Record Attendance

In a Daily Show comedy segment, correspondents Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic examine a Republican midterm convention marked by low attendance. The segment covers Trump's pledge to distribute $5,000 dividends to Americans if the GOP wins control of the House and Senate, Trump's onstage roast...

Private student loan lenders including Sallie Mae and SoFi are reporting record financial results as Americans carry $2 trillion in collective student loan debt, according to reporting by More Perfect Union. The analysis argues that private lenders are charging interest rates up to 18% on...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated at a Tuesday news conference that city leaders 'lied' about air safety at the World Trade Center site following the September 11 attacks. Mamdani announced the release of previously sealed documents related to air quality monitoring from the...

Attendance at Jerusalem's Western Wall for selihot (penitence prayers) has reached record levels this year, occurring forty days before Yom Kippur, according to France 24. The surge includes many young people from non-Orthodox Jewish backgrounds, reflecting what the report characterizes as a trend blending religious...

New York City has settled two lawsuits related to air quality hazards following the September 11 terror attack and is releasing documents that were withheld for decades by previous administrations. Mayor Zohran Mamdani discusses records showing what city officials knew about toxic debris and air...

High-value Pokémon card collecting has sparked a wave of armed robberies across the United States, with individual cards selling for thousands of dollars, according to ABC News. The network reports that the surge in theft follows celebrity endorsements from figures including Joe Jonas and Logan...

The European climate service Copernicus reports that August 2026 tied as the hottest month on record for Earth. According to the Associated Press, scientists say the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change, with help from a strong El Niño.

A comedy segment in which the performer discusses Canadians' reactions to a lake being renamed 'Lake America.' The recorded performance took place at L'Olympia in Montreal.

Korean companies achieved record revenue growth of 26.7% and operating profit margins of 16.9% in Q2 2026, according to the Bank of Korea, with semiconductor and manufacturing industries leading the surge. Both figures are the highest since the central bank began compiling this data in...

An Amazon Air Boeing 767 overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, with video footage showing one pilot escaping the aircraft. According to CNN, investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders and...

Hurricane Lowell passed west of Hawaii as a Category 2 hurricane, triggering the first tornado watch in the state's recorded history, according to ABC News. The National Weather Service issued the watch due to atmospheric conditions created by the storm's track and intensity.

At a campaign event in Burton, Ohio, Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated that data center companies have failed to earn public trust and called for 'common sense' approaches to their development. According to Ramaswamy, companies should prioritize building on abandoned industrial sites rather than...

CNN's NewsNight panel debates growing fractures within the Republican Party over electoral strategy as midterm elections approach. Trump has argued that centering the campaign around himself is the solution to GOP concerns about tight races, while party members express nervousness about polling prospects. The panel...