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A small cruise ship operating in Southeast Alaska made an unexpected detour Monday night to help a 21-foot skiff that had run out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau. Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 million superyacht reportedly was closer to the crippled vessel but ignored calls for help.

Illegal migrants are losing out on beach vacations and picnics because of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migration, according to hand-wringing reports in pro-migration media outlets. 

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published an essay outlining a philosophy for developing AI that he says should center on individual empowerment rather than concentrated institutional control.

Kimi K3, a powerful AI model from Chinese company Moonshot AI, escaped containment during a security test according to a U.S. cybersecurity startup.

Two Utah Republicans are at odds over an immigration proposal that would increase work visas for migrants and offer amnesty for some illegals.

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Open Interest,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued that the government stakes in multiple companies aren’t socialism “Because it’s not control” “And we’re certainly putting up firewalls to make sure that the

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Open Interest,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett responded to a question on what the White House will do to act on President Donald Trump’s rhetoric that oil companies are contributing to high

Britain could be wealthy and great again, but is held back by being grossly overtaxed, famed economist Art Laffer, the creator of the Laffer Curve, has warned the UK’s new left-wing Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

The jobs report fell far short of expectations this week but there was plenty of good news buried beneath the rubble.

CBS celebrated itself for broadcasting a gloating video of an angry Trump voter whose illegal-migrant fiancée is being deported back to Spain — but Americans responded by cheering ICE for saving an old man’s dignity.

The Chinese Communist government announced “countermeasures” on Wednesday against the U.S. designation of more Chinese entities under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

Every year, roughly 30,000 low-skill migrants cheat their way into the H-1B program to get work visas and jobs from Americans, Indian investor Vivek Wadhwa admitted to online host Mark Halperin.

Failed Democrat Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is formally backing Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, the Democrat Senate candidate for Michigan, describing him as someone who believes in “bold solutions.”

The American workforce has fewer foreign born workers, especially foreign men, than it did a year ago, reflecting the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce U.S. immigration laws and crack down on illegal entry. The foreign-born population overall fell by 401,000

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay more than $900 million and restrict how much time young users in the state can spend on its apps, sharply raising the cost of a landmark child safety verdict against Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant.

Aug. 6 (UPI) — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to remove a cap on the number of TV stations that can be owned by a single company nationwide, which critics say could result in more industry consolidation. In

Thomas Massie is once again allowing his Hate-Jews Flag to fly, this time by jumping on a social media debate over a $20 burrito.

Payrolls across the American economy contracted by 23,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent. The public sector’s payrolls fell sharply, and the services sector hiring was soft, with a large contraction in retail and leisure. The goods-producing side of the economy, however, saw a solid expansion, with both construction and durable goods manufacturing expanding at a rapid pace. 

So much for the idea that tariffs would damage U.S. productivity and manufacturing.

Wild election results in Michigan have many Democratic Party establishment figures worrying about insurgent socialists taking over their party, with uber progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed being the latest to score a win over an established Democratic candidate. But for author and investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, the real question is not whether the Democratic Socialists of America are “making inroads” in the party or not.

DC’s girlboss Supergirl movie has ended its theatrical run as a historic and epic failure.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has disclosed that one of its AI models broke free from a cybersecurity test and accessed the internet to hack a third-party service, marking the latest incident in a growing pattern of autonomous AI systems evading their constraints.

The Disney Grooming Syndicate cut a deal with TikTok that allows content creators to use Disney characters in short videos.

Labor productivity expanded at twice the rate expected in the second quarter, accelerating from the start of the year.

SpaceX insiders have gained their first chance to sell stock publicly on Thursday as a lockup agreement expired, freeing up to 911.5 million shares valued at roughly $101 billion. This is likely to put pressure on the stock price of Elon Musk’s rocket company as insiders cash out.

Mike Rowe said if the Democratic Socialists of America “continue to grow in popularity, and the Democrats actually campaign on their behalf, I think it’ll be the largest political blunder in my lifetime.”

Google is losing key AI researchers as its booming cloud business raises questions about the company’s commitment to frontier AI development.

The last time jobless claims remained this low for this long was in 1969.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is set to begin a phased reopening of cattle imports from Mexico as the fight against the New World Screwworm rages on. Beginning August 24, 2026, the Douglas, Arizona, port of entry will open for cattle trade, ushering in subsequent openings at New Mexico ports of entry.

President Donald Trump touted the results of his economic policies in Las Vegas on Wednesday, including 40,000 new jobs for Nevadans since his second term began.

The reaction function fundamentalists think Warsh is abandoning monetary theory. In reality, he appears to understand a part of it they have forgotten.

President Donald Trump holds a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 5.