Taylor Jenkins Reid Just Revealed Her Next Novel—Here’s the Exclusive First Look Adrienne GaffneyThu, July 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC 0 A First Look at Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Next BookMichael Buckner/James Iacobelli After finishing her 2025 novel Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid really thought she was done for a while. The book, about the love between two astronauts in the ’80s, became a blockbuster hit (as had Daisy Jones & the Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Carrie Soto Is Back, and other Reid titles), and Reid had poured a great deal of herself into it.

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After finishing her 2025 novel Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid really thought she was done for a while. The book, about the love between two astronauts in the ’80s, became a blockbuster hit (as had Daisy Jones & the Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Carrie Soto Is Back, and other Reid titles), and Reid had poured a great deal of herself into it. Taking some quiet time felt sensible. “I was really creatively spent,” she tells ELLE in an exclusive interview. “I felt like I left it all out on the dance floor. I remember my agent saying, ‘Do you have anything?’ And me saying, ‘Nope, I don’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m still thinking about [Atmosphere characters] Joan and Vanessa. I have nothing. Let me think and I’ll get back to you if I have anything, but don’t hold your breath.’”

It was in the shower, where her best thoughts occur, that a new idea finally came to Reid: “I just went, ‘Pool hustlers,’” she says. “For me, the question of whether to write a story or not is always this question of, ‘Do I see it?’ And I just saw it.” That vague image of pool hustlers eventually grew into the premise for her new novel, The Last Days of Vic & Coco, out March 2, 2027.

As Reid puts it, the story is about “two female pool hustlers on the road in the 1970s, tricking men out of their money. And in the summer of 1974, for reasons that will be revealed, they settle down in a small town called Canyonville, Arizona. And when they do, Vic starts to fall in love and Coco starts lying about exactly what she’s up to. And both of those things are going to send them on a collision course to realize that the gambit is up and they can’t continue this way any further.”

Reid admits she’d never before considered writing about pool, but she thanks her agent for drawing the game out of the depths of her mind. She explains: “I emailed my agent [when I had the idea] and was like, ‘Pool hustlers?’ That’s when I remembered—but maybe heard for the first time—that my agent is a nationally ranked pool player. I must have been told at some point and it was just living in my subconscious, but I forgot.” (This wasn’t the first time something like this had happened. Reid’s 2021 book Malibu Rising was about surfing in the ’80s. When she shared the idea, her manager reminded her that he had been a surfer in ’80s California.)

Reid has written books about astronauts, rock stars, surfers, and Golden Age actresses, but they all share a narrative thread. “I recognize this is going to sound cheesy: On some level, I do feel like these stories choose me,” she says. “I don’t have a choice. The pool hustlers idea comes to me, I go, ‘I have to write it. Whether anybody likes it or not, I have to write it.’”

Below, Reid shares further insights on the making of Vic & Coco—and reveals the cover design from James Iacobelli.

Courtesy of Atria BooksOn what she’s waited years to write about

What I saw [when I started writing] was that The Last Days of Vic & Coco was going to afford me the opportunity to do something that I’ve wanted to do my entire career. On some level, I have always known I will not be done [with my career] if I have not written at least one story about it. Finally, here was my moment to do it—and that is female friendship, the specific way that women platonically love one another and the devastation that only friendship can bring to somebody’s heart.

On the friendships that inspired Vic & Coco

I’ve been really blessed by having so many women in my life who feel like another part of my soul. They feel necessary for me to continue living. But those friendships are never simple. [In high school] I had a massive, massive crush on this boy named Colin. And one night we’re all at a party, and I see my friend Ashley and Colin talking, and I go, ‘Oh God, he loves her. He is not interested in me. He loves her.’ They are married now.

I talk to them every day; they are my best friends in the world. But Ashley was my friend, and she ended up with the boy that I was madly in love with, and I was beside myself. But you get over it because the friendship’s worth it. We look back on it now and laugh because Colin’s like a brother to me and the idea that I had a crush on him is absurd and he’s so clearly supposed to be with Ashley. But there are a lot of girls at 17 years old who don’t get over that. Ashley and I figured it out because of the depth of our love for each other. It’s a very long relationship that has lasted nearly a lifetime, and it was worth figuring out.

On the Vic & Coco cover

I’m not a visual thinker, so I never know what [cover designers] are going to come up with. [The publisher, Atria Books] sent two cover options and one of them is the image that stayed. They got it. They knew the vibe that we were going for and all we were doing was tweaking the font. For me to know that the cover so quickly captures what I was going for makes me feel like I did my job. I feel very heard and understood.

On her research process

I knew that I had a choice going down a rabbit hole of different pool players and the history of pool and the specifics. I’ve written books in the past where I learned absolutely everything about the topic. And for this book, I went, ‘I don’t think you’re reading this [to learn about pool]. You’re reading this book because you want to hang out in a dive bar in the 1970s in the desert with Vic and Coco.’

This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Zendaya Wears Nothing Underneath Her Plunging Gold Blazer for Latest GoddessInspired Look Daisy MaldonadoThu, July 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM UTC 0 Credit: GettyThe Gist Zendaya wore a vintage Zuhair Murad Spring 2013 couture look for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The gold brocade ensemble featured a plunging peplum blazer and coordinating thighhigh slit skirt. The gilded look continues the actress’s Greek mythologyinspiredpress tour wardrobe for The Odyssey. If there’s one celebrity who never misses an opportunity to commit to a theme, it’s Zendaya.

