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The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bipartisan resolution banning lawmakers and their staff from participating in prediction markets, a move aimed at preventing officials with access to sensitive information from profiting on real-world events. The rule change, adopted by voice vote, takes effect immediately and reflects growing alarm on …

A U.S. special operations soldier is accused of turning one of the military’s most sensitive covert missions into a personal windfall — placing a series of bets that earned more than $400,000 by using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Federal prosecutors say Gannon Ken Van …