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The Chargers quarterback popped the question with a solitaire diamond ring that is a total touchdown.

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In “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret," the actor was accused of sexual misconduct by four women, who alleged they were teens at the time.

In “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret," the actor was accused of sexual misconduct by four women, who alleged they were teens at the time.

Joe Brady appeared to be caught on a livestream giving Bill safety CJ Gardner-Johnson a friendly reminder about streaming live on social media around team facilities.  A clip circulated online of what seemed to be a livestream that Gardner-Johnson was doing on one of his platforms and the Bills’ new head coach could be heard...

A sick Long Island music teacher plotted for nearly a decade to kill and rape his college coed sister-in-law – and even practiced the chokehold he would use, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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The company says the request follows $170 million in customer gas savings, but critics argue Californians shouldn't pay higher bills to reward shareholders while energy costs continue to climb.

Aaron Donald's return to the Los Angeles Rams may hinge less on football than finances. Here's why his $31.1 million contract creates the biggest hurdle in a potential 2026 comeback alongside Myles Garrett.

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Walls full of bullet holes and police in "full armor" were among the sights that greeted a group of U.S. House lawmakers who recently traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a city that has been ravaged by gang rule since the July 2021 assassination of its former president.

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Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno confronted Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing, blasting him over COVID-19 lockdown mandates and school closures.

When it comes to losing weight on the blockbuster drug Mounjaro, new research suggests it's a battle of the sexes.

The "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" stars first sparked marriage rumors in February, when Zendaya was spotted wearing a gold band instead of her engagement ring.

The "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" stars first sparked marriage rumors in February, when Zendaya was spotted wearing a gold band instead of her engagement ring.

New Jersey Rejects DOJ's Request For Records On Noncitizen Voter Registration Error

Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times,

New Jersey is refusing to hand over information to the U.S. Department of Justice involving a voter registration error that allowed thousands of noncitizens to register to vote in the state.

The DOJ requested the full names, dates of birth, nationalities, residential addresses, and registration dates and locations of 6,600 people involved in the error.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill rejected the DOJ’s request for the data, saying in a letter on Tuesday that state and federal privacy laws prohibit releasing it.

“The request had no legal basis, and I will always protect New Jerseyans’ personally identifiable information,” Sherrill said on X.

Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the DOJ, said the governor’s “refusal to cooperate with federal law enforcement does nothing to protect law-abiding NJ voters.”

“NJ has a legal duty to keep ineligible voters off its rolls, & our request is grounded in that legal authority. DOJ will get this information through all legal means!” she said Tuesday in a post on X.

Sherrill said on July 21 that approximately 6,600 people who indicated they were not U.S. citizens were mistakenly registered to vote because of a software flaw in the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission system.

According to Sherrill, the error affected applicants between June 2023 and June 2024, during the previous administration. While applying for driver’s licenses or state identification cards, the individuals selected “no” when asked on a keypad whether they were U.S. citizens, but they were nevertheless added to the voter rolls due to the software issue.

The governor said a preliminary review found that fewer than 400 of those improperly registered ultimately cast ballots. Those voters included Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliated voters and were spread across New Jersey.

Sherrill said she has directed her chief counsel to investigate how the mistake happened and instructed election officials to remove anyone who was improperly placed on the voter rolls during that timeframe. She said the software problem was corrected in June 2024 but that she only recently became aware of it.

The governor also said the Motor Vehicle Commission administrator she appointed has started replacing the vendor that managed the system.

However, a company that has worked with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle System for more than 40 years suggested the New Jersey government was responsible for the noncitizens being placed on the state’s voter rolls.

IDEMIA, an identification software provider, told The Epoch Times July 22 that the individuals disclaimed U.S. citizenship but also said they indicated “Yes” to wanting to register to vote.

“The voter registration information is transmitted to the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections, which is ultimately responsible for verifying eligibility to vote,” the company stated. “Information submitted by IDEMIA must still be validated and adjudicated by the Division of Elections.”

The governor said in the July 21 announcement that she was “appalled” by the failures that allowed the error to occur and vowed that those responsible would be held accountable.