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Zendaya wore a vintage Zuhair Murad Spring 2013 couture look for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The gold brocade ensemble featured a plunging peplum blazer and coordinating thigh-high slit skirt.

The gilded look continues the actress’s Greek mythology-inspiredpress tour wardrobe for The Odyssey.

If there’s one celebrity who never misses an opportunity to commit to a theme, it’s Zendaya. Every press tour from the Emmy Award-winning actress has delivered plenty for fashion lovers to dissect, and The Odyssey has taken things to new heights—Mount Olympus, if you will. After stepping onto the New York premiere carpet in angel wings on July 14, she kept the mythological momentum going with another gold-clad look that felt fit for a goddess.

For her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on July 15, Zendaya and her longtime stylist, Law Roach, reached into the archives, selecting a vintage Zuhair Murad couture ensemble from the designer’s Spring 2013 collection.

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The look felt right at home on this press tour, adding to her incredible roster of recent looks that have left us mere mortals entranced.

Rather than opting for a traditional gown, Zendaya wore a coordinating gold brocade jacket and matching maxi skirt. The jacket featured a plunging neckline and a sculpted peplum waist that created a beautifully defined silhouette, while intricate metallic embroidery gave the look its rich, armor-like finish. The coordinating skirt featured a thigh-high slit.

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Roach kept the styling monochromatic, letting the couture do the talking. She accessorized with a gold Rolex watch and Tiffany & Co. HardWear earrings. It wouldn’t be a Zendaya look without her go-to Christian Louboutin pumps, which she picked out in a metallic gold hue.

She wore her hair down in loose waves and kept her makeup looking glowy and bronzed to add to her ethereal appearance.

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The outfit was another clever nod to The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s ancient epic, in which Zendaya stars as Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war. The film hits theaters on Friday, July 17.

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US Mint releases bellshaped America 250 coin, priced north of $19,000 Nicole Fallert, USA TODAYThu, July 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM UTC 41 This isn&x27;t your average pocket change. A collectible coin in the shape of the Liberty Bell priced at nearly $20,000 was released Thursday, July 16, by the U.S. Mint. Two cheaper versions, the halfounce gold coin ($10,050) and the halfounce silver medal ($750), were released as well. The pieces are the first nonround coin released in recent U.S. history, according to the Mint.

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This isn't your average pocket change.

A collectible coin in the shape of the Liberty Bell priced at nearly $20,000 was released Thursday, July 16, by the U.S. Mint. Two cheaper versions, the half-ounce gold coin ($10,050) and the half-ounce silver medal ($750), were released as well.

The pieces are the first non-round coin released in recent U.S. history, according to the Mint. The coins were released in a limited quantity (2,026 of each variation) due to the "high level of detail and precision required to produce each coin," the Mint notes.

Less than an hour after their release at 12 p.m. ET, all three coins were listed as "currently unavailable" on the Mint website. USA TODAY has reached out to the Mint for more information.

List of Liberty Bell America 250 coins

Here are the three commemorative products made available July 16 by the Mint, all in the shape of the Liberty Bell:

1-ounce gold coin ($19,600)

Half-ounce gold coin ($10,050)

Half-ounce silver medal ($750)

A distinct design

The non-round coin is "uniquely-minted" for 2026, according to the U.S. Mint, as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebration. The semiquincentennial edition features the Liberty Bell on one side with the words "Liberty," and Independence Hall on the reverse side, bearing the words "In God we trust." It also features the years 1776 to 2026 to mark the nation's special birthday.

The composition of the 1-ounce gold coin is 99.99% gold and is 0.167 inches thick with smooth edges, according to the Mint's posting.

"Years of planning and innovation have culminated in this unique coin," the Mint website reads.

Member of coin advisory committee says design should've gotten congressional review

Donald Scarinci, the longest-serving current member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, which advises the Secretary of the Treasury on coin and bullion production and design, says the Liberty Bell-shaped coin design was never presented to the CCAC. This is a process that is required by law when making new coins, bullion or medals for commemoration, circulation or awards.

"Congress should review how this coin came to exist," Scarinci told USA TODAY. "It is a complete mystery to the members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. We saw this product along with the rest of the public for the first time when the Mint's press release was published. Not even the concept of this coin had ever been discussed with us. "

USA TODAY has reached out to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for comment.

Liberty Bell coins are 'speculative asset'

These coins are part of three limited batches: Only 2,026 of each variation were produced. The U.S. Mint website says the scarcity of the special coin is due in part to the process of making such a distinctive design.

"Owing to the high level of detail and precision required to produce each coin, the Freedom Ringing – Liberty Bell Gold Coins were uniquely minted for 2026 in limited quantities," the U.S. Mint says on its posting of the coin.

It's an "speculative asset," says David Freund, professor of history at the University of Maryland. With the 1-ounce gold coin's high price tag of $19,600, "[no one] who purchases it is going to use it for spending," he says.

Given that the value of the coin won't be tied to an actual dollar value, it could be hard to predict how much it will be worth in the future.

"There's just no way to predict the future sales price of collectors' items," Freund says. "The value of these coins won't have any fixed relationship to the value of dollars issued into circulation by the U.S. government."

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SpaceX stock loses more altitude with Starship set for test flight: What Wall Street is saying Brian SozziThu, July 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM UTC 0 SpaceX (SPCX) stock has lost more than a little altitude. After a recordsetting public listing, SpaceX shares are dipping further below their $135 IPO price. The stock fell for a fifth straight session on Thursday to $133.32. It first dropped below the IPO price on Wednesday, a blow in the wake of the company&x27;s blockbuster Nasdaq debut last month.

