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Ricevuto — 14 Agosto 2026 ⏭

Stock Trading in Congress Becomes an Attack Line in Midterm Campaigns

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di: Annie Karni
14 Agosto 2026 ore 22:23
Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.

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Almost 60 percent of lawmakers in Congress own stock, according to an analysis by Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on making government more accountable.

The 5 Congress Members Whose Families Trade the Most Stocks

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di: Olivia Diaz
14 Agosto 2026 ore 21:46
Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.

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A law passed in 2012, the STOCK Act, emphasizes that insider trading is illegal among lawmakers, as it is for the general public, and requires them to periodically disclose trades of shares held by them and members of their families.

Outrage at UnitedHealth and Other Insurers Persists After Brian Thompson Killing

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di: Reed Abelson
14 Agosto 2026 ore 18:56
Higher premiums and rising medical bills have intensified Americans’ dissatisfaction with their medical coverage.

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Stephen Hemsley, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, left, was among the executives defending insurers’ practices at congressional hearings in January. To his left were David Joyner, chairman of CVS Health, and Gail Boudreaux, chief executive of Elevance Health.

Mining Claims Staked on Land Cut From Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments

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di: Maxine Joselow
14 Agosto 2026 ore 17:46
Prospectors are eyeing mineral deposits within the former boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah.

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Both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments are rich in wildlife habitat and archaeological treasures but also sit atop vast reserves of uranium and other precious metals.

Can Polls Measure the True Strength of the Left?

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di: Nate Cohn
14 Agosto 2026 ore 15:11
Recent polling issues could continue in Democratic primaries in part because progressives are more likely to enjoy taking surveys.

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An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court From a Dog Named Bruce

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di: Ann E. Marimow
14 Agosto 2026 ore 14:08
A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing.

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The Supreme Court has been inundated recently with emergency requests.

Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases

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di: Devlin Barrett
14 Agosto 2026 ore 11:02
As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.

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Justice Department officials have internally declared that each assistant U.S. attorney should have at least 25 open cases at all times.

Is Ocasio-Cortez Ready for the Glass Cliff?

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di: Tressie McMillan Cottom
14 Agosto 2026 ore 13:18
She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.

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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

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di: John Ismay · Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
13 Agosto 2026 ore 23:49
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The aircraft carrier, with a crew of about 5,000 sailors, has been at sea for more than eight and a half months.

Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals

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di: Dustin Volz
13 Agosto 2026 ore 22:34
The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.

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An expert on China’s hacking ecosystem said that historically Beijing had copied various cybersecurity policies from the United States, but that the new Trump policy was a reversal of that arrangement.
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