The US Coast Guard has determined the implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible that killed all five people on board was "preventable", citing the company's "critically flawed" safety practices. A damning 335-page report from Coast Guard investigators states that OceanGate, the company that owned and operated the Titan, failed to follow maintenance and inspection protocols for the deep-sea vessel. Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Republicans were "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, in one of his first public comments on the state's new proposed congressional map.
I want to work with them; and in some cases, we're sending them back to their country with a pass back in legally.
The Justice Department has an audio recording of the interview it conducted with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell last month, and the administration is considering releasing a transcript of the interview publicly, three senior administration officials told CNN. Read more
Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta was not one of the former government officials subpoenaed Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee over the Jeffrey Epstein probe. Why it matters: As a federal prosecutor in 2008, Acosta approved a highly controversial non-prosecution agreement that allowed Epstein to serve minimal time in prison and shut down the federal investigation into his alleged sex trafficking ring. Acosta was named to Newsmax Inc.'s board of directors in June 2025. Read more
The latest order from the Supreme Court reminds us that the court exercises significant control over its docket and is willing to use its power to move the law in the majority's preferred direction. The justices exercise this power not only in how they answer the legal questions before them but, as this latest case shows, by deciding which questions to answer in the first place.
The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. As NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up plans for terminating the two missions, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatories. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health. One is attached to the International Space Station, and the other is collecting data as a stand-alone satellite. The latter would meet its permanent demise after burning up in the atmosphere if the mission were to be terminated.
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. It's part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may show links to President Donald Trump and other former top officials. The Republican-controlled committee also issued subpoenas for depositions with former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and eight former top law enforcement officials.
Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi said the U.S. economy is "on the precipice of recession," citing indicators from last week's economic data releases. In a social media post Monday, Zandi pointed to stagnant consumer spending, contracting construction and manufacturing sectors and projected employment declines. Rising inflation makes it difficult for the Federal Reserve to provide economic stimulus, the economist said While unemployment remains low, Zandi attributed this to declining labor force growth rather than economic strength. "The foreign-born workforce is shrinking and labor force participation" is falling, he wrote.
Elon Musk was supposed to save American taxpayers from government bloat. Instead, according to a Senate report, his DOGE initiative wasted $21.7 billion in federal funds " nearly two and a half times what it managed to cut.
In the past several months, as members of President Trump's Justice Department have repeatedly misled the courts, violated their orders and demonized judges who have ruled against them, some jurists have started to show an angry loss of faith in the people and the institution they once believed in most.
I've been following this guy for months now. He tells it like it is
The Daily Beast Podcast
Aug 4, 2025 It's important to understand that the Bible does give us numerous descriptions of the character traits of the Antichrist, and it does this so that we do not follow him down the road to perdition.
There is one description of the Antichrist that is not only extraordinarily precise, it actually runs contrary to the popular belief that the Antichrist will be a widely beloved individual.
Democrat Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey refused to endorse New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani when questioned by a CNN reporter on Sunday.
Sin City is facing a summer swoon, and Californians " by far the largest tourist contingent, data show " are partially to blame. Visits to Las Vegas were down 11.3% in June 2025 versus a year earlier, according to data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Traffic on Interstate 15 at the California-Nevada border was down 4.3% over the same period, suggesting fewer visitors from the Golden State heading for Vegas casinos.