SpaceX stock loses more altitude with Starship set for test flight: What Wall Street is saying

Brian SozziThu, July 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM UTC

SpaceX (SPCX) stock has lost more than a little altitude.

After a record-setting public listing, SpaceX shares are dipping further below their $135 IPO price. The stock fell for a fifth straight session on Thursday to $133.32. It first dropped below the IPO price on Wednesday, a blow in the wake of the company's blockbuster Nasdaq debut last month.

The five-day losing streak reveals a critical reality: The initial retail investor euphoria has evaporated more quickly than anyone on the underwriting team was prepared to admit publicly.

What makes this especially uncomfortable is twofold.

One: SpaceX has its 13th Starship test flight scheduled for later today — a moment that should generate the kind of headline-grabbing excitement that sends the stock higher.

"Given the highprofile nature of the event and Starship's importance to the company's long-term plans, we could see the stock move, with the direction depending on the outcome of the test," said JPMorgan analyst Seth Seifman ahead of the launch.

Instead, the market is yawning.

This is about the worst possible signal for a company whose entire valuation is built on an audacious, expensive, long-term vision that requires the investors to buy in unconditionally.

And two, a series of restrictions on additional stock sales by insiders, employees, and early investors will lift over the next several months — and potentially pressure the stock further.

Rank-and-file employees and some early investors will be able to unload 911.5 million ⁠shares on the second trading day after the company's first quarterly report. SpaceX hasn't disclosed its earnings date yet, but it's expected in August.

Amid the sell-off, Yahoo Finance chatted up SpaceX believers on Opening Bid to see if the slide has dented their confidence in the company and CEO Elon Musk.

"I think it just comes down to a name like SpaceX, they're going to be central to this broader theme that we see in terms of the AI revolution … it's betting on Musk. It's betting on Musk as much as it is SpaceX. I think that's what so many investors are doing," said Yorkville Ives & Co. partner Dan Ives.

"I do think that this is a stock you're buying for the next three to five to 10 years. It's in our thematic portfolio, which has a focus on space. So I, I just view this [pullback] as an opportunity. We've added to it as it's gone down, and we will continue to do so," said Nancy Tengler of Laffer Tengler Investment.

"I think it is a bet on Elon. And that's been a pretty good bet in the past. He has described himself as programmed for war. And he frequently teeters on the edge of disaster and pulls back just in time. So I'm long-term optimistic," she added.

Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance's Executive Editor, host of the 'Power Players With Brian Sozzi' podcast and a member of Yahoo Finance's editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email brian.sozzi@yahoofinance.com.

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Kaia Gerber Looks Just Like Mom Cindy Crawford, Posing Topless in Nothing but Converse Sneakers and Jeans Juliana UkiomogbeThu, July 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM UTC 0 Kaia Gerber at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.Credit: Getty ImagesThe Gist Kaia Gerber posed topless with strategically placed Converse sneakers on her chest for a Re/Done campaign. The 24yearold model completed the simple look with a pair of highwaisted black denim jeans. She held her hair up with her hands to create a tussled updo.

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Kaia Gerber posed topless with strategically placed Converse sneakers on her chest for a Re/Done campaign.

The 24-year-old model completed the simple look with a pair of high-waisted black denim jeans.

She held her hair up with her hands to create a tussled updo.

Kaia Gerber is making the case for a new type of heatwave style.

On July 15, the 24-year-old model posed topless for a Re/Done campaign with strategically placed Converse sneakers on her chest. She completed the simple look with a pair of high-waisted black denim jeans and held her hair up with her hands to create a tussled updo. In the black-and-white image, Gerber bore a striking resemblance to her mom, Cindy Crawford, 60.

The campaign photo comes seven months after Gerber joined Re/Done as an investor and creative partner.

In an interview with Vogue published on May 20, Gerber opened up about the collaboration and her love of fashion.

“Fashion’s always been a part of my life and I’ve been in the fashion industry for a long time, but as I enter this new chapter of my life, wanting to be more involved creatively, I was thinking about brands that aligned with my sensibilities,” she said. “Re/Done is a brand that I’ve always been a fan of.”

Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford at the Re/Done x Kaia Gerber launch event on May 20, 2026 in Los Angeles.Credit: Getty Images

The Bottoms actress added that her off-duty wardrobe is far more casual than the “elaborate” looks she often models for work.

“I’ve been lucky enough to model these very elaborate clothes, but the clothes that I wear in my life are jeans and T-shirts—basically all the things that Re/Done does so perfectly,” she said.

Gerber embraced that relaxed aesthetic at her launch event with the brand in Los Angeles on May 20. For the occasion, she wore a cropped white sweater with loose-fitting, frayed denim jeans. Crawford also attended the event and donned an all-denim look that featured a long-sleeve button-down shirt and straight-leg jeans.

Kaia Gerber on May 20, 2026 in Los Angeles.Credit: Getty Images

The lookalike mother-daughter duo reflected on their different approaches to fashion in a previous joint interview.

“I trust Kaia’s opinion, but I also don’t wanna be one of those moms that tries too hard,” Crawford told Vogue in 2025. “I would never want to compete with my 23-year-old daughter. But at the same time, I want to reimagine fashion.”

Gerber added, “I’m probably more inspired by you, than you are by me…The older I get, the more I go into your territory, which is classic.”

She also said that looking like her mom’s twin has its perks.

Kaia Gerber at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles.Credit: Getty Images

“The nice thing about like looking quite similar to a parent is if I want to know if a hair or makeup look will look good on me, I will look up pictures of my mom—because if it looks good on her, most of the time, I can pull it off as well,” she said.

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Reese Witherspoon ‘burst into tears’ after reuniting with famous friend of 35 years on set of new series “Lucky” Wesley StenzelWed, July 15, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC 0 Reese Witherspoon in Los Angeles on July 13Credit: VALERIE MACON/AFP via GettyKey points Reese Witherspoon said that she “burst into tears” when she reunited with an actor friend on the set of Lucky. Witherspoon said that she has known her Lucky collaborator since she was 16. “The fact that we both made it and we get to work together is really beautiful,” she said.

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Reese Witherspoon said that she “burst into tears” when she reunited with an actor friend on the set of Lucky.

Witherspoon said that she has known her Lucky collaborator since she was 16.

“The fact that we both made it and we get to work together is really beautiful,” she said.

Reese Witherspoon‘s latest project is a reunion 35 years in the making.

The Legally Blonde actress shared her emotional reaction to seeing one of her oldest friends in Hollywood when they finally collaborated on their new show, Lucky.

“I’ve known Clifton Collins Jr. since I was 16 years old,” Witherspoon said in an interview with ET. “So when I saw him on set and he was all in character, I burst into tears. We hugged each other for a solid 10 minutes.”

Clifton Collins Jr. in Los Angeles on July 13Credit: Maya Dehlin/WireImage

Witherspoon never acted alongside Collins, but they moved in the same circles as young actors trying to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry. “We were both auditioning together as young people,” she explained. “And the fact that we both made it and we get to work together is really beautiful.”

Since his breakout performance in One Eight Seven, Collins has become one of Hollywood’s most reliable character actors. He was part of the main cast of shows such as Westworld,The Event, Ballers, and The Last Frontier, and appeared in episodes of series like ER, Veronica Mars, The Blacklist, and The Shield. He also played supporting roles in acclaimed movies including Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Star Trek, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Traffic, and Capote, as well as recent films like Train Dreams, Eddington, After Yang, and Red, White, and Royal Blue.

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Lucky, which Witherspoon executive produced and features Collins in a key supporting role, follows Lucky Armstrong, a con artist played by Anya Taylor-Joy.

Witherspoon said that she felt compelled to bring Lucky to the screen after reading Marissa Stapley’s “insane” 2021 novel of the same name.

“I was reading it in my living room freaking out,” Witherspoon said. “I’d never read a female con artist character like that. So I called my producing partner, Lauren [Neustadter] and I was like, ‘We’ve gotta make this.’”

Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘Lucky’Credit: Apple TV

Witherspoon and Neustadter quickly started brainstorming casting ideas. “We immediately started talking about who could be in it. We were like, ‘Anya!’” she recalled. “Because she’s such a chameleon. Every movie she’s in, every performance, is so different from the one before. And she looks good as a redhead, she looks good as a blonde. She somehow just transforms herself.”

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The Election star sang the praises of the Queen’s Gambit actress. “You’re just rooting for her,” she said. “She’s such a badass on film, and this character requires incredible stamina, incredible quick, clever decision-making, and she’s just utterly perfect. So we were so excited she decided to join us.”

The first two episodes of Lucky are now streaming on Apple TV.

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Trump&x27;s intelligence nominee Jay Clayton clashes with Democrats over 2020 election By MARY CLARE JALONICK Wed, July 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM UTC 6 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies struggled to win Democratic support in a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday where he clashed repeatedly with them over the 2020 election. Democrats asked Jay Clayton, the U.S.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies struggled to win Democratic support in a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday where he clashed repeatedly with them over the 2020 election.

Democrats asked Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, over and over again whether former President Joe Biden won the election and defeated Trump. Echoing many of Trump's nominees, Clayton said many times that the election was “certified" for Biden, declining to say outright that the Democrat won.

“I'm not going to get into this with you,” Clayton told Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, the last of several Democrats on the committee to grill Clayton on the 2020 election. Clayton appeared frustrated and flustered as Ossoff repeated the question several times. “I've answered it," he said.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, who had praised Clayton’s nomination when Trump picked him for the role last month, expressed exasperation with him at the end of the hearing. Democrats say they are concerned that Trump will try to direct intelligence agencies to influence U.S. elections as the president has repeated his false claims that the 2020 contest was stolen.

“I’ve known Mr. Clayton for some time, I worked with him closely when he was at the SEC,” said Warner, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel. “But I am bitterly disappointed.”

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said after the hearing that he thought Clayton’s performance was “abysmal,” and that “makes it much less likely that he will get Democratic votes.”

While Clayton has broad support among Republicans, the acrimony with Democrats could be a blow to GOP leaders who had hoped to gain their consent for a quick vote to replace temporary intelligence director Bill Pulte, a former housing official with no known intelligence experience and who used his previous administration perch to target perceived adversaries of the president.

Senators in both parties have criticized Pulte, and Republicans had hoped to confirm Clayton immediately after he was nominated in June so Pulte did not take over when Gabbard left office. But Trump delayed Clayton’s nomination before the Senate left for a two-week recess, allowing Pulte to take the job temporarily.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said the committee will vote on Clayton's nomination next week.

Clayton emphasizes national security experience

Clayton did not mention Pulte in the hearing. But he emphasized his own government and national security experience, attempting to assuage senators in both parties.

“I saw firsthand how a strong national security apparatus depends on decisive judgment, discipline, integrity, and effective communication and cooperation across different branches of the government,” Clayton said in his opening statement. “If confirmed as Director of National Intelligence, I will commit to upholding these principles every day.”

Cotton, who expressed frustration last month when the hearing was delayed, said in his opening statement Wednesday that Clayton has a reputation for operating with “morality, decency and integrity” in his previous positions and that he hopes his nomination will win bipartisan support.

Democrats press Clayton on Gabbard's election activities

Democrats also pressed Clayton on former National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's visit to a Georgia election office earlier this year during an FBI search related to the 2020 election. Trump administration officials have given varying explanations for Gabbard's involvement in the search, which appeared to be outside of her intelligence role.

Clayton declined to say whether Gabbard's visit was appropriate or how he would handle the same situation. At one point he said he wasn't aware of Gabbard's visit before this week, then later appeared to backtrack, saying “it wasn't something on my mind” before he started to prepare for the hearing.

Warner said it “strains credibility” that Clayton wasn’t aware of Gabbard’s election activities.

Democrats also asked Clayton about Trump’s announcement that he will deliver a primetime address on Thursday with a focus on elections, after the president suggested he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat. Clayton said he had has no involvement with that speech.

As US attorney in Manhattan, Clayton oversees vast portfolio

Clayton is currently the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the most prestigious of the Justice Department’s prosecution offices. His cases have ranged from terrorism and espionage cases to security fraud and public corruption.

Democrats pressed Clayton on subpoenas of four New York Times journalists after they reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One. The Committee to Protect Journalists has called the subpoenas “an extraordinary escalation in President Trump’s efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations and have a chilling effect on the work of journalists across the country."

Clayton said he was not able to discuss the details of the subpoenas and declined to elaborate on whether he spoke to the White House before they were issued. He said he is “confident in procedures we have in place to protect freedom of press.”

Under Clayton, the office also facilitated the unsealing of thousands of pages of court records from the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — documents that were made public as part of the Justice Department’s release of records related to the late sex offender and his longtime confidant.

Clayton has also overseen the prosecution of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, on drug trafficking charges.

Confirmation vote could unlock renewal of surveillance authority

Clayton’s confirmation could potentially clear the way for bipartisan legislation to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, which stalled last month when Democrats had said they would not provide the necessary votes to pass the bill unless Pulte’s temporary appointment was withdrawn.

The law, which aims to prevent terrorist attacks by monitoring the communications of targeted foreigners located outside the United States, expired in June.

Even if Democrats relent, it is unclear if Trump would sign the bill. He said in his June social media post delaying Clayton’s nomination that he would not sign the FISA renewal without his legislation to require proof of citizenship for all voters. The voting bill does not have enough support to pass the Senate.

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ACC looks to corporate sponsorships as a way to boost the bottom line of league revenue By AARON BEARDWed, July 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM UTC 0 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jim Phillips has spent his fiveplusyear tenure as Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner trying to generate more revenue for a league facing financial pressures even with yearly record hauls. For his league — and across the national landscape in the revenuesharing era, for that matter — that has included more emphasis on corporate sponsorships. Finding event sponsors for naming rights.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jim Phillips has spent his five-plus-year tenure as Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner trying to generate more revenue for a league facing financial pressures even with yearly record hauls.

For his league — and across the national landscape in the revenue-sharing era, for that matter — that has included more emphasis on corporate sponsorships.

Finding event sponsors for naming rights. Securing deals for advertisements on conference TV networks. It's all about looking for ways to sell those options and supplement the media rights payouts and earnings from postseason success that stand as core engines of the college financial system.

And stacking every bit helps in a time when schools are allowed to pay athletes directly.

“I don’t know if it’s pressure, but it’s the reality,” Phillips said Wednesday in an interview with The during the league's preseason football media days. “To me it’s the reality of this role and it’s reality of our league. We have to continue to find incremental dollars each and every year that continue to grow.”

ACC's revenue grows while trailing the Big Ten and SEC

That's been a particular focus for Phillips, too, in dealing with a significant revenue gap behind the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference since his spring 2021 arrival.

The league reported about $826.5 million in total revenue in tax filings covering the 2024-25 sports season, with schools earning a full distribution share getting an average of $47.1 million.

That continued the ACC's upward trajectory; the league reported $617 million for 2021-22 in Phillips' first full season, good for a full-share average of $39.4 million. And Phillips said Wednesday during his annual forum that the league would crack $900 million in total revenue for the just-completed 2025-26 season.

By comparison, the Big Ten and SEC both crossed the $1 billion mark in total revenue in their 2024-25 filings, with the Big Ten paying an average of nearly $79.9 million to full-share members while the SEC came in at nearly $72.4 million.

The biggest way to move the needle for a league looking to change its financial picture typically is media rights contracts. The ACC is locked into a deal with ESPN — both for its base TV rights and the August 2019 launch of the ACC Network — through the 2035-36 season. The TV revenue continues to increase, but Phillips said at least some gains have come through corporate sponsorships, such as investment management firm T. Rowe Price putting its name on the tradition-rich men's basketball tournament.

The ACC has doubled its list of corporate sponsorships to nine in the past five years, a list that includes Apple, Dr Pepper, Gatorade and Allstate. On Wednesday, the league announced a deal with AI cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest, which includes advertising through ESPN, ESPN parent company Disney and the ACC Network.

