• Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to turn over profits, pay fine over insider trading
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities. The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced […]
  • After criticism, Canada’s CBC changes policy that said not to label 9/11 attacks ‘terrorism’
    OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s public broadcaster said Friday it is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it. Like other news outlets including The Associated Press, CBC/Radio-Canada’s standards normally don’t allow reporters to describe events as terrorist […]
  • Colombia captures a suspected Tren de Aragua gang leader as US security ties deepen
    BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday, hailing the arrest as a result of stronger military cooperation between the historically close allies. The capture on Thursday of Luis Saúl Pérez Nieto, who Colombian authorities described as […]
  • CFTC fines former White House aide $172,000 for trading on Trump speech information
    By Jarrett Renshaw Aug 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay $172,539 for using advance access to President Donald Trump’s speeches to make illegal trades on a prediction-market platform. Perez must repay $107,539.02 in profits and pay a $65,000 civil penalty […]
  • Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump’s ‘Lake America’ executive order
    The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place. Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca […]