NYTIMES (Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. Bromwich) - Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says
Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in planning to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market.
WASHINGTONPOST (Jeremy Roebuck) - U.S. soldier charged with pocketing $400,000 through bets on Maduro’s capture
The bet on the seizing of the Venezuelan leader has drawn scrutiny to insider trading within the growing prediction market industry.
YOUTUBE (Monkey Werx) - ESCORTS IMMINENT - Hormuz on the Brink
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YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Child pornography among evidence collected from D4vd's devices
Prosecutors say 40 terabytes of evidence was collected in the investigation of Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death, including a “significant amount of child pornography” found on a cellphone belonging to singer D4vd. More: https://tinyurl.com/58ys336j #CelesteRivasHernandez #D4vd #truecrime
NPR (Bobby Allyn) - French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet
The incident is the latest eyebrow-raising bet on Polymarket, as allegations of rigging and manipulation continue to haunt the popular prediction market site.
The incident is the latest eyebrow-raising bet on Polymarket, as allegations of rigging and manipulation continue to haunt the popular prediction market site.Open
NYTIMES (Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger) - Trump Keeps Talking About Iran’s ‘Nuclear Dust.’ What Is It?
First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks.
NYTIMES (Matthew Cullen) - Trump Says Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire Is Extended
Also, America’s premier opera company has money troubles. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Trump confirms new deal with pharmaceutical company Regeneron to lower drug prices
Regeneron agreed to reduce prices for its current and future medications sold to Medicaid, and to lower the price of its cholesterol drug Praluent to $225 for Americans through the TrumpRx.gov website in exchange for relief from pharmaceutical tariffs.