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A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan is taking direct aim at President Trump over his practice of selling advance access to Truth Social posts. The complaint centers on a straightforward allegation — that Trump's posts routinely move financial markets, and that monetizing early access to them raises serious legal and ethical questions around market integrity.
Shifting to biotech, Sellas Life Sciences reported a wider net loss in the second quarter of twenty twenty six, driven by higher operating expenses. Shares moved higher despite the red ink, suggesting investors are looking past current burn and toward the Phase two readout for SLS-zero-zero-nine, which the company has penciled in for the fourth quarter of twenty twenty six.
And in the commodities pits, lean hog futures slipped between thirty-five cents and one dollar twenty across most contracts Tuesday, while live cattle saw a similarly mixed session with most contracts down modestly. Open interest in hogs rose by roughly four thousand six hundred contracts, pointing to fresh selling pressure entering the market ahead of midweek USDA data.
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