by Sharon Zhang | Apr 30, 2026 | Corruption, Elizabeth Warren, Insider Trading, military contractors, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Stocks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) caught Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth contradicting his own statement on Wednesday, over reports that his stockbroker tried to make an investment in a defense company weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran. During a line of questioning on insider trading related to the Department of Defense, Warren brought up a report by the…
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by Sharon Zhang | Mar 10, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, News, Oil, Pete Hegseth, Stocks
President Donald Trump claimed that his war on Iran is “very complete” just before markets closed on Monday, causing oil prices to calm — then contradicted himself a few hours later, promising to “not relent” as the U.S. and Israel carried out some of worst bombardments of the war all the while, locals said. In an interview with CBS on Monday afternoon, Trump said, “I think the war is very…
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by Chris Walker | Dec 3, 2025 | Congress, discharge petition, House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, stock trading, Stocks
Amid pressure from both Democrats and members of his own party, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (Louisiana) insisted he was in favor of stricter rules regarding insider trading in Congress, but stopped short of expressing support for an outright ban on stock trading for lawmakers. The statement from Johnson, reported on by Punchbowl News’s Jake Sherman…
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