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The nuclear icebreaker Rossiya is expected to be built by 2030, three years later than originally planned, according to reports.

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The White House said Monday that the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will step down in the wake of a damning report about the agency's toxic workplace culture​.

The Truth Social parent reported a first quarter revenue of less than $1 million.

Some crabmeat products, distributed across two states, may have been contaminated with listeria, which can cause potentially fatal infections.

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The country singer and billionaire have been sparring for days about inflation, politics, border policy and even student debt.

Can Biden still win? Yes — but only if he starts paying attention to this long-overlooked contingent.

“Fake eyelashes” taunts, a secret love affair, a pointless field trip—it’s a real high school soap opera.

The Israeli prime minister refuses to plan for life after the war in Gaza.

Mark Peterson/ReutersEven in the closing stages of Donald Trump’s hush money trial, there’s seemingly no end to the drama.Defense witness Robert Costello—a former federal prosecutor called by Trump’s attorneys as they seek to undermine the credibility of the prosecution’s star witness, Michael Cohen—will be back on the stand Tuesday. His return comes the day after extraordinary scenes in the Manhattan courtroom that prompted Judge Juan Merchan to repeatedly rebuke Costello for his “contemptuous” behavior, even threatening to strike all of his testimony.After Cohen finished his fourth day of testimony, jurors heard from Costello—a lawyer who once advised Cohen and acted as a backchannel between Cohen and Trump’s White House in 2018.Read more at The Daily Beast.

As the negative rumors about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's marriage continue to mount, the singer had the premiere for her new sci-fi Netflix movie, "Atlas," on Monday night.

Sanctions on Boeing and two other U.S. defense contractors were announced on the day Taiwan inaugurated China-skeptic President Lai Ching-te.

A "strong tornado is possible" with potential gusts of 75 mph, the National Weather Service said.

The "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer briefly mentioned her husband during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as speculation about their marriage continues to remain rife.

The model turned activist has angered fans by uploading a photo to Instagram with the former president and former first lady.

The rapper appeared on CNN to talk about the video of Sean Combes assaulting Cassie Ventura, but the interview quickly spiraled.

A clip of William and Prince Louis has been linked to footage of Princess Diana on a social-media site.

A video posted to Donald Trump's social media account included references to a "unified reich" among hypothetical news headlines depicting an election win by him in November.

The president is heading to New Hampshire to discuss care for veterans suffering from toxic exposure, an issue that resonates for him personally and, his campaign hopes, politically.

Congress and the judiciary can no longer allow a few justices to trample on the court’s reputation.

The prosecution rested its case on Monday in Donald Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money case.

The district attorney, who is prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump, called Jordan a "clown."

A rap battle got personal — and that was the point.

Ukraine attacked the Kushchyovskaya airbase in Russia's Krasnodar region twice in the past month.

Some of President Biden’s new array of tariffs targeted at China make sense. But others seem motivated by a desire to outflank his opponent in Rust Belt swing states.

Dr. Samer Attar, an American surgeon, shows the unfathomable brutality of the war in Gaza.

Over the past decade, many more schools started to offer free meals to all children, regardless of family income.

For years, Craig Steven Wright, an Australian cryptocurrency enthusiast, claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin. Then the courts got involved.

The Black and Latino families of Section 14, who made up much of the labor force of Palm Springs, are asking for reparations for what they say was a racially motivated attack.

Thursday’s storms could be strong to severe before uncertain weekend weather.

Vice President Harris has been out on the stump, performing the kind of all-out energetic campaigning that President Joe Biden cannot manage.

In a statement, actress Scarlett Johnsson revealed she took legal action against OpenAI after discovering its “Sky" ChatGPT voice system resembled hers.

Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley reacts to the Trump defense bringing former Michael Cohen adviser Robert Costello to the stand in the NY v. Trump case.

Mercedes-AMG CEO Michael Scheibe talked to Newsweek about his ambition to make the company the pinnacle of performance luxury vehicles.

Several suspects were detained over alleged ties to Russian intelligence in the NATO member's latest crackdown on -pro-Moscow spy networks.

