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While Swift supported husband Travis Kelce at his first NFL game this season, she also appeared in a pre-taped sketch with Emmys host Mariska Hargitay.

Gonna need that third season... STAT.

A show that's better than Martha's Vineyard!

Perspective is a funny thing.

The Houthi rebels' lightning offensive that seized control of key ports in Yemen has expanded Iran's control over the two most important routes in the Middle East, threatening global fuel supplies.

Surveillance footage captured Crooks pacing in the family's garage, with his “arms going up and down … frantically talking and not making any sense” while cleaning a gun, according to his dad.

The front-runners for MVP — Yordan Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong — also arguably rank first in another category.

A rainy Sunday morning couldn't stop over 200 athletes from running through the streets of New York for a race with an unusual twist.

Bloomberg Terminal Hikes Prices As Inflation Hits Wall Street's Data Bills

Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions will see a price hike starting Jan. 1, 2027, according to an email Bloomberg sent out early Monday.

Monthly subscription prices will increase by $140 per Terminal at locations with multiple licenses and $155 at locations with a single license. That's about a 3% price hike, or an additional $1,680 and $1,860 annually per subscription - ​​which range from $28,320 to $31,990 per year respectively.

Email: 

Existing subscriptions that renew on or before December 31, 2026 (and new Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions installed on or before the same date) will not see a price increase until their renewal date, as it occurs, in the following two years. 

Starting January 1, 2027, Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions will see a price increase of $140 per month per subscription for client locations with multiple licenses, and a price increase of $155 per month for client locations with a single license. When these increases take effect, they stay in place for two years. The average annual increase for the two-year term is 2.97%

"As always, we continue to invest in technology and talent to ensure we provide our customers with the highest quality products, services and support in the industry while adding enhanced capabilities," the email read.

Latest innovation on the Terminal .... a chatbot:

Bloomberg's price hike shows inflation continuing to pass through into market-data costs. It also strengthens the need for cheaper alternatives.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 06:55

Rep. Nancy Mace called for Lindsay Clancy to face a public execution by firearm or electric chair as a "warning to women" not to kill their kids.

A major outage hit parts of the Dutch railway system early Tuesday and the company that maintains the nation's rail infrastructure said it was treating the cause as possible sabotage.

Judge To Begin Consideration Of Bayer's $7.25 Billion Roundup Settlement

Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,

A circuit judge in Missouri is set to begin weighing on Sept. 14 agrochemical giant Monsanto's proposal of a $7.25 billion settlement for tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company's popular Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.

Bottles of Roundup weed killer on a shelf at a Lowe's Garden Center in Burbank, Calif., on June 25, 2026. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Judge Timothy Boyer of St. Louis is not expected to issue an immediate ruling at the hearing, but he will examine Monsanto's lawyers' justification of the settlement as they seek Boyer's final approval, while some plaintiffs' attorneys argue that their clients should not be strong-armed into accepting the company's proposal.

The settlement, which was announced in February, is meant as a way to contain litigation.

It aims to resolve nearly all of the roughly 65,000 claims still pending in federal and state courts, and it's meant to cover future Roundup claims as well. The settlement received preliminary approval from Boyer on March 4.

As part of the settlement, the company would offer payouts for individuals who were exposed to Roundup and developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The exact award amount for each person would depend on different factors, including the severity of their cancer, their age when they were diagnosed, and whether they were exposed to the chemical at work or at home.

For occupation claimants - meaning farmers, gardeners, maintenance workers, landscapers, and more - their payouts could range from $60,000 to $165,000.

The agreement would also award residential claimants, referring to homeowners who use Roundup for their gardens, yards, and driveways. Payouts for this group could range from $20,000 to $40,000.

"Monsanto remains confident that the class settlement, which is supported by plaintiffs' counsel representing tens of thousands of potential class members, is fair to all parties, the objections have no merit, and warrants final approval following the September 14th hearing," the company said in an Aug. 28 statement.

