Kalshi, the popular prediction market website, suspended three political candidates from its platform for trying to place bets on their own races, the company’s legal counsel said Wednesday.Mark Moran, an independent running for Senate in Virginia, Ezekiel Enriquez, a Republican who lost a congressional race in Texas, and Matt Klein, a Democrat serving in Minnesota’s state legislature who is also running for Congress, are each banned for five years and face financial penalties ranging from $539 to $6,229.It marks some of the…

WASHINGTON — Democrats want FBI Director Kash Patel to prove he hasn’t got a drinking problem. In a letter to Patel on Tuesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), said he should take the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, a short questionnaire used to screen for harmful or hazardous alcohol use. “There are numerous accounts that you consume alcohol to the point of illness, direct profanity-laced outbursts at support staff, and pass out drunk behind locked doors in episodes…

There has been radio silence from Chelsea's players the day after Liam Rosenior's sacking. In stark contrast to when the Blues axed Enzo Maresca earlier in the season, this time there has not been a single tribute to their departed manager from the squad. When Maresca was given the boot, nine Chelsea players went online with kind words and thanks for the Italian - under whom they had won the Club World Cup and UEFA Conference League. But it appears as though Rosenior has not inspired the same level of…

Lord Mandelson's money-spinning consultancy firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.5million – including more than half a million pounds to the taxman, it was revealed today.The corporate strategy firm set up by the disgraced peer collapsed in February amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.Today it filed a 'statement of affairs' at Companies House reporting its bills to creditors are £4,596,149 more than the value of its assets.Among those out of pocket are HM Revenue and Customs, with the taxman being owed £645,000.Lord Mandelson…