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US federal regulators filed lawsuits against Illinois, Arizona, and Connecticut over who controls prediction markets, pushing back against state-level enforcement actions.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice, launched separate legal actions on Thursday, arguing that state authorities have stepped beyond their remit by targeting platforms the agency considers federally regulated. The filings mark the first time the CFTC has taken a state to court over jurisdiction tied to prediction market activity.At the center of the dispute is Illinois, where the case was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The regulator named the…

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[The stream is slated to start at 10:30 a.m. ET. CNBC Television will start the stream when the event begins. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above.]Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Monday to the Harvard University Principles of Economics class.This will be one of Powell’s final scheduled public appearances before his term ends in May. The discussion comes with markets anticipating the central bank will be on hold regarding interest rates through the end of the year.In his most recent comments, Powell characterized the economy as growing at “a solid pace” and said he…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sweeping federal takedown in Los Angeles has exposed what prosecutors say is a brazen, multimillion-dollar scheme that turned end-of-life care into a cash grab, allegedly using people who weren’t even dying to rip off taxpayers out of more than $50 million.Eight defendants, including nurses, a chiropractor and a purported psychologist, were arrested in a crackdown targeting sham hospice operations and fraudulent medical billing schemes, according to the Justice Department.At the center of the case, hospice companies are accused of signing up healthy patients, paying kickbacks and pocketing millions from Medicare for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Tiger Woods crashed his car last Friday, arguably his most prized possession was with him in the trunk: his golf clubs.Woods’ 2025 Range Rover turned onto its driver’s side in the crash and nearly two hours later, the 15-time major champion was arrested for driving under the influence.Authorities arrived on the scene and talked with Woods’ manager, Rob McNamara, who said the clubs were extremely important. Golfer Tiger Woods checks his cellphone while sitting in an unmarked police vehicle after a car crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, on March 27, 2026.…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two BC Ferries vessels are out of service this Easter long weekend, but one has now been fixed. The Spirit of Vancouver Island was out of commission due to a generator problem that happened on Tuesday. It had only returned to service on Sunday after a separate breakdown during spring break.That vessel, which sails between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay, will return to service on Friday, BC Ferries announced at 2 p.m. and will provide additional sailings.The Queen of Surrey was undergoing its scheduled retrofit when issues were found with its steering component.…

Olivia Dean has stunned on the April cover of Elle Magazine this week as the star British singer celebrates her first Grammy Award for Best New Artist.The Man I Need singer donned a sequined red Chanel mini dress, complete with Cartier jewellery as her long hair flowed in frame.Speaking to journalist Sylvia Obell, Dean was still in disbelief about her coveted award win, saying she “did not think” it was going to happen.“I can’t lie to you. I’ve never won an award for music before,” Dean said.“My heart is extremely full in a way that is kind of hard to…

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Washington — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore fears the United States is “lurching again into another forever war” paid for by the American people — yet with no clear articulation from President Trump as to what success in the military operation against Iran looks like.In an interview with CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe on Friday, Moore, a Democrat, likened the ongoing war with Iran to the war in Afghanistan, where the governor served as a member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division.”I feel like we are lurching into another one of these forever wars that we’re asking the American people to pay…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently lodged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer pleading with Texas authorities not to release an illegal immigrant accused of fatally slitting his wife’s throat with a pocketknife in Dallas.Francisco Mendez-Marin, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested March 18 by the Carrolton Police Department and is charged with felony homicide after he allegedly killed his wife, 20-year-old Karla Rangel, during a domestic dispute.The couple had been married for less than a month, FOX 4 Dallas reported.When police arrived at the scene, Mendez-Marin…