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Daily Beast executive editor pushes back on claims correspondents’ shooting was staged
Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty, who was present at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, initially wondered if the incident was staged but now confirms it was real. In an article for The Daily Beast, Dougherty noted the extraordinary security failures: alleged gunman Cole Thomas Allen slept in an adjacent hotel room, brought firearms
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New Passport Design Featuring Trump’s Face Unveiled by State Department
A oassport processing employee uses a stack of blank passports to print a new one at the Miami Passport Agency in Miami, Florida, June 22, 2007. —Joe Raedle—Getty Images The State Department on Tuesday revealed a new passport design that includes an image of President Donald Trump, marking the latest move the Administration has made
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Ex-Lakers assistant Damon Jones pleads guilty in federal gambling probe
Former Lakers assistant coach Damon Jones became the first among 34 defendants to plead guilty Tuesday in an expansive gambling indictment that also ensnared Hall of Fame player Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat star Terry Rozierand organized crime figures. Jones was a Lakers coach in 2022 and 2023, long after he retired from an 11-year NBA
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‘Cold-blooded’ Trump ICE killer’s reinstatement leaves analysts aghast: ‘Disgusting’
Analysts were aghast on Tuesday after a new report indicated that the Trump administration had reinstated the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this year. ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Good in late January during “Operation Metro Surge,” a federal action that sent more than
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NYC judge in SantaCon fraud case admits how she feels about notorious pub crawl
The Manhattan judge overseeing the fraud case involving SantaCon’s founder is no fan of the notoriously boozy Christmas season bar crawl. “Like anyone in New York, I am assaulted by SantaCon,” federal Judge Colleen McMahon said during a hearing for Stefan Pildes, who prosecutors say skimmed more than a million dollars from the event’s ticket
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‘Fatal flaw’ revealed in Trump DOJ’s new revenge case by ex-prosecutor
A legal expert flagged a “major problem” in the indictment that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice returned against former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday during an interview on CNN. Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, discussed the new indictment on CNN’s “The Lead” with host Jake
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Sinking AI stocks and rising oil prices weigh on Wall Street
Sinking AI stocks and another climb in oil prices because of the Iran war helped pull Wall Street off its record heights on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.5% from its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 25 points, or 0.1%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.9% from its own
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James Comey gets indicted (again)
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is taking another run at its enemies list. What happened? On Tuesday, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for
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Another Trump-appointed judge hands his DOJ stinging defeat in crusade to seize voter data
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department got yet another humiliation on Tuesday, as their crusade to obtain sensitive identifying information about registered voters in Arizona was rejected by a judge Trump himself appointed. According to the liberal elections news site Democracy Docket, U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich issued an order granting Arizona Secretary of State Adrian
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Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
Elon Musk and Sam Altman appeared in a federal courtroom together for the first time on Tuesday as they fight over OpenAI’s decade-long evolution and what it means for the company’s future. The trial in Musk’s lawsuit against Altman could result in financial damages and, more significantly, governance changes at OpenAI that may complicate its