That goes with other adjustments such as changes to the league's revenue-distribution model to reward programs that generate higher TV viewership and the “success initiative” that allows schools to keep money generated by their own postseason success.

“You can’t wait around, you can't just kind of sit on your hands as it relates to some of these other areas and not fully explore and commit to finding those additional dollars,” Phillips told the AP. “All of that stuff adds up incrementally.”

Corporate sponsorships could offer growing revenue opportunities

Bob Lynch is bullish on corporate sponsorships from a national level. He's the founder and chief executive officer of SponsorUnited, a company that uses AI to track sponsorship deals across professional and college sports.

“I think everybody's starting to recognize these are businesses as well as educational institutions that need to compete and drive value," Lynch said.

In its most recent report, SponsorUnited estimated that Power Four schools generated about $1 billion in corporate sponsorship revenue across roughly 6,300 deals for the 2025-26 season.

That equated to about $9.7 million per school in the ACC and $11.2 million for the Big 12, which announced a multiyear partnership with beverage brand Monster Energy last week. The SEC ($21.5 million) and Big Ten ($16.1 million) led the way in that report, with the Big 12 as the only league lacking its own TV channel.

“There’s not a lot of places where you can go to an AD and say, ‘Look I think we could potentially generate $5-10-20 million annually if we think differently about this side of the business and we can control it,'” Lynch said. “So it becomes a really intriguing space to look and say if we invest there, we could potentially extract a lot of dollars and generate a lot that we weren’t doing before."

In the ACC's case, that meant hiring Anthony Macri last September as its first chief revenue officer. Macri previously worked for a Formula 1 racing team and spent a decade with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, where bolstering sponsorship revenue represented a critical component.

Now he's trying to do that for the ACC, as well as helping schools in determining their own options on anything from patches on jerseys to arena signage. And unlike selling a finite number of tickets for an event, corporate sponsorships could offer layers of revenue options.

“We have a chance to really grow that area,” Macri said. “It's been an underleveraged opportunity that has unlimited growth potential, so that gives us a lot of room to push on.”

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CONY Shareholders Lost 56.25% While Paying Tax on Their Own Money Back Michael WilliamsWed, July 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM UTC 0 Branding Pot / Shutterstock.comQuick Read CONY dropped 56% in the past year while distributions collapsed from $2.79 to $0.06 and quietly returned investors&x27; own capital as taxable income. Direct COIN shares deliver nearly identical price outcomes without fund fees, capped upside, or a synthetic option overlay that forfeits every rally. This lithium producer surpassed a $1B private valuation, joining some of America&x27;s most powerful startups.

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CONY dropped 56% in the past year while distributions collapsed from $2.79 to $0.06 and quietly returned investors' own capital as taxable income.

Direct COIN shares deliver nearly identical price outcomes without fund fees, capped upside, or a synthetic option overlay that forfeits every rally.

This lithium producer surpassed a $1B private valuation, joining some of America's most powerful startups. Now you can invest in EnergyX alongside global giants like General Motors, but only through July 16. (sponsor)

The pitch is a 78% yield on a crypto-exchange proxy. The reality is that a fund charging you monthly for the privilege of capping your own upside has quietly turned a bet on Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) into a slow leak. YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:CONY) shareholders got most of Coinbase's downside and almost none of the recoveries. Then they paid tax on their own principal coming back as "income."

What You're Actually Paying

CONY's expense ratio is not disclosed in the April 30, 2026 NPORT filing, an unusual gap for a fund with $397 million in net assets. That is only the sticker cost. The structural cost dwarfs it.

Look at the last twelve months. CONY fell 56.25% from July 2025 to July 2026. Coinbase itself fell 59.10% over the same window. Investors who bought CONY for "income with less risk" got almost the entire drawdown and gave away the upside on every rally in exchange. On a $10,000 position held for that year, the price value collapsed to roughly $4,375. The distributions cushioned that, but a large share of those distributions was your own capital handed back to you.

The Part the Factsheet Doesn't Highlight

CONY holds Treasury Bills at 91.60% of net assets plus a set of paired long and short call options on COIN. The matching unit counts on the long and short legs (10,940, 10,055, 5,530, 4,555, 1,000) confirm a synthetic covered call. The short calls collect premium. They also cap gains at the strike. When COIN rips higher, you keep the premium and forfeit the rally.

July 16 is the Final Day to Tap Into the Lithium Boom (sponsor)General Motors, POSCO, and 50,000+ everyday investors have already backed lithium producer EnergyX.

Here's why you should do the same before their July 16 investment deadline: lithium prices are up 75% this year, with demand projected to grow a staggering 5X by 2040.

With tech that can recover up to 3X more lithium than traditional methods, EnergyX is preparing to unlock up to 15M+ tons. Become a private-stage EnergyX investor before the July 16 deadline.

Now look at the distribution history. In April 2024, CONY paid $2.7944 in a single distribution. By late November 2025 the payments had collapsed to $0.0635 and $0.0656. The 2026 schedule is a weekly drip in the $0.22 to $0.56 range. Trailing twelve-month distributions total $15.3524 on a share price of $19.46. A payout that size relative to price is a red flag for return of capital, which is not free money. It reduces your cost basis and defers a tax bill rather than eliminating it. Meanwhile the NAV bleeds visibly: shares opened 2026 at $27.92 and traded at $19.63 by July 10, a 27.02% year-to-date decline.

