FBI Raids Polymarket CEO’s NYC Home, Seizes Electronics

‘We are deeply committed to being nonpartisan, and today is no different,’ Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan said. Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York City home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Nov. 13, seizing his phone and electronics, the company said. The early-morning raid followed last week’s presidential election, in which bettors

Energy Department Quadruples Lending Budget in Rush To Approve ‘Green Energy’ Loans Before Trump Takes Office

The Department of Energy loan office quadrupled its available lending budget to over $240 billion this week, as Biden officials rush to approve a flurry of “green energy” loans before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) said on Tuesday that it’s increasing its lending power under the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment

Neocons Cheer Trump’s National Security Picks

Donald Trump’s early personnel picks have largely centered on national security, with the president-elect naming nominees for national security adviser, secretary of state, and ambassador to the United Nations. And for the most part, the Republican Party’s neoconservative wing likes what it sees. To them, the picks are a demonstration that Trump is taking a

Can Trump impose tariffs without Congress? It’s complicated, experts say.

President-elect Trump, who has said he thinks “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” has proposed a variety of taxes on goods imported from other countries.  His aim is to deter American companies from relying on parts and goods from overseas, including from China, by making it more expensive for them to do