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FEMA gets Senate-approved leader after turmoil under Trump

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By Zahra Hirji Verified, Lauren Rosenthal Verified, Todd Woody Verified
| The Spokesman-Review Verified
The US Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL, as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This makes him the first permanent FEMA administrator to serve during President Donald Trump’s second term. His confirmation ends a chaotic streak of interim chiefs who oversaw the agency as the administration weighed radical reforms, including possibly axing FEMA entirely.
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Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators

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By Lydia Beyoud Verified, Zahra Hirji Verified
| Insurance Journal Verified
A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to make their bets pay off. “As the United States faces yet another record-breaking fire season this year” the CFTC “cannot allow these prediction markets to offer unrestricted betting on wildfires,” Senator Jeff Merkley and others wrote in a letter to Chairman Michael Selig.
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Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators

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By Lydia Beyoud Verified, Zahra Hirji Verified
| Claims Journal Verified
A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to make their bets pay off. “As the United States faces yet another record-breaking fire season this year” the CFTC “cannot allow these prediction markets to offer unrestricted betting on wildfires,” Senator Jeff Merkley and others wrote in a letter to Chairman Michael Selig.
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