Options premium is also taxed less kindly than qualified dividends. For a taxable account, the ordinary-income treatment on the option-derived portion, combined with the ROC erosion of basis, is a two-sided tax drag the fund's yield headline never mentions.

The Cheaper Mirror

If the goal is Coinbase exposure, the cheaper mirror is Coinbase. Direct shares of COIN carry no fund fee, no capped upside, and no synthetic option overlay siphoning off rallies. Over the past year the price outcomes were close (CONY down 56.25% versus COIN down 59.10%), but on any strong up move CONY's short calls will hand the gains back. Investors who want crypto-linked income with lower structural cost can pair a direct COIN position with their own covered calls at strikes they choose, or use a broad, lower-cost crypto equity fund and generate income from Treasuries directly. The T-bill sleeve inside CONY is something you can already own for a few basis points.

What This Means for You

CONY clearly pays. The real question is what it pays with. If a big share of your monthly check is your own principal returning in a higher-tax wrapper, and the fund's design guarantees you miss the upside that would replace that principal, ask what you are actually renting for the fee you cannot see on the factsheet.

Meet America's Newest $1b Unicorn (Sponsor)

A US startup just passed a $1 billion private valuation, joining billion-dollar private companies like OpenAI and ByteDance. Unlike those other unicorns, you can invest in EnergyX right now; but only until July 16.

Over 50,000 people already have, along with global giants like General Motors and POSCO.

Here's why there's so much interest: EnergyX's patented tech can recover up to 3X more lithium than traditional methods. That's a big deal, as demand for lithium is expected to 5X current production levels by 2040. Become an early-stage EnergyX shareholder before the 7/16 investment deadline.

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Monét tells EW there might be a second, secret alliance brewing on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7. Monét X Change teases new Drag Race All Stars 7 alliance: 'I was not the only one playing the game' Monét tells EW there might be a second, secret alliance brewing on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7. :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/JoeyNolfiBiophotof93a23298bdd47ba9c13f53815fc469b.jpg) Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at . Since 2016, his work at EW includes RuPaul's Drag Race video interviews, Oscars predictions, and more. EW's editorial guidelines June 8, 2022 7:49 p.m.

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Monét X Change — beloved sponge queen — is soaking up all of the chaotic vibes after being blocked from winning another Legendary Legend Star for the first time on *RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7*.

Though she stirred the pot by forming an alliance with fellow* All Stars 4 *winner Trinity The Tuck back on episode 1 of the first all-winners competition in *Drag Race* her-story, Monét says in an exclusive EW's BINGE podcast interview (below) that she suspects an alternate, secret alliance is brewing among her sisters outside the *AS4* coalition — specifically, as she says, including *Drag Race UK*'s The Vivienne, who handed Monét the Platinum Plunger on Friday's episode.

"Jaida did hand it to her, so, maybe they have some situation working that I'm not privy to, and I'm very curious to see what ends up happening," Monét says of the moment Jaida Essence Hall handed The Vivienne a xylophone prop from off-stage to enhance her lip-sync performance at the end of the episode, which helped her win the dance-off and ultimately gave her the ability to block Monét. "We haven't seen it yet, I don't know where we're at or what you've seen or what makes the cut, but I definitely thought there was a smoker's alliance going on, and this was furthering my point."

When asked if she knew that Jaida was going to spruce up The Vivienne's performance with the prop hand-off, Monét maintains that she had no idea the exchange would happen.

Jaida Essence Hall gives The Vivienne a xylophone during her 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7' lip-sync.

"I think that it's part of the alliance. Maybe it did happen, but I did not see any talks of them giving someone a xylophone, about who's going to do the *American Bandstand*," Monét explains. "So, I think there's some alliance that we're going to find out about, and people will see that I was not the only one playing the game."

While she still has her eyes on Jaida, Monét counts The Vivienne out of her plan for an alliance, joking that she "will absolutely come for that bitch" after the British queen's latest move.

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"Now that I have been blocked, I don't feel the weight of having to be so crazy with the alliance. I'm still going to be working, but not as intensely as I was," finishes Monét. "Maybe a little twist might come that might force me to play hard again, but who knows?"

See how Monét deals with being blocked in the Werk Room when RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7 continues Friday on Paramount+. Listen to Monét's full BINGE interview above, and hear more episodes from our *Drag Race* podcast feed below.

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Jinkx Monsoon swept up the *RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7 *crown thanks in large part to her *Snatch Game* performance as Judy Garland, but one question about the legendary impersonation has endured for puzzled fans and judges alike: Why did she (hilariously) refer to RuPaul as "Broom" during the challenge?

The season 5 winner revealed that the joke wasn't intended to be understood by anyone other than Alyssa Edwards and Alaska, her drag sisters from her original season on the show, which aired in 2013.

"Alaska and I were constantly doing impressions of Alyssa Edwards' [*Snatch Game*] impersonation of Katy Perry that was so baffling that we couldn't help but just make a whole character based on just that impression. Alyssa Edwards' voice is already extremely unique, and then her voice trying to do Katy Perry was just more Alyssa than even Alyssa normally talks," Jinkx said on Thursday's episode of Vulture's *Good One* podcast. "We kept joking that, as Katy Perry, when Ru asks Alyssa, 'Have you ever kissed a girl?' and Alyssa went, 'Ru, never!' [it became] 'Bru,' and then it just devolved into 'Broom, neber," so when I called Ru 'Broom,' it was the tiniest little Easter egg, pretty much just for Alaska."

