Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Ban Sports Betting Via Prediction Markets

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Launch Scrubbed At The Last Second Update (1900ET): SpaceX scrubbed their 13th test flight on Thursday right as the countdown clock reached zero.  Noooo! Abort triggered after 4 of the centre engines failed to ignite at start-up...as seen in the Booster engine graphic, bottom left of screen. Video straight off the @SpaceX stream. pic.twitter.com/nZ65wfuQkb — VixXi (@VickiCocks15) July 16, 2026 Developing... * * * SpaceX is scheduled to launch the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday evening, marking the first mission since the company completed its blockbuster public debut in June,...

Twelve Senators Call For US-Israel Military Integration To Be Removed From NDAA Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.comA group of 12 senators has written to congressional leadership urging the removal of provisions from the House and Senate versions of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would mandate increased US-Israeli military and intelligence cooperation.The idea of the amendments is to further integrate the US and Israeli militaries and make the special relationship harder to unwind, a reaction to the increasing criticism of Israel among Americans. Marine Corps image: US Marines...

Dollar General Jumps On "Traffic-Led Momentum" As $4 Gas Accelerates Consumer Trade-Down Dollar General shares surged 6% in the cash session Thursday morning after stronger customer traffic fueled a second-quarter earnings beat and prompted the discount retailer to raise its full-year outlook. Jefferies analyst Corey Tarlowe wrote in a first take on earnings that "traffic-led momentum drives another beat." The discount retailer, with 21,000 stores nationwide, most of them located in low-income ZIP codes, reported second-quarter earnings of $2.48 per share, up from $1.86 a year earlier and well above the Bloomberg...