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A U.S. Senator who previously bet against the stock market in 2022 has placed a new bet with an ETF that shorts U.S. listed companies. Here are the details. What Happened: Delaware Senator Thomas Carper bought up to $110,000 in Ranger Equity Bear Bear ETF (ARCA: $HDGE), an active ETF that shorts US...

One of the bigger storylines of stock trading in 2021 was continued calls for members of Congress to be barred from buying and selling stocks. Here is a look at just how well members of Congress who traded stocks in 2021 did against the overall market. What Happened: Many retail traders and some...

One of the most controversial state bills passed in September was in Texas with Senate Bill 8, also known as the “heart rate bill” that will make it unlawful to get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Several news agencies have found a number of public companies that donated to...

The U.S. Senate approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday that mandates several requirements for trucking previously approved by the U.S. House and will likely make it into a final bill. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was approved by a vote of 69-30 that was presided...

A member of the U.S. Senate made purchases of two of the most well-known Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) trusts. What Happened: Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania, purchased stakes in the Bitcoin and Ethereum trusts, according to filings shared by Congresstrading....

The first U.S. senator to ever own Bitcoin (BTC) has been named to a committee overseeing banking and plans to hold conversations with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the positives of the cryptocurrency. What Happened: Cynthia Lummis became the first U.S. senator to own Bitcoin when she was...

On Friday, the House of Representatives voted 228 to 164 in favor of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. The legislation — first introduced by Rep Jerrold Nadler and sponsored by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris — is poised to...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Despite the end of the impeachment saga and the ongoing race to the national election in November, some bipartisan legislation is gaining...

A $287 billion proposal reauthorizing funding to maintain and repair the country's roads and bridges includes a first-ever title addressing carbon emissions and supporting electric vehicle infrastructure. The legislation, a five-year reauthorization of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional hearing drove a 3.6-percent rally in the suffering stock over the last two sessions. But that 10-hour interrogation and anything revealed or resolved in the process had fewer near-term implications for Facebook than a...

On Thursday, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Mel Watt reportedly testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee calling for Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association (OTC: FMCC) to begin retaining their earnings rather than...