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Jinkx's iconic *Snatch Game* performance did more than just cleanse the souls of weary *Drag Race* fans: It also absolved the queen's season 5 makeover subject, veteran soldier Dave Lara, of his self-proclaimed role in Garland's death after he made the stunning revelation in the Werk Room back in 2013.

During her performance on *All Stars 7*, Jinkx made a direct address to Lara by telling him that he was "not responsible" for Garland's death. In a subsequent interview with EW, Lara explained that, upon meeting the iconic actress at a Boston speakeasy in November 1968, he provided her with barbiturates shortly before she died the following year.

"I don't want to be judged by people. I don't want to be castigated or made out to be the villain. Ru and I had a conversation on the show where she said [Judy] did a lot to get to this place. Judy had a choice, and, like *The Matrix*, you can take the blue pill and go to sleep and wake up in the morning and never remember any of this, or you can take the red pill and go down the rabbit hole and never come out. She made that choice," Lara said. "Whether I allowed or contributed to that, she was so clever, she would've found the pills anyway. That made me feel a little better, but people don't know about that time. We were stupid, we were ignorant. Giving someone with an addiction pills? I've never given anyone pills or drugs or anything since."

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**Warning: This article contains spoilers for *Fast X*.**

As* The Fast Saga* speeds into its final lap, the franchise is pulling out all of its biggest tricks and most emotional moments on the way to the finish line. *Fast X* packs in a double-crossing twist, multiple cliffhangers, two huge returns, and even a death in the Toretto family.

"It's been 20 years, almost a quarter of a century with these characters, this family," director Louis Leterrier says on EW's *BINGE: The Fast Saga* podcast. "They have done so much for so many people, and also have fought so many enemies that now people are coming back after them. They are going to have to pay the heaviest price, you know, just the heftiest price. Tears are going to be shed."

The first major cost to Dominic Toretto's (Vin Diesel) crew comes in the form of an epic sacrifice. After gleeful villain Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa) swipes Little Brian (Leo Abelo Perry) right off of a moving vehicle, his brother Jakob (John Cena) turns his custom cannon car into a bomb to prevent an attack on Dom and give him a chance to rescue his son. The heroic Hail Mary sees Jakob go out in a literal blaze of glory.

(from left) Little Brian (Leo Abelo Perry, back to camera) and Jakob (John Cena) in Fast X, directed Louis Leterrier.

Leo Abelo Perry and John Cena in 'Fast X'. Peter Mountain/Universal

Jakob's death helps complete the character's arc for Leterrier. "[I thought], what if we really leaned into this relationship with Little B and this uncle who never experienced love or hasn't experienced love in a long time?" he tells EW. "And then that comes through via his nephew and just the awkwardness that turns into love, and [there's] just that moment where he feels he really accepts the responsibility of being a part of this family."

When approaching Cena, Leterrier admits he wasn't sure at first how the actor would respond to the idea. Cena could tell. "I remember [Louis] being extremely nervous because what that signifies is something that could elicit a reaction from me," he says. "But what he failed to realize is my perspective of every opportunity is to allow me to do the best I can with this opportunity. And that's it. And his idea was the best. And I'm a big believer in best idea wins."

Still, as the newest member of the family exits, an old favorite gets to make a surprise return to the land of the living: Gisele.

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Gal Gadot in 2013's 'Fast & Furious 6'. Giles Keyte/Universal

A decade earlier, Gisele (Gal Gadot) made her own sacrifice to save Han (Sung Kang) in 2013's *Fast & Furious 6*. Han would eventually meet his death in 2006's *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift —* in a bit of timeline trickery that's now become central to *The Fast Saga*'s lore — only for fans to learn in *F9* that Han's death had been faked by Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell), bringing his character back into the fold. Now it seems that both halves of the franchise's most tragic love story have been alive the whole time.

Kang is excited about all the possibilities it creates for the future, including potentially showcasing more intimacy in Han and Gisele's scenes together. "What are those quiet moments when two people are missing each other? How do they change? How do you engage in conversation, and where do you find that shorthand again in a relationship? Is it distant? Is it intimate right away? Is it like becoming friends again, earning that friendship? So, there's so much."

It was important to Leterrier, though, to make sure Gisele was returning for a purpose. "There was no bringing back Gisele without knowing where we were taking her and what was going to happen in the next one and how involved was she going to be," he says. "Gal was very clear with us, which was like, 'Yeah, you know, I love it, and this is my family, but what's the plan?' So obviously we had to think hard, but luckily we had."

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Vin Diesel and The Rock in 'Fast Five'. Jaimie Trueblood/Universal Pictures

The reveal that Dante Reyes has his sights set on Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs is arguably an even bigger surprise. Johnson previously said he wouldn't return for the franchise's ninth and tenth installments after reports of conflict between him and Diesel, but his mid-credits scene in *Fast X* suggests he's had a change of heart about *The Fast Saga*'s grand finale.

"It's a great kind of reflection on life and how movies can maybe be a teaching moment, give you opportunities to learn from your heroes," says Kang. "Like, oh, they squashed that. What was that about? Like, I don't even remember that. Like, what was the problem?"

Despite the return of both Gisele and Hobbs, Leterrier makes one thing clear: "Not everyone is going to come back though."

Remember, *Fast X* is still just part one of the franchise's long goodbye, and the stakes will only get higher. "At one point, this model is not going to be able to continue," says Leterrier. "And that point is very soon."

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