Supreme Court's Involvement

Litigation against Monsanto, acquired by Germany-based Bayer in 2018, has plagued it for years, leading to one case reaching the highest court in the United States.

Individuals across the country have claimed that exposure to Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, which contains a key and controversial ingredient called glyphosate, causes cancer.

Although the company has repeatedly denied any link between its products and cancer, there have been multiple instances of juries throughout the country awarding plaintiffs millions of dollars.

One of those cases involved Missouri man John Durnell, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after exposure to Roundup.

He had previously won $1.25 million in his lawsuit against Monsanto, with a Missouri jury agreeing that the agrocompany failed to follow a Missouri state law requiring a warning for risks such as cancer.

But Monsanto appealed the decision, and eventually it came before the Supreme Court. The company called that prior verdict flawed because of a legal doctrine known as preemption, which holds that federal law overrides state law when the two are in conflict.

Monsanto said the federal government, through the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, had already regulated its Roundup product and glyphosate. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under that law, approved glyphosate's use and has never required additional labeling related to cancer risks.

The justices, in one of the most consequential decisions from its last term, ruled 7-2 on June 25 in favor of Monsanto, holding that federal law does indeed preempt Missouri's state law, thus throwing out the basis of the lower court's verdict for Durnell.

Following the ruling, Bayer CEO Bill Anderson said the company would continue to pursue the $7.25 billion settlement.

Bayer already paid a $10 billion settlement in 2020 that resolved many Roundup cases but had left the company open to future claims.

Glyphosate Controversy

For years, health advocates have accused the key ingredient of Roundup - glyphosate - of being a cancer-causing chemical.

The EPA registered glyphosate as a pesticide in 1974, and it has since become one of the most widely used chemicals in the world for agriculture production.

As its use over time increased, so too did claims that exposure to glyphosate caused cancer.

The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer published a March 2015 review that found the chemical as "probably carcinogenic to humans."

The Trump administration backed Monsanto in the Supreme Court case, filing a brief that urged the justices to rule favorably for the company.

In a Feb. 18 executive order, President Donald Trump said glyphosate was critical to national defense and instructed his administration to ensure that there was an adequate supply.

"Lack of access to glyphosate-based herbicides would critically jeopardize agricultural productivity," the order read. "Glyphosate-based herbicides are a cornerstone of this Nation's agricultural productivity and rural economy."

This caused a rift among the Republican base, as proponents of the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement became increasingly frustrated with the federal government's support of glyphosate.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the movement's champions, had previously helped secure a $289 million award from Monsanto in 2018 for a client who alleged that Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

But following Trump's executive order, Kennedy released a statement that appeared to balance support for glyphosate in securing the country's food supply in the short term and the need to shift away from the chemical over time.

"Pesticides and herbicides are toxic by design," Kennedy wrote in a Feb. 22 post on X. "Unfortunately, our agricultural system depends heavily on these chemicals. ... I support President Trump's Executive Order to bring agricultural chemical production back to the United States and end our near-total reliance on adversarial nations."

He stressed that Trump did not build the current system - he inherited it - and that there are ongoing efforts to shift away from harmful agricultural methods.

Two months before the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Monsanto, Kennedy testified in Congress.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) asked the health secretary whether glyphosate caused cancer, and without hesitation, Kennedy responded, "Yes."

"I would say it's important to minimize consumption of glyphosate as much as possible," Kennedy said.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 06:30

The GOP gov nominee is with the broad middle of Americans on these issues — welcoming to migrants who look to play by the rules, but un-welcoming to the bad guys.

Vladimir Putin knows that Ukraine is staring down the barrel of its hardest winter yet — unless Donald Trump can persuade Elon Musk to let Kyiv use some critical tech.

Gabe Perreault and his potential ceiling have all been up for debate this offseason.

