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The NFL insider's comments from a Barstool Sports segment in April 2020 are going viral amid the photo scandal involving the New England Patriots head coach.

The NFL insider's comments from a Barstool Sports segment in April 2020 are going viral amid the photo scandal involving the New England Patriots head coach.

Witnesses said the 37-year-old visitor repeatedly approached the endangered seal.

These invisible invaders are getting some peace of "mind" on your vacation.

DOJ Reaches Settlement With Data Firm Over Meat Industry Competition Concerns

Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,

The Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a proposed settlement with Agri Stats Inc., requiring the data and consulting company to stop distributing competitively sensitive information among the nation’s major meat processors, officials announced on May 7.

The agreement, which was filed in federal court in Minnesota, seeks to address longstanding government concerns that the firm’s practices allowed processors to coordinate production and pricing, increasing costs for consumers nationwide.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and antitrust division leaders said the proposed settlement was an effort to foster competition and ease pressures on household budgets.

“A stable and affordable food supply is critical to our country’s well-being,” Blanche said in a statement. “This Department of Justice is laser-focused on making everyday life affordable for all Americans.”

Agri Stats, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, gathers detailed data on prices, output, costs, and other metrics from processors’ systems. It then standardizes and redistributes the information to participating companies through reports and meetings, according to the DOJ. Meat buyers such as grocers, restaurants, and distributors allegedly had no such access.

Agri Stats Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division said that the American people do not have to tolerate business models that increase their cost of living.

“The Antitrust Division’s mission is to use the antitrust laws to protect American consumers from inflated prices,” Assefi said.

“This settlement delivers immediate relief in the meat section of grocery stores across our nation.

“When companies decide certain information is too sensitive to share with the broader market, but not too sensitive to share with their closest competitors, that is a significant red flag that competition is being harmed.”

The complaint argued that this one-sided exchange reduced rivalry and supported systematic price hikes and output decisions for decades, particularly in the broiler chicken sector, while also affecting the pork and turkey markets historically.

Under the settlement, Agri Stats must stop providing sales reports or non-public pricing information used by processors to identify opportunities for price increases. It also must cease sharing granular production, cost, and labor figures at the company or facility level. Most data distributed by the firm will now be required to be offered to all interested domestic purchasers on fair, nondiscriminatory terms to reduce information asymmetry.

Additional requirements include limits on the timeliness of the shared data, the appointment of a court-approved monitor to oversee compliance, and the establishment of an antitrust compliance program with data security, whistleblower protections, and mandatory violation reporting.

A subsidiary, Express Markets Inc., may continue its price reports, which are less detailed and available more broadly, according to officials.

The settlement partners with attorneys general from California, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. It follows broader scrutiny of meat industry practices.

Consumers have grappled with continuing rises in meat and poultry prices amid supply chain strains, regulatory pressures, and other factors affecting American families. For instance, analyses have cited significant increases in the prices of beef, chicken, and other proteins that take a bit out of household budgets. Broader cost-of-living challenges have also driven up grocery prices.

The proposed final judgment and competitive impact statement will be published in the Federal Register as required by the Tunney Act. The companies have 60 days to submit comments ahead of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota deciding whether to approve it as in the public interest.

Officials asked for tips on anticompetitive conduct in agriculture through the Antitrust Division or the joint USDA-DOJ agricultural markets partnership.

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/08/2026 - 12:00

The BetMGM bonus code NYPNEWSGET unlocks a welcome promotion to use on Yankees vs. Brewers.

Swift and Kelce cheered on Sadie Sink in "Romeo & Juliet" before hitting Poppy Delevingne's 40th birthday bash.

Swift and Kelce cheered on Sadie Sink in "Romeo & Juliet" before hitting Poppy Delevingne's 40th birthday bash.

“Virtual Reali-Tea” caught up with some of your favorite stars at Vulture’s “Reality Mastermind” event. Check out Lindsay Hubbard, Mia Calabrese, Boston Rob, Margaret Josephs, Jenn Fessler, and Andy Cohen’s hot takes on the “Summer House” scandal and reunion leak.

“Virtual Reali-Tea” caught up with some of your favorite stars at Vulture’s “Reality Mastermind” event. Check out Lindsay Hubbard, Mia Calabrese, Boston Rob, Margaret Josephs, Jenn Fessler, and Andy Cohen’s hot takes on the “Summer House” scandal and reunion leak.

"Her husband is the biggest cyberbully on the internet," The View's Sunny Hostin said of President Trump.

Katie Holmes, Rose Byrne and Lily Allen have also stepped out with the style.

Katie Holmes, Rose Byrne and Lily Allen have also rocked the style.

