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  "id": 4676502,
  "title": "Kalshi permanently bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kalshi-permanently-bans-ex-congressman-george-santos-for-life-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:22:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kalshi-permanently-bans-ex-congressman-george-santos-for-life-after-concluding-he-likely-was-insider-trading"
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  "summary": "The company announced the ban after saying its compliance department had established reasonable cause to believe Santos engaged in insider trading over his attendance at the State of the Union, when he turned a $17,839 profit on his trading activity.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos for life after suspicious trades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kalshi-bans-ex-congressman-george-santos-for-life-after-suspicious",
        "published": "2026-08-31T14:57:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Kalshi bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kalshi-bans-ex-congressman-george-santos-for-life-after-concluding-he",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:19:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Kalshi lays down first lifetime ban for ex-member of Congress George Santos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kalshi-lays-down-first-lifetime-ban-for-ex-member-of-congress-george",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:33:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Kalshi bans Santos for life over bets on State of the Union attendance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kalshi-bans-santos-for-life-over-bets-on-state-of-the-union-attendance",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:09:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Prediction platform Kalshi bans ex-US Congress member for manipulation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/prediction-platform-kalshi-bans-ex-us-congress-member-for-manipulation",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:14:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Ex-congressman George Santos banned from betting platform for life",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ex-congressman-george-santos-banned-from-betting-platform-for-life",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:15:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos from prediction platform for life",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kalshi-bans-ex-congressman-george-santos-from-prediction-platform-for",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:26:30.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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