She also accused the Trump administration of trying to “weaponize elections for political gain.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has found that about 278,000 noncitizens were illegally registered to vote in U.S. federal elections after reviewing voter rolls from several states that cooperated and turned over data, according to the White House.

The White House said earlier this month the actual number could be higher because some states did not share their voter files with the federal agency.

The Trump administration has been involved in lawsuits with several states involving access to voter registration rolls.

In April, a U.S. District judge dismissed a lawsuit the Trump administration had filed in Massachusetts to get access to unredacted voter rolls.

The White House said the error in New Jersey “is the direct result of Democrat policies that refuse basic citizenship checks—and exactly why Congress must pass the SAVE America Act immediately,” in a July 21 statement.

The SAVE America Act is a bill that would mandate proof of U.S. citizenship while registering to vote in federal elections, require photo ID verification to vote, and restrict the use of mail-in ballots.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2026 - 10:45

WTI Holds Spike After Big Crude Draw, SPR Drain Continues As Cushing Stocks Stuck At 'Tank Bottoms'

Oil prices are jumping higher after the U.S. military intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles aimed at American forces in Jordan.

Shortly after the surprise attack, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia launched strikes in Iraq against Iran-backed groups that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps previously directed to attack American troops and Saudi energy infrastructure.

As Barron's Patrick O'Donnell reports, the escalation in hostilities hit market hopes that the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway would reopen. More than a quarter of the world's crude usually passes through the shipping channel and tanker traffic remains essentially halted.

"These developments throw cold water on the idea of a swift de-escalation in the Persian Gulf," analysts at ING said.

"Clearly, with Saudi oil infrastructure increasingly targeted, the risk of more prolonged supply disruptions grows."

President Trump this morning threatened to hit Iran “hard,” while the US and Saudi Arabia retaliated against militia and weapons sites in Iraq linked to Tehran.

Overnight, we saw API report a sizable crude draw but product builds (as the crack spread has eased somewhat)...

API

• Crude -3.3mm

• Cushing -300k

• Gasoline +900k

• Distillates +400k

DOE

• Crude -7.17mm

• Cushing -771k

• Gasoline +7k

• Distillates +1.06mm

The official DoE data shows a much larger crude drawdown than expected, and another drop in the stocks at the crucial Cushing Hub. Products saw small builds...

The Trump administration continues to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Cushing stocks remain near 'tank bottoms'...

US crude production remains just off record highs...

WTI is holding back above $84.50...

Finally, as Bloomberg's Michael Ball notes, the selloff earlier in the week was driven more by liquidation than normalization. Observable Hormuz traffic remains impaired, insurers and shipowners are cautious, not only through the Strait but now in the Red Sea. Trend-following funds cut Brent length sharply, while falling aggregate open interest shows positions were closed into heavy volume earlier in the week before the latest escalation.

The curve and options markets tell a similar story. Brent and WTI backwardation narrowed as longer-dated spreads fell to their weakest since mid-July, reflecting less urgency around prompt supply. Brent implied volatility dropped this week before firming again overnight. However, call skew retained an upside bias, something be justified by oil prices on the rise again.

The tighter market is in products. The European gasoil crack has surged above $70 a barrel as refiners run near capacity, with diesel and jet supplies constrained by outages, shipping risks and reduced Russian exports.

Crude stocks can rebuild quickly; refining capacity cannot. Headline prices remain sensitive to kinetic and diplomatic developments, while product scarcity and impaired shipping mean the bottom of a developing trading range will be higher than the recent lows suggest for now.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2026 - 10:36

An Interesting Divergence Is Emerging Between The Fed And Other Central Banks

By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank

Circle Of Life

Active Brent crude futures fell by almost 5% yesterday as the US extended its pause on striking Iran. Donald Trump had indicated that the lull was underway to give diplomacy another chance, claiming that the US was in “very deep talks” with Iran but that his patience for progress was short, saying “either it goes fast or not at all.”

Brent has opened more than 3% higher this morning to follow overnight gains in WTI prices following Iranian missile strikes on a US base in Jordan – the first Iranian attacks since the recent ‘pause’ began – and joint strikes by the US and Saudi Arabia on Iran-backed militants in Iraq. Those Saudi-US came in retaliation for strikes on Saudi oil infrastructure. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met with President Trump at the White House yesterday where the potential normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia was reportedly discussed.

