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Melania Trump Epstein Denial: First Lady Makes Surprise White House Appearance to Reject Claimed Ties

11 April 2026 at 04:00
Melania Trump Epstein ties were denied directly by the First Lady on April 10 in an unexpected public appearance at the White House, where she rejected claims of any past connection to Jeffrey Epstein and described the circulating reports as…

Iran War Powers Vote Blocked as House Republicans Gavel Out Before Democrats Can Speak

11 April 2026 at 03:30
House Republicans shut down an Iran war powers resolution on April 10, with Speaker Pro Tempore Chris Smith gaveling the pro forma session to a close before Maryland Democrat Glenn Ivey could propose limiting President Trump’s authority to continue the…

Polymarket Investigation Demanded by Congress After 50 New Accounts Bet on Iran Ceasefire Before Trump Announced It

11 April 2026 at 02:40
Congress is calling for a Polymarket investigation after at least 50 newly created accounts placed bets on a US-Iran ceasefire in the minutes before President Trump announced it on social media on April 9. The prediction market platform Polymarket is…

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges swift passage of CLARITY Act

9 April 2026 at 14:47
The United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Congress to pass the CLARITY Act without further delay, as Senate floor time is limited. In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Bessent stressed the importance of the legislation, especially…

Trump-Backed Republican Wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Old Congressional Seat — But Democrats Surprised Everyone

9 April 2026 at 02:40
The election results in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District on Tuesday confirmed Republican Clay Fuller as the winner of the special election runoff — but the margin told a different story: Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris by roughly 12 points in…

Nintendo is Suing the US Government Over “Unlawful Impositions of Tariffs”

6 March 2026 at 23:19

A split image showing a close-up of the animated character Mario in his red cap and blue overalls on the left, and the

Since April 2025, the wider video game industry has been discussing how Nintendo and other hardware makers would respond to the tariffs imposed by the current US government and how those tariffs would affect the price of devices and consumer sales. In all that discussion, the idea that Nintendo, despite its litigious nature, would respond with a lawsuit aimed at the US Government was not what you would call a popular guess. Well, Aftermath's latest report is a reminder to never underestimate Nintendo's willingness to go to court. Nintendo is officially suing the US Government, specifically Scott Bessent, Secretary of […]

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The US Government Might Compel Tencent to Divest from US Gaming Companies for National Security

4 March 2026 at 17:30

The image shows the logos of 'The White House Washington' US government and 'Tencent Games'

The Financial Times has published a paywalled report revealing that the US government is presently evaluating whether to compel the giant Chinese gaming publisher Tencent to divest from US gaming companies for national security purposes. Top officials have held internal meetings to assess ​whether Tencent's many investments can be allowed to continue, since they give them access to data on millions of American gamers. A cabinet-level meeting to discuss the matter was scheduled for today, but was postponed due to scheduling conflicts. US President Donald Trump is preparing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in April, so presumably, […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/us-government-tencent-divest-gaming-companies-national-security/

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