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The White House and the CFTC owe Americans a full accounting. Who is profiting from advance knowledge of US military operations, who provided that information, and when does the investigation begin?

Anyone with classified knowledge of when our troops will be sent into harm's way should never be permitted to bet on it.

That is exactly why I introduced the DEATH BETS Act, to restrict markets that resolve on military actions, regime change, and deaths that reward access to classified information.

Since the war in Iran began, traders on Polymarket have bet more than half a billion dollars on when American bombs would fall, hundreds of millions more on whether Iran's Supreme Leader would be removed, and additional fortunes on terrorism, regime change, the timing of a nuclear detonation.

The White House and the CFTC owe Americans a full accounting. Who is profiting from advance knowledge of US military operations, who provided that information, and when does the investigation begin?

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In that time, prices have climbed, we’re in an unauthorized war, and millions have lost health care. That is the record voters will weigh in November, and it is apparently not a record Steve Bannon or Donald Trump want to defend on a level playing field.

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In February, Steve Bannon said on his podcast, “You’re damn right we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November.” Yesterday, the President announced he wants an “Election Integrity Army” in every state this November. It is worth asking why anyone would want armed agents at the polls.

So rather than earn your vote, they are working to keep you from casting it.

For 16 months, one party has held the White House, the Senate, the House, and a Supreme Court majority.

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Reminder that Tom Homan was reportedly caught accepting $50,000 in cash in a paper bag at a Cava restaurant. Kash Patel’s FBI dropped the case. Trump went quiet. The rest of us are still waiting for answers.

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Tom Homan brags that Trump is enabling ICE's lawlessness: "Trump took the handcuffs off ICE"

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Tom Homan brags that Trump is enabling ICE's lawlessness: "Trump took the handcuffs off ICE"

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Why Congress Is Struggling to Do the Bare Minimum

The current session is marked by record-long government shutdowns, lawmakers sidelined on the Iran war and a wave of pending departures.

He stood by while Trump bypassed Congress on tariffs and while a war with Iran was launched without a War Powers vote. The first branch of government, on his watch reduced to a rubber stamp. This is the most frustrating time I have ever served in Congress.

A real Speaker defends the institution. Johnson surrenders it.

Votes are routinely held open for hours on end because Johnson cannot count his own Republican votes. Under his gavel, the House delivered the longest full government shutdown ever recorded, followed by the longest partial shutdown ever recorded.