Washington

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Polymarket and Kalshi—which allow users to bet on everything from geopolitical events to stock market moves—have made headlines in recent months after a batch of suspicious trades raised concerns of insider trading in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Rubio took the symbolic step of meeting Quad foreign ministers in Washington within hours of being sworn in last year, and the four gathered again in Washington in July 2025.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Over the summers, Duneja interned with CNBC’s 11 a.m. show “Money Movers” and with NBC Washington.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

U.S. oil prices declined on Tuesday as traders grew optimistic about the potential for a peace deal between Washington and Tehran to end the war in Iran – despite a fresh round of strikes.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Like most young people of their time, the sisters also grew up with popular ghost stories like author Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and Methodist founder John Wesley’s family haunt, “Old Jeffrey.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock