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Calls are increasing for Congress to investigate the prediction market platform PolyMarket,
AP reported at least 50 new Polymarket accounts placed substantial bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire hours before President Trump made the announcement.
It isn't the first time such well-timed bets have occurred.
has a sizable stake in Polymarket.
Russia's highest court has designated the country's most storied human rights group as an extremist organization.
It's the latest crackdown on Russian civil society that accelerated amid the war in Ukraine.
NPR's Charles Maines has more.
A minor league baseball team in New Hampshire scored eight runs in the second inning before getting its first hit of the game.
The Fishercats benefited from eight walks, four wild pitches, two hit batters, and a sacrifice fly before finally getting a base hit.
Their opponent was the Portland Seadogs.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte struck a conciliatory tone today after President Trump threatened to withdraw from the alliance.
He says allies are not whistling past the graveyard and understand the need for some changes demanded by Trump.
that they were caught off guard because Trump did not notify them about the Iran war in advance.
Rutte has been called a Trump whisperer, but he's struggling to keep Trump engaged in NATO.
He has praised Trump for his successes in the war and for boosting defense spending, but he still insists NATO will not join the war.