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Congress targets online gambling boom, including sportsbooks and prediction markets

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  Congress targets online gambling boom, including sportsbooks and prediction markets by MATT GALKA | The National News Desk Tue, May 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM auto 640x360, 1041kbps 854x480, 1241kbps 1280x720, 3511kbps 0.25x 0.5x normal 1.5x 2x 7 VIEW ALL PHOTOS NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 02: Fans walk past BetMGM signage featuring Wayne Gretzky prior to the game between the New York Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes at Madison Square Garden on November 02, 2023 in New York City . (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (TNND) —  Congress is set to scrutinize the rapid growth of online gambling this week, from traditional sportsbooks to emerging prediction market platforms, amid bipartisan concerns about fairness and integrity. Texas Tech University quarterback Brendan Sorsby is the latest high-profile case of an athlete involved in a betting scandal. Sorsby checked himself into a treatment program and admitted to placing small bets on his former team, the Indian...

Congress must block Trump slush fund

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  We just got word that legislation may be proposed — possibly as early as tomorrow — to block Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for MAGA criminals, crooks, and cronies. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Congress, of course, is rife with Trump loyalists who will stand in the way of this essential legislation. It is absolutely critical that we get the message through to every member of Congress that the American people are demanding a decisive response to the naked shakedown that Trump is attempting to perpetrate against us. Take action now. For more about this outrageous slush fund, see our note from yesterday, copied below in case you missed it. ****** Oh boy. In response to Donald Trump’s bogus lawsuit against his own IRS, the regime has concocted an illegitimate slush fund — using $1.8 billion in taxpayer money — from which it intends to disburse massive payouts to assorted Trump cronies, possibly including January 6 insurrectionists. In case you haven’t seen this ...

Terrible News For Trump, His Regime, and The Gun Lobby—Great News For Us

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  Terrible News For Trump, His Regime, and The Gun Lobby—Great News For Us Virginia just did what Congress won’t Scott Dworkin May 20 Trump has been counting on people to give up. On governors to do whatever he wants. Mayors going quiet once his agents put them in handcuffs. Judges looking the other way. Trump expects everyone to bow down. Hit the ❤️ like button and re-stack this edition right now. It puts these stories in front of a neighbor, an old friend, a stranger scrolling by—people who would never find them otherwise. The regime is loud. A few taps is how the truth gets louder. We have no corporate influence here and answer to no owner. That’s why we can tell the unvarnished truth and lead the resistance every single day. Help us keep it that way by becoming a paid subscriber right now. VIRGINIA DID WHAT CONGRESS WON’T Gov. Abigail Spanberger After every mass shooting, DC Republicans offer the same thing. Thoughts. Prayers. A moment of silence, then back to their corruption....