The Prediction Market That Doesn’t Take Your Money

The Prediction Market That Doesn’t Take Your Money

In January, Polymarket processed roughly four million euros in wagers on the Portuguese presidential election in the hours before results were announced. Within forty-eight hours, the country’s gambling regulator ordered the platform to wind down its operations in Portugal. Hungary’s regulator blocked the domain entirely the same week. By the end of the month, Polymarket…

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Why Cassandra Worthy Is Moving Beyond Change Management

Why Cassandra Worthy Is Moving Beyond Change Management

There is a moment Cassandra Worthy returns to often. She was sitting in a conference room in Boston, snow piling against the windows, recently transferred into an acquired business unit at Procter & Gamble, newly single, and navigating days that made her want to quit entirely. Her research was being presented to executives without her…

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Defiant Border Czar Rejects Claims Trump Is Going Soft on Immigration, Says ‘Mass Deportations Are Coming’

Defiant Border Czar Rejects Claims Trump Is Going Soft on Immigration, Says ‘Mass Deportations Are Coming’

White House border czar Tom Homan dismissed criticism from within President Trump’s base that the administration is retreating from its deportation agenda, telling a border security conference Tuesday that “mass deportations are coming” and warning jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities that they will see more enforcement. “For the people out there saying…

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Experts Criticize F.D.A. Move to Withhold Studies on Vaccine Safety: ‘A Pretty Active Act of Sabotage’

Experts Criticize F.D.A. Move to Withhold Studies on Vaccine Safety: ‘A Pretty Active Act of Sabotage’

Officials at the Food and Drug Administration blocked the publication of several government-funded studies supporting the safety of Covid-19 and shingles vaccines in recent months, according to current and former officials familiar with the decisions, raising concerns among scientists about political interference in federal health research. The studies, conducted by FDA scientists using millions of…

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