CHUCK NORRIS, ACTION ICON AND ‘WALKER TEXAS RANGER’ STAR, DIES AT 86 - VARIETY

STRAIT OF HORMUZ PARTIALLY CLOSED FOR IRAN MILITARY DRILLS Parts of the Strait of Hormuz will close for several hours Tuesday due to “security precautions,” according to Fars News Agency, as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards conduct military exercises. The strait is the world’s most critical oil shipping chokepoint, linking major Gulf producers—Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates—to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

TRUMP: IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY SPEECH LEAVE THE ROOM, OF COURSE YOU WILL LOSE YOUR RANK AND FUTURE

SCHEDULED NEWS CONFERENCE ON CHARLIE KIRK MURDER INVESTIGATION DELAYED A news conference about the latest information on the investigation into the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk was pushed back 30 minutes, to 9:30 a.m. ET, the Utah governor’s office announced.

PRESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE – MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025 🔸 9:00 AM: In-Town Pool Call Time 🔸 10:00 AM: Signs Executive Orders (Oval Office, White House Press Pool) 🔸 12:00 PM: Greets President of the Republic of Korea (Stakeout Location, Open Press) 🔸 12:15 PM: Bilateral Meeting with President of the Republic of Korea (Oval Office, White House Press Pool) 🔸 12:45 PM: Bilateral Lunch with President of the Republic of Korea (Cabinet Room, Closed Press)

$NVDA - NVIDIA SHARES DOWN 3.7%

TRUMP EYES AI CZAR Elon Musk won't be the AI czar, but is expected to be intimately involved in shaping the future of the debate and use cases, the sources said. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — who are leading Trump's new outside-government group, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — will have significant input into who gets the role. axios.com/2024/11/26/trump-a…

$X WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SIGNAL DELAY IN U.S. STEEL TAKEOVER DECISION - WAPO

OPENAI SAYS CHATGPT USAGE HAS DOUBLED SINCE LAST YEAR: AXIOS OPENAI SAYS OVER 200M WEEKLY ACTIVE CHATGPT USERS: AXIOS

To afford a monthly mortgage payment, middle-class Americans need to put more than $127,000 down: Zillow • A median-income household would need to put 35.4% down to afford the payments on a typical U.S. home. • Five years ago, the typical U.S. home would have been affordable to a median-income household with no money down. • A typical home is affordable to a median-income household with 20% down or less in 10 of the 50 biggest U.S. markets

FED'S CHAIRMAN POWELL: US ECONOMY HAS BEEN PERFORMING VERY WELL

$NVO $LLY SENATE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES OZEMPIC AND WEGOVY COSTS: NYT

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$NKLA NIKOLA: RECEIVED BUY ORDERS FOR 47 BATTERY-ELECTRIC TRUCKS

Happy b day to me - and you. Giving a 100k @Topstep account away to one of the people who RTs this.

$COIN $MARA $RIOT 🔸SHARES OF CRYPTO FIRMS UP AS BITCOIN GAINS 🔸SHARES OF COINBASE GLOBAL UP 4.9%, RIOT PLATFORMS UP 11%, MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS UP 10.4%

Still haven't seen a better intro than the Bulls' from 1996

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It’s so much power in waking up early.