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“If people drive like this the natural outcome is that somebody's going to die.”

An awkward moment was captured on video between Spurs star Victor Wembanyama and a young Knicks fan at Fanatics Fest over the weekend.

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Stodden wrote that the actor "joked that when I turn 18 he'd like to take me behind the couch and 'have his way' with me."

Stodden wrote that the actor "joked that when I turn 18 he'd like to take me behind the couch and 'have his way' with me."

Former Philadelphia Eagles and Super Bowl 33-winning Denver Broncos linebacker Seth Joyner called out ESPN NFL analyst and senior writer Mina Kimes on Tuesday. During ESPN’s “NFL Live,” Kimes said former USC wide receiver Makai Lemon will fill in “a lot of the gaps that were pretty noticeable last year” when talking about the Eagles’...

The 16 "almost feral" kids rescued from an Ohio house of horrors were reportedly crammed into another repulsive home just miles down the road -- and it was also found littered with urine and feces.

The decisions that four San Francisco Giants players made during the franchise’s Pride Night on June 12 is costing the club more than just its reputation. Outsports reported on Tuesday that the Giants’ attendance at Oracle Park is down between 5% and 7% since four Christian Giants players chose to make a statement about their...

'I See Dead People': Treasury Blocks $99 Million In Federal Payments To Deceased Americans

The Treasury Department announced Tuesday morning that it has successfully implemented new safeguards to prevent government payments to dead people in an effort to reduce waste and fraud.

The verification system includes screening 885 million federal payments against expanded death records, effectively auditing payments totaling nearly $2.7 trillion.

It has already flagged and stopped payments totaling roughly $99 million that had been marked to be sent to dead people.

"Treasury has delivered on a key promise of President Trump’s mandate to stop improper payments and fraud before money leaves the Treasury, and strengthen the integrity of the federal payment system," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.

"Together with Vice President Vance’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, this new safeguard addresses a longstanding vulnerability and helps ensure every dollar the federal government spends reaches its intended recipient. Treasury will continue efforts to modernize the federal payment system, strengthen safeguards against fraud and improper payments, and protect taxpayer dollars."

As Jack Phillips reports for The Epoch Times, while speaking to Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on July 21, Bessent said his office believes there is “up to $350 million that we can stop before the end of this year” in line with Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force that was initiated earlier this year.

“This number might be up to $500 billion, which is about 1.66 percent of GDP,“ he added, referring to potentially improper payments that could be blocked.

”So that could go a long way towards paying down the debt, providing more services. And this is just the start.”

In February, Trump signed the “Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act,” which authorizes the Treasury Department to access the Social Security death master file to evaluate payments.

Access was initially granted on a temporary, three-year basis through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed in 2021, according to the Treasury.

In March, Trump signed an order to establish the Vance-led task force to investigate the federal government’s “vast benefits system for citizens in need that includes housing, food, medical care, cash assistance, and more” while stating that some states have not implemented “basic fraud controls.”

Vance in May said that the fraud task force has located and “exposed billions of dollars in benefits that have been stolen from the American people” in two months.

He cited fraudulent payments sent out through small business loans, Medicaid reimbursements, and COVID-19-related relief programs.

In early 2025, the Elon Musk-associated Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was established to look into fraud, waste, and abuse across the federal government. DOGE recently announced that its mandate ended on July 4.

At one point, DOGE staffers were investigating Social Security payments and records for possible fraud. DOGE’s access was the subject of numerous lawsuits before the Supreme Court ruled in DOGE’s favor last summer. The task force in May 2025 said it performed a “major cleanup” of the agency’s records, finding that 12.3 million people in the system were marked as “deceased.”

The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to an Epoch Times request on Tuesday for additional comment on the figures that Bessent provided.

Bessent added in a statement that the department will “continue efforts to modernize the federal payment system, strengthen safeguards against fraud and improper payments, and protect taxpayer dollars.”

Tyler Durden Tue, 07/21/2026 - 19:40

Those who want to experience the place one last time can visit the diner before August 9.

New York already proved it can prune the undeserving off the welfare rolls — the only thing missing is a leader willing to do it again.

When Sen. Lindsey Graham left, it also left a conversation about USA’s aging officials.

July showers brought a surprise gift for the Yankees.

The blaze was burning near several homes on Little Valley Road in the Bay Area.

DMV Director Steve Gordon confirmed exams were ‘compromised,’ sparking a probe that could lead to criminal charges.

PHILADELPHIA –– What started as a day-to-day injury for catcher Will Smith has transformed into one that will now sideline him for at least 60 days, and very likely longer than that. On Tuesday, the Dodgers moved Smith to the 60-day injured list with an ongoing neck injury, clearing a 40-man roster spot in order...

"It's a sick world we’re living in," Warren Hudson said. "It's terrible. Nolan was my best friend."

Defunding the police, closing the prisons, freezing the rent: None of it serves minority neighborhoods.

"Who The F**k Is This?": Jon Stewart Thinks He Discovered Trump's Body Double

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

Jon Stewart spent a chunk of Monday's Daily Show convinced America had just unlocked a secret presidential spare after spotting a mysterious figure strolling behind President Donald Trump on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.

The late-night comic was already deep into his usual routine of roasting Trump when he focused on the appearance of someone who resembled the President in the background of the Trump's gaggle with reporters.

Stewart had been needling Trump for lingering onstage during Spain's trophy celebration after their 1-0 win over Argentina, calling him "Cankles Muldoon" and asking, "What the f*ck are you doing on the stage? It's for the players!"

"Is that a backup Trump?!" — Jon Stewart shocked by what is going on in the background during Trump's interview pic.twitter.com/eeici9NQfL

— HatsOff (@HatsOffff) July 21, 2026

He then played the clip of Trump telling reporters the tournament was "four times greater than any FIFA ever held," before the president upgraded the claim: "That is probably about five times actually, they're telling me today."

Stewart's response: "How do you hold 'a FIFA'? How could our FIFA be four times greater than any other FIFA? ... Is that what they told you? You know, they're telling you that because everyone around you lies to you because you're a little baby."

Then the host slammed on the brakes.

"What's up with the guy behind Trump? Can we see that again? Can you bring that out? Who the fuck is this guy? Who the fuck is this? Is this... What? Who in the world is it? Oh my God! Is that a back-up Trump? Is that - Wait a minute, wait. Hold on a second."

He kept going, fully committed: "Wait, what? Wait, Who? What? Is that a back-up Trump or is that Trump? Wait, is the one we've been dealing with back-up Trump or is that Trump?!"

The resemblance was close enough that Stewart's brain briefly short-circuited. The man walking the tarmac had the same build, the same hair energy, the same general aura of someone who could probably get away with signing an executive order if no one looked too closely.

Spoiler: it wasn't a body double. It was Viktor Knavs, Melania Trump's 82-year-old father and the president's father-in-law. The Slovenian businessman has been a quiet but regular presence around the Trump family for years, and the two men have always shared a certain physical similarity that becomes especially obvious when one of them is casually strolling into frame behind the other.

President Donald Trump and Viktor Knavs, father of First Lady Melania Trump, walk off Marine One on the south lawn of the White House pic.twitter.com/MZmrHu4oxc

— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) May 5, 2025

Still, Stewart's "backup Trump" theory is too good to fully discard.

Given the number of threats and actual assassination attempts this president has already survived, having a ready-made spare on the payroll doesn't sound like the worst idea in the world.

Full Stewart video below:

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Tyler Durden Tue, 07/21/2026 - 19:15

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, amid ongoing protests in Kyiv.