Tim Craig

Fort Lauderdale

National Correspondent at The Washington Post

Washington Post National Correspondent. Former Afghanistan-Pakistan Bureau Chief. May tweet about things on both sides of globe

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Bettors Lose Millions Predicting the New Pope as Polymarket Edge Fizzles Out

3 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Tim Craig

Bettors on crypto prediction platform Polymarket have, in recent months, developed an enviable reputation for beating the bookies. So it came as a surprise on Thursday when they got the outcome of the papal conclave very wrong indeed. Winner Robert Francis Prevost wasn’t among the favorites, with bettors only giving the US-born cardinal around a 1% chance of succeeding Pope Francis ahead of the result.
A Pennsylvania city bet on DEI. Can it survive the Trump era?

4 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Tim Craig

A Pennsylvania city bet on DEI. Can it survive the Trump era? (washingtonpost.com) A Pennsylvania city bet on DEI. Can it survive the Trump era? By Tim Craig 2025051011001300 ERIE, Pa. — Darrell Roberts's life has never been easy. His mother raised 10 children in a three-bedroom house in this weathered industrial city on the shores of Lake Erie. A decade ago, Roberts's younger brother was shot and killed on a street corner here.
Sei Wants To Cut Cosmos Compatibility and Go All-In on Ethereum

6 days ago | coindesk.com | Tim Craig

A Sei Network developer proposed to depreciate the blockchain’s Cosmos support on Wednesday in a bid to remove “unnecessary” complexity for users. The proposal, if successful, will make it so Sei users will only be able to send and receive transactions that are compatible with Ethereum. STORY CONTINUES BELOWDon't miss another story.Subscribe to the The Protocol Newsletter today.
Maegan Vazquez &, Tim Craig - Veterans Affairs secretary asks staffers to report anti-Christian bias

2 weeks ago | jewishworldreview.com | Tim Craig |Byron York

SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY JWR UPDATE. IT'S FREE. (AND NO SPAM!) Just click here. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins sent a letter to staff this week saying the agency is establishing its own task force in line with President Donald Trump's February executive order aimed at eradicating what he has described as "anti-Christian bias" within federal agencies and regulatory practices.
Veterans Affairs secretary asks staffers to report anti-Christian bias

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Maegan Vazquez |Tim Craig

Veterans Affairs secretary asks staffers to report anti-Christian bias (washingtonpost.com) Veterans Affairs secretary asks staffers to report anti-Christian bias By Maegan Vazquez; Tim Craig 2025042321225600 Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A.
Why one-time Ethereum bulls say the vibes are seriously deteriorating

1 month ago | dlnews.com | Tim Craig

Ethereum supporters worry that the network is dying. They point to layer 2 blockchains syphoning value as one of several causes. If Ethereum can’t turn itself around it could go the way of the operating system Linux. A version of this article appeared in our The Decentralised newsletter on April 1. Sign up here. GM, Tim here. Ethereum is at a crossroads. Over the past decade, the top smart contract network has established itself as the de facto home of the $113 billion DeFi ecosystem.
Veterans Crisis Line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE

1 month ago | theoaklandpress.com | Tim Craig

By Tim CraigThe Washington PostThe roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life’s darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with nightmares and needs to talk to someone about them. The former soldier who plans to take his own life, shotgun sitting in his lap. The spouse who worries her intoxicated husband has been drinking and is now speeding down an interstate highway.
Veterans Crisis Line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Tim Craig

Veterans Crisis Line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE (washingtonpost.com) Veterans Crisis Line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE By Tim Craig 2025032710002900 The roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life's darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with nightmares and needs to talk to someone about them.
Cleveland thrived under Biden. It faces funding cuts in the Trump era.

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Tim Craig

CLEVELAND — At an abandoned landfill on the edge of this city’s Slavic Village neighborhood, dust accumulates on parked cars and the frames of weathered houses. The contents of the landfill remain a mystery, and a few years ago, inspectors installed methane detectors in nearby basements to warn about explosive gases. Sierra Brown is one of about 1,000 residents living within a half mile of the landfill. Her children are often sick, which she blames on the 100-acre site.
Bitcoin shorts win big payday as bearish bets mount to $264m

2 months ago | dlnews.com | Tim Craig

Bears are profiting from Bitcoin's sudden drop. The value of March 28 puts on Deribit rose to $264 million. There are signs Bitcoin could attempt a rebound. Traders who piled into bearish bets on Bitcoin’s price are winning a payday amid a shock plunge that dragged the top cryptocurrency to its lowest price since the start of the year. The value of options contracts that pay off during price declines, or puts, that expire at the end of March rose to $264 million on crypto options exchange Deribit.