The US federal government shutdown canceled the October employment report, a key indicator for interest rate decisions. This has lowered market expectations for a December rate cut to around 30% from 100% a month ago. According to CME FedWatch, the probability of a December rate cut has fallen to 31. 8%, while the probability of leaving rates unchanged is priced in at 68. 2%. According to the FOMC minutes released yesterday, the majority of Fed officials stated at last month’s monetary policy meeting that it would be appropriate to keep the policy rate steady in December. Although the likelihood of a December interest rate cut is diminishing day by day due to the lack of data, HSBC analysts predicted that the Fed will cut interest rates once again at its December meeting. However, HSBC analysts presented a negative outlook for 2026 and stated that additional reductions were not expected in 2026. Analysts also added that the US dollar could bottom out in the first quarter of 2026 or earlier and then recover. The comments come as investors await the release of key U. S. economic data, which has been delayed by the record-length government shutdown. *This is not investment advice.
https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/tech/hsbc-analysts-announce-surprise-forecast-for-feds-december-and-2026-interest-rate-decisions/
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Griffin heads EMCC football honorees as MACCC North Division Offensive Player of the Year
JACKSON East Mississippi Community College running back Gavin Griffin has been named the MACCC North Division’s Offensive Player of the Year to highlight the Lions’ 13 selections to the 2025 All-MACCC football teams. Chosen by a panel of the MACCC’s head football coaches, the conference’s first-team, second-team and honorable mention football selections from the league’s North and South Divisions were announced Wednesday by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference office. Along with Griffin, head coach Buddy Stephens’ 7-3 EMCC Lions placed Ole Miss bounce-back Noreel White on the MACCC North Division First Team as both a wide receiver and return specialist. Also earning first-team honors for the division co-champions were offensive lineman Kison Shepard, defensive lineman Kevin Norwood Jr., along with defensive backs Donald Passmore III and Jathan Hatch. Second-team accolades for the Lions went to the offensive line tandem of Mike Wallace Jr. and Julian Jakobe, as well as the defensive line duo of Davier Bishop and Darrell Gross. A pair of EMCC freshmen, wide receiver Christian Thomas and linebacker Ja’Cari Owens, earned honorable mention recognition for the Lions. As EMCC’s lone repeat all-conference performer from a year ago, Griffin was twice selected the NJCAA and MACCC Offensive Player of the Week this season on the way to currently topping the NJCAA Division I statistical ranks in rushing yards (1, 168), rushing touchdowns (22) and rushing attempts (207). Griffin’s 134 points scored this season presently lead the NJCAA Division I ranks by 47 points, while his 22 rushing TDs are nine more than his nearest competitor. During the Buddy Stephens coaching era (since 2008), both totals rank only behind Tyrell Price’s 24 rushing touchdowns and 150 points scored during the Lions’ 2017 national championship season. On EMCC’s single-season statistical leaders list during the Stephens era, Griffin’s 1, 168 rushing yards (in 10 games this year) rank only behind 2025 EMCC Sports Hall of Fame inductee Rod Moore (1, 303 in 2011) and Lakenderic Thomas (1, 334 in 2013). Both Moore and Thomas had the luxury of playing two additional games during their respective national championship seasons with the Lions. In addition, Griffin’s 207 rushing attempts this season are the most by an EMCC player during the Stephens era, breaking the mark of 200 carries previously held by Deon McIntosh during the Lions’ 2018 national championship season. On EMCC’s career statistical leaders chart during the Stephens era, Griffin’s 1, 722 career rushing yards rank only behind Lakenderic Thomas (1, 724) and Rod Moore (2, 211). Griffin’s 30 career rushing touchdowns tie Tyrell Price for the most during the Stephens era. Along with Griffin’s 66 points scored (8 rush TDs & 3 TD catches) as an EMCC freshman by way of Velma Jackson High School, the 2023 MHSAA Class 1A Mr. Football also became just the second EMCC player of the Stephens era to reach 200 career points scored. Kicker Drew White tallied 204 total points during the Lions’ back-to-back national championship seasons of 2013 and 2014. Noreel White, out of St. Martin High School, currently ranks third in the MACCC with 52 receptions on the year in addition to standing second in punt return yardage (15. 0 yds/ret) and sixth in kickoff return yardage (24. 5 yds/ret). Among his 12 punt returns on the year was an 83-yard touchdown return against Itawamba. Kison Shepard, a transfer from Trinity Valley Community College in Texas, anchored an EMCC offensive line that has helped the Lions rank fifth nationally in total offense yards (428. 5 yds/gm) as well as rushing yards (217. 3 yds/gm). The 6-foot-7 left tackle prepped at Memphis’ Germantown High School. On the defensive side of the ball, Kevin Norwood Jr., out of Theodore High School in Alabama, made an immediate impact along EMCC’s defensive front following a redshirt season at Troy University. In the secondary, Donald Passmore III, a Terry High School product, was the Lions’ second-leading tackler on the year with 58 total stops along with his team-leading eight pass breakups and two blocked kicks. Jathan Hatch, a bounce-back from the University of Louisville by way of Biggersville High School, was EMCC’s No. 3 tackler this past year with 51 stops. EMCC’s second-team quartet earning all-conference honors was evenly distributed between the offensive and defensive lines. Davier Bishop, a product of Notre Dame College in his home state of Ohio, topped EMCC with nine tackles for loss, including six quarterback sacks, this past season. Darrell Gross, a Madison native out of Germantown High School, was credited with six tackles for loss as an EMCC sophomore. From the Lions’ offensive line, sophomore Mike Wallace Jr., out of Itawamba Agricultural High School, benefitted from moving over to the starting center position and was joined on the division’s second-team unit by freshman right tackle Julian Jakobe from Tupelo High School. Honorable mention recognition for the Lions was earned by freshman receiver Christian Thomas, who ranks sixth in the MACCC with 43 catches after having bounced back from Jacksonville State by way of Shades Valley High School in Alabama, and freshman linebacker Ja’Cari Owens, a Louisville High School product who led EMCC with 61 total tackles, including 6. 5 stops behind the line of scrimmage, this past year.