Equity markets saw divergence yesterday between semiconductor stocks and value plays. South Korea’s KOSPI closed the day down 10.84% after triggering a market circuit-breaker early in the session, while Taiwan’s TAIEX index fell by 4.65%. Korean tech leaders Samsung and SK Hynix both fell by more than 10% as the latter posted record earnings but fell short of analyst estimates.

The chip selloff extended over to US markets, seeing the NASDAQ 100 fall by almost 1% to be off by close to 10% since the June highs. Sandisk, Seagate and Micron technologies were among the worst performers. The explanation offered by various newswires is that investors are becoming anxious about the large CAPEX programs of chip companies, including the ‘circle of life’ series of acquisitions and equity investments across the sector that critics suggest are keeping equity prices inflated beyond reasonable levels and raising the stakes for upcoming earnings reports.

Meanwhile, European stock indices were broadly higher, the S&P500 lifted 0.2% and the Dow Jones closed more than 1% higher. Among Asian indices the Australian ASX200 was a conspicuous outperformer, helped along by a relative paucity of tech names and an 8.6% gain for Viva Energy, who operates one of only two Australian oil refineries and reported an expected doubling of first-half earnings off the back of stronger refining margins. The expected earnings boost comes despite a 2% drop in fuel sales in the June quarter vs the prior corresponding period (June 2025). This was driven by a 4.7% drop in commercial and industrial fuel volumes, which might provide an insight into broader economic activity.

While geopolitical concerns simmer away, market attention will turn today to the FOMC, who meet to decide on the appropriate level of the Fed Funds rate. The overnight index swaps market currency has a touch over 8bps worth of rate hike priced-in for this meeting. The September meeting is now fully-priced for a 25bp hike, with another hike in the curve for March next year. In reality, few expect the Fed to raise rates at this meeting (we certainly do not), though we may see some FOMC members dissent in favour of lifting rates.

An interesting divergence is now emerging between the Fed under Kevin Warsh and other central banks. Warsh’s predilection for the Fed to “say less” contrasts with the approach of the RBA, who are busily implementing review findings encouraging better communication. The RBA recently published results of a survey it conducted which made the groundbreaking discovery that households’ primary economic concern is the rising cost of living (inflation) and that many individuals don’t have a firm grasp on the esoterics of monetary policy.

Given that the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission is related to the credibility of the central bank, the RBA views this as a problem for it to solve by communicating more effectively. Might we expect set-piece speeches like Governor Bullock’s appearance in support of the Anika Foundation yesterday to give way to TikToks?

Warsh, on the other hand, seems to take the view that the wizard retains more power if he remains behind the curtain. Saying less would neatly resolve the risk central bankers face of painting themselves into a corner when goaded into issuing forward guidance by enthusiastic journalists.

Bullock spent much of her speech yesterday rehashing the theme of repeated international shocks buffeting the supply side of the economy. Though Australia carried plenty of inflation momentum into the current oil shock, a tightening of global energy supplies has certainly exacerbated the problem and would have figured in the RBA’s decisions to raise the policy rate in March and May. There was some good news on the inflation front today though, with headline CPI in the year to June printing two ticks below market expectations at 3.8% and the core reading printing one tick lower than expected at 3.6%. The AUD and short sovereign yields are down substantially on the news.

Ultimately the great hope for overcoming the deleterious effects of geopolitical shocks on living standards is through strong productivity growth at home. AI holds the prospect of being something of a white knight on that score, but outside the US productivity growth remains anaemic and the link between huge AI CAPEX and improved productivity outcomes does not seem to be established in the top level data just yet.

While the promise is certainly there, the investment needs to result in inputs being converted to outputs more efficiently, and the physical materials needed for the fixed capital need to actually be available. In an age where semiconductor supply chains are being disrupted by energy and trade shocks, and important base materials like aluminium, copper, helium and nickel are physically constrained in the Strait of Hormuz shock (to say nothing of ongoing labour constraints!), converting those ‘circle of life’ CAPEX numbers into actual production might be easier said than done.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2026 - 10:30

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