If it feels like everybody’s betting nowadays, it’s because a whole lot of people are. 2024 was the year companies from sportsbooks to prediction markets to trading apps asked, “Wanna bet?” And Americans responded with a resounding yes. The ground has shifted on gambling in the US in recent years as it’s become easier than…
We thought it was a fitting day to send out a press release about our Study of the Drop-off Factor in the 2024 Presidential Election, along with the questions that the study raises about the election results. Below is the full press release. We hope you will share this widely. Share it with local, state and national media.…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will have a broad mandate to take on what the duo has called “the industrial food complex.” However, online claims that Kennedy said he would ban Diet Coke once in office are false; the statement circulating on…
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – The fight for better wildland firefighter pay continues into the last week of the 2024 legislative session on Capitol Hill, as advocates race to push through a permanent pay bump before the fiscal year ends. It’s something former Arizona wildland firefighters said is crucial, as pay has become a major…
By CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, WASHINGTON, DC Published: 20:10 EST, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 20:10 EST, 18 December 2024 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saw the funny side after she was epically trolled by Donald Trump over losing the battle to lead the House Oversight Committee. Trump shared on Truth Social that it was ‘really too bad’…
Hungary is “confident” that President Donald Trump’s return to office will mend the currently strained U.S.-Hungary relations under the outgoing Biden administration, particularly on economic and strategic issues, with a key focus on resolving the Ukraine-Russia war, according to Hungarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Levente Magyar, who highlighted the European country’s misalignment…
This election cycle, many communities faced harassment, bigoted rhetoric and policy proposals that would put their rights at risk. Immigrant communities in particular were targeted, and the incoming administration’s promises of mass deportation are compounding the threats to their safety. No case of the targeting of immigrants in the 2024 election is clearer than the…
[Want even more content from FPM? Sign up for FPM+ to unlock exclusive series, virtual town-halls with our authors, and more—now for just $3.99/month. Click here to sign up.] President Joe Biden oversaw the single greatest invasion of the country in history. Over the last four years more foreigners entered the United States than at any time…
🚓 Appellate court strikes down state takeover of Paterson police 🚓 Attorney general says crime is down under state control 🚓 Mayor says city needs resources not intervention PATERSON — It’s illegal for state authorities to forcefully take control of a local police department, a New Jersey court has ruled. On Wednesday, the state’s appellate…
TRENTON (AP) — Should underage gambling no longer be a crime? New Jersey lawmakers are considering changing the law to make gambling by people under the age of 21 no longer punishable under criminal law, making it subject to a fine. It also would impose fines on anyone helping an underage person gamble in New…