Did three weeks of Eastern medicine remove my Western health woes?

Yellowstone” star Kelly Reilly teased the idea of a crossover between her spinoff show, “Dutton Ranch” and her onscreen brother’s spinoff, “Marshals.” 

Yellowstone” star Kelly Reilly teased the idea of a crossover between her spinoff show, “Dutton Ranch” and her onscreen brother’s spinoff, “Marshals.” 

CIA Leak: Iran Can Survive Blockade Another 3 to 4 Months, Maybe Longer

Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact. The substance of the CIA analysis was first reported by the Washington Post, which attributed the insights to three current officials and one former one who've seen it. 

Over recent weeks, a particular narrative about the blockade has been gaining traction -- namely, that Iran's inability to freely export oil is putting its energy infrastructure in imminent danger of "shut-in" damage that would commence after Iran's capacity to store oil ran out. We were among the earliest to start focusing on that critical dimension of the conflict, and the shut-in-crisis scenario gained credibility on Wednesday when an oil-sector expert who serves on Iran's Chamber of Commerce candidly told the New York Times that "the sea blockade is a much more serious threat than even war, and the current stalemate must be broken because the export of our oil and energy and the fate of our refineries is now at risk.”

The “Team B” counterpoint here is whatever the FDD/Israel lobby says (“just a few more blockade days + a few more bombing sorties and the defeated regime is over”), and though they’re always wrong, presidents have a funny habit of going for the best-massaged Team B intelligence https://t.co/3OqU81ydK0

— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) May 7, 2026

However, the officials who are familiar with the new CIA analysis told the Post that Iran is using various avenues to maximize storage and forestall shut-in damage, from storing oil on empty tankers to reducing the flow from wells. Summing up the oil infrastructure risks and broader economic impacts, one of them said, "It’s nowhere near as dire as some have claimed." One of the officials said the CIA estimate of three or four months of runway may even be underselling Iran's endurance, pointing to the potential for increasing exports via overland routes. “There’s a belief they could begin moving some oil via rail through Central Asia,” said an official. 

Meanwhile, the CIA has concluded that Iran's military is in far better shape than what Trump, Defense secretary Pete Hegseth and others have told the American people. On Wednesday, Trump claimed that Iran's missile inventory was a small shadow of what it was before the country was attacked by Israel and the United States:

Trump on Iran:

Their missiles are mostly decimated. They have probably 18–19% left, not a lot in comparison to what they had. pic.twitter.com/9r9W5iVd8o

— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 6, 2026

The confidential CIA analysis, however, allegedly paints an entirely different picture: 

Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began. -- Washington Post

Iran is likely in even better shape where drones are concerned, given their lower cost and the ease with which they can be assembled in small facilities. That points to Iran's ability to continue thwarting commerce out of the Persian Gulf. “All it takes is one drone to hit a ship and no one will give insurance" for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz,  Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, told the Post.  

Some observers view this and other leaks as an attempt by Trump administration subordinates to steer America away from re-escalation of a war initiated by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28. "The latest leak from US military and intelligence institutions rebuts the Fox News crowd and shows an American military and intelligence establishment desperate to prevent an American return to war against Iran," wrote Matthew Hoh, a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network, an organization comprising former military service members, intelligence community alumni and diplomats. "I have never seen such a deliberate and coordinated effort by CIA, Pentagon and others to keep the US out of war in defiance of their political bosses."

To say that Trump underestimated Iran is an understatement. The Israelis sold him - and he ended up believing - a narrative that portrayed Iran as so weak that the war would be won within 4 days.

60 plus days later, Trump is still stuck in the mess Israel sold him. pic.twitter.com/gv4cLbtxBC

— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) May 6, 2026

Asked for comment on the officials' leaks, a White House spokeswoman reiterated the administration's triumphalist rhetoric. "During Operation Epic Fury, Iran was crushed militarily. Now, they are being strangled economically," said Anna Kelly. "The Iranian regime knows full well their current reality is not sustainable, and President Trump holds all the cards as negotiators work to make a deal.”

Alongside the question of how long Iran can endure the status quo, the same question must be asked about not only the United States, but -- staring down a years-long economic catastrophe -- the entire world. 

Tyler Durden Fri, 05/08/2026 - 11:40

Three people have died following the outbreak on ​the MV Hondius.

An astronaut aboard the Gemini VII mission reported seeing a "bogey" unidentified object that looked like the "path of a vehicle" trailing through space more than 60 years ago.

Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin recalled several “unusual” phenomena he and the crew encountered during the first moon-landing mission, according to a trove of UFO-related documents released Friday. Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, explained three specific oddities he saw during a technical crew debriefing a week after they’d safely splashed...