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HUFFPOST - Supreme Court Litigator Sentenced For Tax Evasion After Gambling Millions On Poker

Thomas Goldstein has been sentenced to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar IRS tax debt and engaging in mortgage fraud in a case that cast a spotlight on his secretive lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player.

JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - US government loses up to $521B annually to fraud as key GAO recommendations still not implemented

The watchdog says there are currently 22 open recommendations, which are focused on enhancing fraud prevention practices across the programs it has reviewed.

JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - Wisconsin says disenfranchising, prosecuting voters prevents corruption, in prediction market ban

Wisconsin Elections Commission cites wagering law that predates 14th Amendment, interpreted by decades of Supreme Court precedent to frown on "irrelevant" voting conditions, would-be litigator says.

JUSTTHENEWS (Steven Richards) - Trump ready to escalate Iran war to punish hardliners standing in the way of peace deal

Negotiate with whom? Both President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio have described difficulties negotiating with the current regime figures supposedly running the show in Iran.

JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - Watchdog wants Smith team clearances pulled over alleged security lapses

The group raises the question of whether the same Justice Department officials who prosecuted Trump for mishandling classified information may have committed similar security lapses themselves, going to the heart of whether the law was applied evenhandedly.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - War with Iran keeps gas prices over $4 a gallon nationwide

The U.S. price of a gallon of regular grade gasoline remained above $4 a gallon for the fifth consecutive day on Friday as escalating Middle East tensions and low domestic oil inventories put downward pressure on American fuel supplies.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Two companies sue to challenge new tariffs claiming they fall short on revenue

An outside budget analysis found the new duties replace less than 60% of the revenue the government lost when the Supreme Court invalidated President Donald Trump's tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977.