Luke Vargas

You may have heard on the show about one trader who made more than $400,000 in profits after placing a series of bets on Polymarket about the timing of Nicolas Maduro losing power in Venezuela, with the last one coming just an hour before Trump announced his capture.

And as journal reporter Alexander Osipovich explains, that's not the only unusual trade.

Democratic lawmakers have called for an investigation into the trades, saying they resemble corruption.

The White House has denied that its officials were involved in any sort of illegal insider trading and called such speculation baseless.

Thank you.

A sharp slowdown in immigration is reshaping some of America's biggest cities.

New census figures show that the L.A., San Diego, and Miami areas all shrank in the year through June 2025, and half of the 50 largest metro areas lost more people than they gained from the rest of the U.S.

Strong growth is continuing elsewhere, though, with several mid-sized and smaller cities across the Carolinas, Texas, and Mountain West growing at four times the national rate or more.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

's pick for Surgeon General has hit a standstill in her confirmation process.

We report that healthy food advocate Dr. Casey Means currently lacks enough GOP support to advance out of the Senate's health committee and faces additional hurdles in the full Senate.

However, the White House hasn't dropped her nomination, given her support from Kennedy as well as other members of the Make America Healthy Again movement, with an official saying that skeptical Republicans could still be brought around.

And the U.S.

Postal Service is turning to fuel surcharges for the first time in an effort to try and stabilize its budget amid soaring fuel and transport costs.

The 8 percent fee will apply to packages only and kicks in next month.

Both FedEx and UPS, which have imposed surcharges for years, dramatically raised theirs in recent weeks amid turmoil in the Middle East.

Coming up, how the shipping industry is managing one of the biggest crises since the pandemic, and a diamond mine once preferred by Harry Winston loses its luster after the break.

German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd is telling investors to brace for an earnings slump this year thanks to disruptions caused by the Iran war and sharply rising costs.

It's just the latest such message from container shipping operators who've been forced to suspend routes and send boats on longer journeys to try and avoid fighting, including direct attacks from Iran.

With commercial shipping under threat, I spoke with the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, and began by asking how the industry's faring.