor The News The filibuster’s leading Democratic antagonist will continue his charge to weaken the 60-vote threshold — even if Republicans are in power. To many Democrats, choosing process over party might sound ill-advised or even crazy. Not to Jeff Merkley, the lanky progressive senator from Oregon, whose commitment to
Editorial: Does betting on elections hedge political risk — or create more of it?
Washington Post Want to bet which party wins the House and Senate on Nov. 5? You can now lay money on that question legally, thanks to an unfortunate ruling last Wednesday by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The decision lifted a temporary
Labor de EE. UU. emite norma antidiscriminatoria
Washington • El Departamento de Trabajo emitió una regla el miércoles para proteger a los empleados de contratistas federales de la discriminación basada en su orientación sexual o identidad de género. La regla cumpliría con los términos de una ley contra la discriminación en el lugar de trabajo firmada por el presidente Barack Obama el 21 de julio. “Los estadounidenses creen en la equidad y la oportunidad.
Filibuster reform, one year later
WASHINGTON — In the year since Senate Democrats — led by Oregon’s Jeff Merkley — changed the rules on filibustering executive nominees, including federal judges below the U.S. Supreme Court, the number of empty judgeships has dropped to the lowest level since the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency. As
Legisladores critican al jefe de la Fed de Nueva York por supervisión laxa
WASHINGTON—The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York defended the regulator’s oversight of large financial firms amid tough questioning from Senate Democrats, who accused the Fed of kowtowing to the biggest banks. William Dudley , the New York Fed’s president appearing at a Senate hearing, denied his institution has
EPA reconsidering biomass
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency signaled Wednesday that it may be more open to considering timber byproducts and other biomass as an energy source that fits within the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In a memo to all of the agency’s regional air directors, Janet G. McCabe,
El Senador Merkley Argumenta Contra el Oleoducto Keystone en el Senado
WASHINGTON, DC — La controvertida votación del oleoducto Keystone en el Senado el martes fue derrotada por un voto. La votación habría permitido a Canadá construir una línea de transporte a través de Estados Unidos hasta el Golfo de México. La senadora de Luisiana Mary Landrieu se encuentra en una reñida segunda vuelta en diciembre y esperaba ganar
Klamath bills pass Senate committee
A settlement aimed at solving decades-old water conflicts in the Klamath Basin moved one step closer to becoming a reality Thursday. The Klamath Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act, Senate Bill 2379, passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The vote was 17-5. Officials hope the bill, which
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