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Congressional stock trading curb due to get House vote amid public support for a ban
The House is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would bar members of Congress from purchasing additional stocks while in office.
Renting a yacht in the Mediterranean this summer just got cheaper
Summer charters in the Med are down 20% to 30% from last year, yacht brokers say, with a growing number offering special discounts for July and August.
Sen. Wyden introduces bill to curb Trump’s tariff powers
Sen. Ron Wyden said Trump has “abused every trade authority at his disposal” and called his new tariffs on Canadian goods a “shakedown.”
Citizens United provision allowing foreign campaign contributions draws Democratic bill
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., want to establish foreign ownership thresholds for companies that spend on campaigns.
What is Pickaxe Mountain, the Iranian nuclear facility Trump is threatening to strike?
“We’ll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily,” President Donald Trump said about Iran’s underground nuclear facility in Pickaxe Mountain.
Nike to cut off thousands of online distributors in China, restructure digital footprint
Nike is streamlining its online business in China as the company looks to stabilize pricing and branding and get back to growth.
Zelenskyy ousts Ukraine’s army chief as protests expose wartime power struggle
The reshuffle comes after almost a week of nationwide unrest and represents one of the biggest political crises since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
Prediction markets and their opponents are spending more to influence Congress in 2026
Kalshi and groups representing the casino and gaming industry and online sports betting apps, all have boosted their lobbying spending in 2026.
RFK Jr. says cyclospora outbreak is ‘under control’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday said that the ongoing outbreak of cyclosporiasis is “under control.”
The Fed rang the alarm about Anthropic’s Mythos AI model — but had to go months without it
The central bank didn’t have access to Claude Mythos Preview as of mid-July, even as other institutions were racing to patch their vulnerabilities.