New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday backed off of his previous promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he flies to the Big Apple in September for the annual United Nations General Assembly. “It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant. The… Source link
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Judi Love has revealed that she was previously banned from her local social housing authority after confronting them with a tupperware full of maggots. The Loose Women star, 46, lived in social housing in London with her two children before finding success as a comedian. While Love has spoken about her past living conditions before, she’s now revealed that she was banned from receiving social housing for over a year after a row over an insect problem led to her walking into the local authority’s office with a tupperware full of dead flies and maggots. Speaking on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Love said: “I got banned from the local housing. They lifted it after three or five years, or was it a year? Judi Love on Romesh Ranganathan’s podcast (The Romesh Ranganathan Show) “Basically, my last house that was social housing, …
Congress is set to hear sharply conflicting testimony Tuesday (July 21) over who should regulate sports prediction markets and whether Congress should step in to redefine them as gambling instead of federally regulated financial products. The committee is expected to debate whether sports event contracts should continue under the oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission through the Commodity Exchange Act or instead fall under the state and tribal gaming systems that oversee traditional sports betting. Witnesses defending the current framework say the CFTC already has the legal authority it needs to regulate these contracts. Representatives from the American Gaming Association and the Indian Gaming Association, however, are asking lawmakers to either prohibit the products or place significant limits on them. Testimony obtained before the hearing shows both gaming organizations arguing that prediction markets have effectively created nationwide sports betting under federal commodities law while avoiding the state and tribal regulatory structures established after the Supreme Court’s 2018 Murphy v. NCAA ruling. Chris Cylke, American Gaming Association: "Our concern is narrow and urgent: a growing …
Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation and a member of the Sharjawi royal family, has been appointed as president of the Sharjah Museums Authority. In her post, she will oversee 16 museums across Sharjah with purviews including Islamic art and culture, archaeology, heritage, science, marine life, and history. The appointment—issued by Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah—applies to an enterprise founded in 2006 as an autonomous government authority. Part of its mission statement reads: “Our vision is to be a cultural beacon that enhances Sharjah’s identity locally and internationally and contribute in nurturing a community aware of museums’ importance as a cultural, educational and enjoyable destination.” Related Articles As reported by Abu Dhabi–based newspaper the National, under Sheikha Hoor’s leadership the Sharjah Art Foundation, behind the closely watched Sharjah Biennial, “has grown into one of the region’s most important contemporary art institutions, with a programme that includes exhibitions, commissions, residencies, publications, performances, screenings and education initiatives.” Sheikha Hoor is also affiliated …
A California Superior Court judge has struck down state regulations aimed at the cardroom industry, ruling that the Bureau of Gambling Control exceeded its authority by adopting rules that would have restricted table games licensed cardrooms have offered for decades. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Darwin found the Bureau, a division of the California Department of Justice, lacked authority to impose the statewide restrictions through the challenged regulations, according to the California Gaming Association. The group said the decision confirms the Bureau is responsible for enforcing California gaming laws rather than rewriting them through administrative action. The ruling follows months of legal battles over regulations finalized in February that were scheduled to take effect in April. Earlier this year, Judge Darwin temporarily blocked enforcement while the lawsuit moved forward, finding the association was likely to succeed and that implementation could cause significant economic harm. The disputed rules targeted blackjack-style games and tightened requirements governing player-banked tables and third-party proposition player providers. Tribal gaming organizations had supported the changes, arguing they clarified existing law and …
The federal government has stepped into Kalshi’s legal fight with Rhode Island, arguing the state cannot use its gambling laws to restrict federally regulated prediction market contracts. The move widens the dispute over who controls event-based financial products tied to sports and other outcomes. The United States and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a proposed complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, asking to join Kalshi’s lawsuit and stop state officials from enforcing gambling laws against federally regulated exchanges. According to the filing, Congress granted the CFTC exclusive authority over commodity futures, options and swaps traded on federally regulated exchanges, leaving no room for conflicting state regulation. Federal regulators say Rhode Island gambling laws cannot override CFTC authority in Kalshi dispute Rhode Island’s enforcement action, filed on May 21, 2026, targets Kalshi and QCX LLC, which operates Polymarket. According to the proposed complaint, the state alleges that “Kalshi and Polymarket facilitate gambling (specifically sports wagering) in Rhode Island by allowing bettors to place wagers on the outcome of sports …
Authored by Noi Mahoney via FreightWaves, The Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC) has filed a court petition seeking to force federal regulators to decertify the commercial driver’s license programs of New York and California. The Small Business in Transportation Coalition said the U.S. Department of Transportation has failed to enforce federal law after finding states out of compliance. (Photo: Jim Alen/Freightwaves) The petition, filed June 10, asks the court to review actions by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation and order the agencies to revoke the authority of New York and California to issue CDLs, escalating a dispute over immigration-related licensing policies and English-language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers. SBTC argues that FMCSA has already determined both states were in “substantial noncompliance” with federal CDL regulations and therefore must be decertified under federal law. The organization contends that federal statutes require the transportation secretary to prohibit a state from issuing CDLs once such a determination is made. The filing, made in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Starmer has seen the departure of several junior and senior ministers in recent weeks, as Labour Party lawmakers revolt and rivals plot, in despair at the government’s relentless unpopularity. But the sudden resignation of Defense Secretary John Healey is a heavy blow. Healey quit Thursday, warning that the government is not spending enough on the military to keep Britain safe “at this time of rising threats.” His departure hits Starmer in the one place the often embattled prime minister has won consistent praise: the world stage. France and the U.K. also have put together a maritime security force that would help keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping if the Iran war ends. Starmer has also argued strongly that European nations must do more to fund their own defense in response to President Donald Trump ’s criticism of the United States’ NATO allies. “Starmer has been consistently staunch about warning of the security risk from Russia,” said Olivia O’Sullivan, head of the U.K. in the World program at the Chatham House think tank. “He’s …
Cornyn said materials from Section 702 generate roughly 60 percent of the President’s Daily Brief, a figure Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley has also cited. Some Republicans dispute the catastrophe framing. Representative Keith Self of Texas called the warnings “hysteria,” arguing that other FISA authorities remain in force and that proponents should accept reforms such as a warrant requirement: “FISA isn’t going dark. We have the law. We have precedent from 2008. Don’t fall for the scare tactics.” The libertarian Cato Institute has made a similar point. “The [702] program has the FISA court’s permission to continue for another year, so it will continue whether we act or not,” said a senior Republican aide on a relevant committee. “None of the members saying the program is ending Friday will be claiming it’s actually dead on Monday—especially those on intel. They know better.” Hajar Hammado, a senior policy adviser at Demand Progress, was sharper still. “If Republican leadership actually believed their baseless fearmongering about security at the World Cup, then they would do what needs to …
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Martin Scorsese still remembers the reason he felt confident casting Jodie Foster in his iconic 1976 film Taxi Driver when she was just 12 years old. The Independent was in attendance as the legendary director, 83, reunited with Foster — along with star Robert De Niro and screenwriter Paul Schrader — during a panel Friday at Tribeca Film Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the classic film. In a conversation about how each of the Hollywood heavyweights found their way to the acclaimed drama, Scorsese said he knew that he could trust Foster with the movie’s heavy adult material when he saw her mature attitude toward playing a child sex worker in the film. The filmmaker said that at a meeting before production on the project started, Foster showed up at his Manhattan office in her school uniform and discussed …