A climber was found dead on North America's tallest peak, Denali, on Monday, a day after a family member told rangers they hadn't heard from them in days, authorities said.

The suspect has been charged with smuggling of persons and evading arrest, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Those who wish to see the suffering of this brutal war end should be crying out for a two-state solution.

Moscow's forces have regularly mistakenly dropped munitions on their own territory, but there were no casualties.

The former president posted a video on Truth Social saying there will be a "unified reich" if he wins the 2024 election.

A procession in the city of Tabriz was the first in a string of events after Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has announced five days of mourning.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe Daily Beast has discovered previously unreported details behind the clandestine network that prosecutors say funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX). The network’s sprawling roots stretch from a consulate at the edge of Los Angeles to the glittering capital of a despotic ex-Soviet regime, and from the D.C. foreign aid complex near Foggy Bottom to a hydroponic farm in Maryland that supplied Georgetown’s leading bipartisan hangouts.The bribery indictment of the Texas congressman describes, among other things, how the congressman allegedly struck a deal for his wife to receive $360,000 in “sham contracts” from the state-owned oil company of autocratic Azerbaijan. The feds say these arrangements ran through an Azerbaijani-born, U.S.-based intermediary—called “Individual-2” in the criminal complaint—and at times through his import-export business, referred to as “U.S. Company-1.” Cuellar and his wife have denied any wrongdoing.Based on details in the indictment—including that Individual-2 served as Azerbaijani vice consul in L.A. between March 2006 and April 2010, resides in Potomac, Maryland, and formed a shell entity in Texas on August 22, 2017—The Daily Beast can identify Individual-2 as Elshan Baloghlanov, which the The Texas Observer has also reported.Read more at The Daily Beast.

HBO/Everett CollectionThe below is an excerpt from ‘Too Funny for Words: Backstage Tales from Broadway, Television, and the Movies’ by Jerry Adler, which is available from May 21. I was stricken with terrible stomach pains and went to my doctor in New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. I wound up with gastric problems and required an operation. The recuperation was pleasant, Joan flew back, and I lay there, bandaged heavily, just as David Chase called. Alisa had given David my number but didn’t tell him where I was. He was quite friendly, we chatted about our days on Northern Exposure. Frankly I had no memory of seeing David Chase there, though I knew he had written some of the episodes I had filmed.Finally, he got around to why he was calling. He was doing a pilot named The Sopranos, and there was a cameo he wanted me to do. I assumed it was a rabbi or a Jewish character because that kind of character was the basis of our relationship. I had no desire to do another Jewish person for fear of being typecast, but at my age that’s ridiculous. His insistence was very effective, and it was an offer. I agreed. David said he would call the office and make a deal.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastWhen Caitlin Clark took to the red carpet for the 2024 WNBA Draft, the talk was not just about her formidable skills on the court. The basketball player caught the attention of fashion lovers for her choice of a head-to-toe Prada ensemble, with details including a white double satin shirt and skirt, an embroidered rhinestone mesh top, black leather sling back pumps, a black handbag and sunglasses.Clark’s outfit became an extra celebratory one when she became the first pick for the Indiana Fever, and it also became a historic moment for Prada, as it was the first time the brand had dressed a player for either the WNBA or NBA draft.“It was almost too perfect the way Caitlin and Prada aligned so well, both being at the forefront of what they do,” Clark’s stylist Adri Zgirdea told The Daily Beast. “Fashion provides an exciting way to add to the conversation surrounding these WNBA players already inspiring stories. I think it’s fantastic that these women are getting the representation and recognition they deserve.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Matthew Brown/Associated PressTim Sheehy, the Navy SEAL running to unseat Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester, has repeatedly told voters he was “discharged” from the military for medical reasons, owing to wounds sustained in service.But the Republican’s own autobiography, published just last year, says otherwise; he wrote that he became disillusioned with military personnel policies and left of his own accord after being injured in a training accident.“This line of inquiry is disgusting,” Sheehy’s campaign said in a statement, claiming there was no inconsistency.Read more at The Daily Beast.