Residents of Ogden Valley, an affluent Utah community, have reacted with fury after officials proposed increasing the newly formed city’s budgeted property tax revenue by more than 512 per cent, just months after voters were assured incorporation would not raise taxes. Nearly 68 per cent of residents backed forming the city in November 2024, and…

Marine veteran Robert Gilman has returned to the United States after being released from a Russian prison, with the Trump administration presenting the outcome as evidence of its commitment to securing the return of detained Americans. The reported release matters because it was achieved without a prisoner swap, according to the article, potentially signalling a…

The Trump administration’s derivatives regulator has ordered prediction-market operator Kalshi to continue operating in New York, attempting to prevent the state from enforcing gambling laws against it. The dispute matters because it tests whether federally regulated prediction markets should be treated as nationwide financial exchanges or as gambling services subject to individual state rules. New…