Hayden Panettiere and her alleged drug dealer exchanged a “slew of messages” right up until the week of her suspected overdose death, it was reported Tuesday, amid claims peddlers dropped bags off at her Hollywood home for five years. The actress, 36, and her “long term dealer,” whom she appeared to meet in Los Angeles...

Here are The Post’s NFL power rankings for Week 2:

New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has copped to his 2012 DWI bust, but police records reveal new details about the charges against him.

Zelensky Slaps His Former Press Secretary With Sanctions After Tucker Carlson Interview

Another week, and another wave of scandals hitting an increasingly disunified Zelensky government. The Ukrainian President on Sunday took the unprecedented step of slapping sanctions on his own former press secretary.

Iuliia Mendel has lately emerged as a very visible outspoken critic of Zelensky's continued rule, which has run long past his scheduled term - having been extended repeatedly during martial law due to the war with Russia. Zelensky has accused Mendel of echoing Russian propaganda and 'promoting disinformation'.

Iuliia Mendel with President Zelensky, national media file image

She apparently made herself a target after going on Tucker Carlson's show back in May, where she called out Zelensky, saying "there is no democracy in Ukraine now."

According to an introductory segment of the conversation with Carlson:

During the conversation, Mendel stated that “the only way to support Ukraine today is to push it toward a peace agreement.” At the same time, she called Vladimir Putin “evil” but also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being “evil.” According to her, Zelenskyy allegedly “plays a teddy bear for the camera,” but “turns into a grizzly bear when the lights go out” and “destroys people.”

She also had called Zelensky "a dictator" and "the greatest obstacle to peace" in Ukraine - and sought to detail instances where he listened to Western hawks over some of his own officials and derailed a path to peace.

Mendel was the president's press secretary from 2019 to 2021. She was there from the start when Zelensky took office in May 2019.

Russian state media has seized on the headline, detailing that the new sanctions decree "slapped Mendel with personal restrictions including an asset freeze, a ban on transferring capital abroad, and other financial and commercial measures set to last ten years."

"Mendel will also be stripped of state honors indefinitely and have her social media accounts restricted inside Ukraine," the report adds. 

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky Press Secretary Iuliia Mendel tells Tucker Carlson that Zelensky sends his political opponents to the front lines:

“The situation in the country is inhuman because I never would think that my country would be the one where people are grabbed on the streets and… pic.twitter.com/K0icFYSivE

— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) May 12, 2026

She has since stated: "Sanctions against Ukrainian citizens are unconstitutional, just like many of Zelensky's other decisions. Volodymyr Zelensky uses them against anyone who advocates for peace in Ukraine. I knew that 'high treason' charges were being prepared over my interview with Tucker Carlson."

The development comes amid another unfolding situation impacting top Ukrainian national offices:

Ruslan Kravchenko left Ukraine days after resigning amid a corruption investigation involving officials in his office, as a major confrontation unfolds between the country’s prosecutors and independent anti-corruption agencies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on Monday, hours after it emerged that he had left the country after resigning amid a major corruption probe that had reached his own office.

Kravchenko crossed the border overnight, according to Ukrainian media citing law-enforcement sources.

The same report underscores that "NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) described Kravchenko’s actions as part of what they called a 'systematic attack' on Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption institutions."

Today they call me pro-Russian. Tomorrow they can call you that too.
Almost everyone who has talked about peace and compromise has been branded, without nuance, “pro-Russian” — by the government, its media, and its experts.Any realistic terms for peace: “pro-Russian”. Criticism… pic.twitter.com/c4GUrGwgnx

— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) September 11, 2026

This is latest fallout amid several high level corruption probes which have resulted in the dismissals of no less than two top Zelensky aides. There's severe tension also between the defense ministry and national intelligence offices, after a Zelensky-led military leadership shake-up.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/15/2026 - 05:45

The revelation was included in a trove of documents provided to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley as part of his ongoing inquiry into the first Trump assassination attempt.