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CFTC chief sides with prediction markets over state regulators in a high-stakes court case

CFTC chief sides with prediction markets over state regulators in a high-stakes court case

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is stepping in to stop what it calls an “onslaught” of state-level regulation of prediction markets. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said Tuesday in a video posted on X that the agency has filed a “friend of the court brief” in support of Crypto.com in its escalating legal battle with […]

  • February 19, 2026
US moves to expand missiles in Philippines, putting China within range

US moves to expand missiles in Philippines, putting China within range

The U.S. is preparing to expand the deployment of advanced missile systems in the northern Philippines, placing additional long-range strike capability within range of key Chinese military assets and reinforcing Washington’s effort to counter Beijing’s growing assertiveness across the Indo-Pacific. U.S. and Philippine officials announced plans to increase dep

  • February 18, 2026
Rev Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Rainbow PUSH founder, dies at 84

Rev Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Rainbow PUSH founder, dies at 84

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil rights leader, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, died Tuesday morning at the age of 84, his family said in a statement. ‘It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, […]

  • February 17, 2026
Partial government shutdown drags on as DHS funding talks stall

Partial government shutdown drags on as DHS funding talks stall

The partial government shutdown stretched into another week after negotiators failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the weekend. Congress is on a weeklong recess and is not scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., until next week, leaving the shutdown’s end in limbo as both parties remain far […]

  • February 16, 2026
Justice Department’s antitrust chief says she’s leaving, effective immediately

Justice Department’s antitrust chief says she’s leaving, effective immediately

The head of the Justice Department’s antitrust unit said Thursday she is leaving the role, effective immediately, at a critical moment for corporate mergers in America. Gail Slater, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division, wrote on X: ‘It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as […]

  • February 15, 2026
Gabbard ends task force that aimed to reform intelligence gathering after less than a year

Gabbard ends task force that aimed to reform intelligence gathering after less than a year

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced she was ending the work of a task force that sought to reform the U.S. intelligence community, including rooting out what she described as the politicization of intelligence gathering, after less than a year since its creation. Gabbard established the group in April, when it was also tasked […]

  • February 12, 2026