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New York TimesSunday, 24 May 2026
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Watchdog Is Steamrolled By Industries It Regulates
Purge at Agency Overseeing Prediction and Crypto Firms, Some Tied to Trumps
The reporting focuses on internal institutional conflicts within the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, examining the removal of career officials and their replacement with individuals linked to private interests.
The story details an investigation into the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (C.F.T.C.), alleging that regulatory officials were sidelined to benefit specific prediction market and cryptocurrency firms.
“Watchdog Is Steamrolled”
“Sceptical of executive institutional shifts”
Floridians Ship Staples to Aid Cuban Kin Hurt by Blockade
Demand Intensifies as Energy Crisis Grows
A human-interest focus on the personal economic impact of political blockades on families in Florida and Cuba.
Strange Turns When a Whale Was Stranded
A narrative account of a community effort to save a stranded whale in Germany, highlighting human-animal interaction.
Israel Sidelined As U.S. Takes Control on Iran
Analyzes the diplomatic friction and lack of communication between the U.S. and Israeli governments regarding Iran policy.
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