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2026's elections could test how heavy trading on prediction markets affects races and results

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Election-season trading on prediction markets, including in this fall’s biggest races, is skyrocketing while states fight to outlaw the platforms as unlicensed casinos and begin to worry about how high-stakes odds will affect American democracy in unpredictable ways. Already this year, prediction market odds have gotten tangled up with real-life elections, […]

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Letter: Vote Democratic to save America

"I believe the America we grew up with is in danger of extinction."

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Letter: Susan Collins checks all the right boxes

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