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
eonardo "Flaco" Jimnez, the singer, songwriter, and master accordionist, has died. Across a career spanning over 70 years, which included collaborations with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and many others, Jimnez helped to popularize the Mexican music birthed in his native South Texas alternatively called conjunto, norteo, or Tejano, though Jimnez often preferred to label it Tex-Mex. No cause of death was given in the Facebook post from Jimenz's family announcing his death. He was 86 years Read more
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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.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., sidestepped a question Sunday about whether he supports New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who recently defeated Andrew Cuomo in the primary. During an interview on CNN, host Manu Raju pressed Booker on whether the Democratic Party is failing to embrace its left flank. He specifically brought up Mamdani, asking, "Democratic leaders are not supporting him. Is that a problem? Do you support him?" Booker dodged the endorsement, shifting the conversation away from ideological labels. "This is not a left-right issue," he said. "It is an authoritarian versus pragmatic government issue. I'm one of those people who believes the ties that bind us are stronger than the lines that divide us."
When President Trump didn't like the weak jobs numbers that were released on Friday, he fired the person responsible for producing them. It was a move with few precedents in the century-long history of economic statistics in the United States. And for good reason: When political leaders meddle in government data, it rarely ends well.
Straight from CNN's mouth. CNN data guru Harry Enten said on Friday that President Donald Trump is the most influential president this century because of his tariffs and immigration policies.
JAMA informs: "Teenagers and children across America are increasingly inhaling nitrous oxide, better known as "laughing gas" or "whippets" to get high. Inhaling nitrous oxide comes with serious health risks: Blood clots, frostbite, asphyxiation, heart palpitations, hallucinations and even paralysis, brain damage, or death. Sold in canisters, easy access appears to be growing throughout the US. There are no age restrictions on buying nitrous oxide which is available online and in gas stations across the country. US deaths linked to misuse of the common, legal inhalant climbed nearly sevenfold -- 578% -- between 2010 and 2023. In 2023, 156 Americans, many of them children, died from huffing nitrous oxide. Eighth-graders make up a large proportion of users." Read more
