A man pleaded guilty to a PPP fraud scheme that netted him over $1 million in pandemic relief funds meant for small businesses, authorities said.

The OFAC sanctioned a major Chinese oil refinery and dozens of Iran-linked shadow fleet vessels in an escalation of a maximum pressure campaign on Tehran.

Jack Nicholson was spotted in a rare photo as the legendary three-time Academy Award-winning actor celebrated his 89th birthday April 22.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner will head to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday for another round of negotiations with Iran, and Vice President JD Vance "is on standby" and could potentially join them there.

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A report from The Athletic suggests Adrian Wojnarowski's partisan political views may be hurting his role as St. Bonaventure's basketball GM.

The daring raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has also landed one special forces soldier in hot water after he allegedly won $400,000 on a prediction market.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged with personally benefiting from the use of classified information after betting $33,000 on the timing of the raid, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

'Insider trading has no place on Polymarket. Today's arrest is proof the system works.'

Van Dyke was reportedly a part of the planning of Operation Absolute Resolve between December 8, 2025, and January 6, 2026, and had access to classified information during that time.

At the end of December, Van Dyke allegedly created a Polymarket account and began making more than a dozen bets related to the raid.

When news of the trade began to make headlines, Van Dyke then allegedly took efforts to conceal his actions by trying to delete the Polymarket account and transferring the money to cryptocurrency accounts.

Polymarket said on social media that it had cooperated with the investigation.

"Last month, we published our enhanced market integrity rules to combat insider trading," the company said. "When we identified a user trading on classified government information, we referred the matter to the DOJ & cooperated with their investigation. Insider trading has no place on Polymarket. Today's arrest is proof the system works."

The indictment said Van Dyke was stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina when he allegedly made the transactions on Polymarket.

President Donald Trump was asked about the case and likened it to baseball legend Pete Rose betting on himself.

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"Prediction markets are not a haven for using misappropriated confidential or classified information for personal gain," said U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton.

"The defendant allegedly violated the trust placed in him by the United States Government by using classified information about a sensitive military operation to place bets on the timing and outcome of that very operation, all to turn a profit," he added. "That is clear insider trading and is illegal under federal law."

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Elizabeth Smart reveals her bodybuilding journey, winning first place in Utah and competing at the NPC Heart of Texas on her path to going pro.

More Hollywood insiders, including Robert De Niro, Elliot Page, Lilly Wachowski, Sofia Coppola, and Holly Hunter have signed the petition opposing the Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

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The Justice Department has accused the SPLC of infiltrating extremist groups with paid informants, adding to years of leadership upheaval at the nonprofit.

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday announced an agreement with the European Union to coordinate trade policies to ensure more resiliency in securing critical minerals.

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The DOJ backs Elon Musk's xAI lawsuit alleging Colorado's AI law forces developers to adopt DEI standards, violating the First and 14th amendments.

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) plans to introduce the Citizenship Documented License (CDL) Act, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.

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If a violent social revolution were truly to break out, and Piker and Tolentino became its victims, one assumes they’d find crime less fun.

The Department of Justice has officially closed its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced that her office is ending its probe into the Fed's $2.5 billion building renovation project. Oversight of the matter has been shifted to the Federal Reserve Inspector General.

The identity of a mysterious "golden orb" scientists discovered in the depths of the ocean in the Gulf of Alaska has finally been revealed.

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A judge denied Cher's bid for a temporary conservatorship over her son Elijah Blue Allman, 49, amid alleged drug abuse and multiple criminal charges.

Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic head to Game 3 tied at 1-1 as an NBA Playoffs betting analysis targets the Magic team total of over 105.5 points.

Bright orange flames tore through a historic 1830s church in Queens after a five-alarm fire spread from a vacant rectory, according to the Fire Department of New York.