Labour would ban the use of credit cards to place bets, affecting billions of pounds of transactions a year, as part of a crackdown on the gambling industry designed to tackle an epidemic of addiction. Deputy leader Tom Watson will this week publish the conclusions of the partys year-long review of gambling regulations, which were…
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) – It’s early in a college basketball game and Team A, playing methodically and using up most of the 30-second shot clock, falls behind 10-6. Scattered around the bleachers, several fans staring at their smartphones celebrate silently: they have bet on Team B to be the first to reach 10 points and…
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, listens to a question during the third round of questioning on the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Before President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, he had a…
Earlier this week, we reported on Supreme Court pick and amateur BS-er Brett Kavanaughs, possible gambling issues. Suspicions arose when it was reported that Kavanaugh accrued large amounts of debt buying baseball tickets, combined with evidence suggesting his debts outweighed his personal assets. Kavanaugh tried to wave accusations away by saying he frequently bought season…
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wants lawmakers to know that he doesnt have a gambling problem. Inquiries about this issue, along with others regarding Kavanaughs stance on hot-button subjects like executive power and Roe v. Wade, were the focus of a lengthy list of written follow-up questions he received from members of the Senate Judiciary…
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats are demanding written answers from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to more than 1,000 questions following a four-day confirmation hearing last week that elicited more heat than light. The queries go beyond the law to policy, politics and Kavanaugh’s personal life, including his finances and potential benefactors. Several senators sought details on the federal…
Consider this your official legal explainer about Brett Kavanaugh and the game of Cee-Lo We are at the written questions stage of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process. Each Senator submits a set of written queries. The nominees are supposed to respond, but if you think a guy like Brett Kavanaugh can be evasive about his…
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats are demanding written answers from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to more than 1,000 questions following a four-day confirmation hearing last week that elicited more heat than light. The queries go beyond the law to policy, politics and Kavanaugh’s personal life, including his finances and potential benefactors. Several senators sought details on the federal…
“Everyone in the group paid me for their tickets based on the cost of the tickets, to the dollar,” Kavanaugh told senators in written questions for the record submitted Wednesday night. “No one overpaid or underpaid me for tickets. No loans were given in either direction.” Kavanaugh’s personal finances were a point of inquiry from…
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on, Sept. 4. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The Senate Judiciary Committee late Wednesday released more than a thousand written questions posed by senators and answered by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of his confirmation hearing last week. In…
