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The map still favors Republicans, but Trump's declining popularity --- particularly on the economy --- makes Democrats' once long-shot bid to retake the Senate more feasible than ever before.
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A Republican-backed initiative has cleared the signature threshold for the election. Critics say the proposal could make it harder for people to vote.
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The rise of online prediction markets has allowed people to bet on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall. A number of lucrative, well-timed bets related to the war totaling over $1 billion have raised alarm over people connected to the Trump administration possibly using inside information to profit.
Amanda Fischer, policy director and chief operating officer for Better Markets, says it's unclear how closely regulators are watching these online betting markets. The president's son Donald Trump Jr. is also an adviser to the two leading prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, raising further questions about conflicts of interest.
"There is a strict prohibition on offering gambling related to war, assassination, terrorism, gaming, activities that are illegal under state law or anything that's contrary to the public interest. But the [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] under President Trump has completely retrenched from any enforcement of what kind of contracts are made available on these platforms," says Fischer.
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 C-SPANRepublican vice presidential candidate JD Vance boldly said "no," Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election, when pressed on the issue at a campaign event Wednesday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The Ohio senator has avoided directly denying the results over the past few weeks.
When quizzed by The New York Times about the results over the weekend, for example, he refused to multiple times to answer the question, on one occasion claiming he was "focused on the future"—echoing an answer he gave to Democratic opponent Tim Walz at the vice presidential debate.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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