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The staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Gabriel Perez wagered on Kalshi about words president used in speeches A White House teleprompter operator who left his post amid accusations that he used inside knowledge to make bets on Donald Trump ’s speeches on an online prediction market has been fined $172,000, according to federal regulators. Gabriel Perez exploited “material, nonpublic information” that he gathered…
BBC News – World The staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets.
BBC News – World The staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets.
He was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after it was determined he used his position to make bets on what President Trump would say in speeches.
Sky News – World Jordanian authorities arrested three men after a deadly attack on a church. The assault occurred during a funeral procession in the western village of Hammoud and killed nine people, according to the newest report; an earlier account put the death toll at eight. The suspects were wounded in a dawn shootout with security forces. Jordan's director of public security described the assailants as Islamic extremists, but no group has been named.
NYTimes – World Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after a student-led protest movement won a parliamentary majority in Serbia's elections, ending roughly 14 years of his dominance. The opposition Student List is projected to secure a majority following nearly two years of protests. Vučić, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and denounced the movement as foreign-led, acknowledged the loss in an early speech.
BBC News – World Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected to a fourth term in a tight runoff against right-wing challenger Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, official results showed. Lula won 51.7% of the vote to Bolsonaro's 48.2%. Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would seek to have the vote annulled, following an evening of chaos at some polling places after voting was extended by two hours.
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