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The House Oversight Committee announced on Friday that it is launching an investigation into Kalshi and Polymaket concerning alleged incidents of insider trading by users of the prediction markets.

With the Moldovan election cycle over, information linking Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa to Kremlin-backed influence operations has suddenly become troublesome for those involved.

A series of announcements by official Palestinian Authority institutions this month have sparked speculation that Yasser Abbas, the millionaire son of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, might be being positioned to compete for his aging father’s position.

Initial results Friday from the nationwide elections in Britain indicated a historic defeat for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and significant gains for the hard-right Reform U.K., led by Trump ally Nigel Farage.

Senate GOP leaders officially announced on Tuesday that they intend to bypass Democrats in the ongoing deadlock over Department of Homeland Security funding and independently allocate up to $70 billion for immigration enforcement.

On Monday, a Brazilian senator stated that the former head of the country’s intelligence agency, Alexandre Ramagem, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is now seeking political asylum in the United States.

In mid-December 2020, federal officials responsible for safeguarding American elections against fraud gathered in a windowless, dimly lit, fortified room at the Justice Department’s headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.

Easter will not have been a particularly celebratory time for Spain’s two biggest political parties. Due to a twist of judicial fate, both the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and the conservative People’s Party (PP) are preparing themselves after two high-profile trials involving former senior figures from each party began in Madrid this week.

Anzhalika Melnikava, the former speaker of the Belarusian opposition’s Coordination Council who disappeared in March 2025 (along with funds from the Białoruś Liberty foundation), has become the owner of two apartments in Minsk. This information comes from a report by the independent outlet Zerkalo, which was able to confirm the purchases thanks to official documents obtained by its newsroom.

Only days before the Hungarian election, Donald Trump gave his most emphatic endorsement of Viktor Orbán to date during a phone call conducted live on stage with JD Vance in Budapest on Tuesday.

Powerful explosives were discovered near a pipeline in Serbia that transports Russian gas to Hungary, the leaders of the two countries stated on Sunday, leading to political scrutiny in Hungary at a sensitive moment just days before a national election.

"Driven since childhood," Vladlen and his dependent brother Hennadiy — that’s how the Hirin brothers are described in Kherson. But behind this seemingly ordinary characterization lies a story of rapid enrichment, dubious connections, and participation in a large-scale money laundering scheme that brought them under international investigation.

Hungary has recovered and returned less than a fifth of the funds flagged by Brussels for potential fraud between 2015 and 2024, according to data from the EU anti-corruption watchdog Olaf.

Casa de Pizarro is a grand palace overlooking Lima’s spacious main square that functions as the seat of Peru’s executive branch and the official residence of its president.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has dismantled an organized crime group involving public officials suspected of misconduct in public procurement procedures for acquiring IT systems by state institutions. Twenty suspects were detained yesterday, including public officials.

Six months after protests fueled by anger over deep-rooted corruption brought down Nepal’s elected government, political parties are now campaigning for the March 5 general elections with a common message: each claims to be the best choice to combat graft.

A group of attorneys and supporters in favor of Trump is circulating a draft of a presidential executive order that cites alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election -- for which there is no evidence -- as a basis to declare a national emergency. They claim this would grant President Donald Trump extensive authority over voting, according to multiple sources who spoke with ABC News.

In the Serbian city of Kraljevo, authorities detained two suspects. They are accused of planning an assassination attempt on President Aleksandar Vučić and his family.

Hondurans woke up on Christmas Day to the threat of political unrest, as a presidential candidate challenged the election results after weeks of vote counting and allegations of fraud.

George Conway, formerly a conservative lawyer and now one of the most outspoken critics of President Donald Trump, is taking steps toward a congressional bid for an open seat in New York City.

Now that the Moldovan election cycle has passed, information implicating Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa in Kremlin-backed influence operations has suddenly become inconvenient for those involved.

In Tanzania, a country friendly to Russia, large-scale protests erupted on the day of presidential and parliamentary elections.

As a crucial election nears, investigative journalists are offering unparalleled insights into a persistent pro-Russian influence campaign orchestrated from Moscow.