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Camille Kiefel, 36, was reportedly awarded $3.5 million.

Allies of former President Biden failed to give Kamala Harris needed support before her 107-day sprint to Election Day 2024, according to a draft of the DNC's "autopsy" of Trump's victory.

A judge has sensationally thrown out the criminal charges against the Virginia school principal who allegedly failed to stop the first grader who shot a teacher in her classroom. Former assistant principal Ebony Parker sobbed in court after Judge Rebecca Robinson tossed the charges mid-trial. Robinson found that Parker was not criminally liable for teacher...

It has not been a banner week for the former Mets prospect.

Walmart on Thursday revealed a disappointing full-year forecast, even after it saw relatively strong sales in the first quarter, as high gas prices eat into shoppers’ wallets.

Springsteen also performed his powerful ballad "Streets of Minneapolis," directly calls out Trump and the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis.

“She was on her way to work. She did cleaning — the overnight shift,” a friend of Gocaj’s niece who works near the scene told The Post.

The new store will open June 18 at Westgate Center, located at 1600 Saratoga Ave., with opening celebrations set to begin at 8 a.m. before doors officially open to the public at 9 a.m.

Spencer Pratt has a radical plan to combat Los Angeles' homelessness problem.

Trump EPA Targets Biden-Era Refrigerant Rules In Affordability Push

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— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 21, 2026

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The Trump administration plans to delay compliance with Biden-era EPA regulations targeting hydrofluorocarbons later today. These regulations apply to refrigerants used in air conditioners, refrigerators, supermarket cooling systems, refrigerated trucks, cold storage, and some industrial applications.

Bloomberg reports that the EPA's 2023 Technology Transitions Rule, enacted under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, will be rolled back, with an estimated cost savings of more than $2.4 billion.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the Biden-era rules imposed costly and unrealistic requirements that exceeded the law.

Americans were right to be frustrated with the Biden-era refrigerant rules. They didn't protect human health or the environment and instead piled on costly, unattainable restrictions beyond what the law requires," Zeldin told the outlet in a statement.

Zeldin added, "Today, the Trump EPA is fulfilling President Trump's promise to lower costs and is fixing every problem we can under the authority Congress gave us."

President Trump and Zeldin are set to announce the rollback of Biden-era EPA regulations at a White House event later today. Zeldin's team is also preparing to propose additional rollbacks on hydrofluorocarbon regulations for refrigerated transport.

C-SPAN says Trump and Zeldin are set to announce the Oval Office at 11:00 ET.

The move here fits within Trump's broader deregulation agenda, which has focused on rolling back Biden-era environmental rules and lowering compliance costs for businesses to induce an economic boom.

Tyler Durden Thu, 05/21/2026 - 10:15

"I feel like that's why my cats are miserable and it was at my doing," she admitted.

"I feel like that's why my cats are miserable and it was at my doing," she admitted.

NASA's Jessica Meir pulled off the acrobatic move in microgravity as she hosted a science lesson from the International Space Station this week for students.

Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will announce the rollback of two Biden administration refrigerant rules designed to fight global warming, which the administration says will save consumers $2.4 billion.

Tuesday night was Cleveland's best chance to steal a game from a team that was visibly rusty.

Under the “Zero Tolerance for Fraudsters Act,” individuals convicted of large-scale fraud would face mandatory minimum prison sentences of at least one year for offenses involving between $1 million and $5 million, while anyone convicted of fraud worth $5 million or more must serve at least five years. 

New disturbing details have emerged about the May 18 massacre at a San Diego mosque, and the two deranged teenage shooters who allegedly livestreamed the carnage and left behind a vile manifesto. Why did Cain Clark and Caleb Vasquez open fire on the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the city? Here’s...

Sixteen known moons circle Neptune, our solar system’s eighth and most distant planet.

US PMIs Lead The World As Manufacturing Tops 4-Year Highs, Services Sink

Following Japan's ugly PMIs (Services lowest since March 2025) and Europe's disaster (weakest composite EU PMI since late 2023)...

...with prices surging...

All eyes are on the US 'soft' survey data for signs of divergence (or contagion).

With US 'hard' data improving notably, the preliminary soft survey data for May was mixed with improved performance in manufacturing was countered by a sluggish service sector.

• Flash US Services PMI Business Activity Index: 50.9 (April: 51.0). 2-month low.

• Flash US Manufacturing PMI: 55.3 (April: 54.5). 48-month high. 

Source: Bloomberg

“The damaging economic impact from the war in the Middle East is becoming increasingly evident in the business surveys," according to Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence:

"The ‘flash’ PMI data for May recorded only modest growth of business activity as demand was again squeezed by a further spike in prices and jobs were cut as firms worried over rising costs and the economic outlook.

Coming on the heels of a subdued April reading, the May PMI indicates that the economy will struggle to manage annualized GDP growth of much more than 1% in the second quarter...

However, Williamson notes that even this subdued pace of growth may not last.

"On average, over the past three months order book growth has slowed to its weakest for two years, and a boost from precautionary stock building due to concerns over further price hikes and supply delays will not last forever.

Demand also looks set to cool further in response to rising prices.

"Firms’ costs have jumped higher at a pace not seen since the energy price shock of 2022 and are being passed on to customers in the form of sharply higher selling prices. The survey price gauges therefore indicate that inflation looks set to rise further just as the economy cools.”

Finally, while the composite numbers are not that encouraging, on a relative basis, US looks dominant...

Maybe trump was right about the impact of the war on everyone else? (Just don't tell anyone who drives!)

Tyler Durden Thu, 05/21/2026 - 09:54