https://meridianstar.com/2025/11/20/griffin-heads-emcc-football-honorees-as-maccc-north-division-offensive-player-of-the-year/
Fiery dissent in Texas redistricting case paves path for Supreme Court appeal
“In 37 years as a federal judge, I’ve served on hundreds of three-judge panels. This is the most blatant exercise of judicial activism that I have ever witnessed,” Smith said in his dissent. “The opinion is caught in an illogical straitjacket from which it cannot escape,” he later added. Brown had written in his Tuesday majority opinion that the map passed by the Texas legislature earlier this year, which would net Republicans up to five additional House seats, amounted to an unlawful racial gerrymander. The panel ordered the state to use its existing maps for the 2026 elections. Smith issued a sharp rebuttal to that finding, stressing repeatedly that “the most obvious reason for mid-cycle redistricting, of course, is partisan gain,” and detailing why the panel reached the wrong conclusion in issuing a preliminary injunction. Texas officials said they would appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, with state Attorney General Ken Paxton saying he expects the high court to “uphold Texas’s sovereign right to engage in partisan redistricting.” The forthcoming appeal at the Supreme Court comes as the justices are set to rule on a case that could overrule how racial gerrymandering cases are decided and when they can be brought. Louisiana v. Callais, which centers on a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, could see the justices strike down the high court’s current Voting Rights Act precedent, which mandates the creation of minority-majority districts if a minority group is compact geographically and makes up a significant portion of the state’s population. Smith pointed to the pending case as a reason why the injunction should be paused pending the outcome of the Louisiana case. “The fact that Callais may fundamentally change the nature of this case also weighs in favor of a stay. It is reckless for this court to proceed with opining on the merits, which amounts to nothing more than a general guess as to whether existing voting-rights jurisprudence will survive Callais,” Smith wrote in his dissent. The circuit judge concluded his 104-page dissent by imploring the high court to reverse the panel’s ruling. REDISTRICTING SETBACKS IN COURT SLOW GOP MAP PUSH AHEAD OF 2026 “This order, replete with legal and factual error, and accompanied by naked procedural abuse, demands reversal,” Smith concluded. Texas officials are expected to appeal the ruling in the coming days, hoping to restore the recently passed map for use in the 2026 election as deadlines for next year’s races approach. The filing deadline for the 2026 elections in Texas is Dec. 8.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3893428/fiery-dissent-texas-redistricting-case-paves-path-supreme-court-appeal/
Historic Colorado River deal to conserve flows advances after winning key approval from state water board
A yearslong effort to purchase two of the most powerful water rights on the Colorado River has cleared another hurdle after the state water board agreed to manage the rights alongside Western Slope water officials. The Colorado Water Conservation Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept the two water rights tied to the Shoshone Power Plant into its environmental flow program. The approval is a critical piece in the Colorado River District’s $99 million deal with the owner of the aging plant in Glenwood Canyon Xcel Energy but the deal has faced pushback from Front Range water providers that fear the change could impact their supplies. Backers of the deal aim to make sure the water now used by the small hydroelectric plant and then put back in the river will always flow westward. “The importance of today’s vote cannot be overstated as a legacy decision for Colorado water and the Western Slope,” Andy Mueller, general manager of the Colorado River District, said in a news release. “It secures an essential foundation for the health of the Colorado River and the communities it sustains.” Colorado water officials hailed the decision as a monumental achievement for the state that will help protect the river and its ecosystem. The state’s instream flow program allows the Water Conservation Board to manage dedicated water rights for the health of rivers, streams and lakes. “Acquiring the Shoshone water rights for instream flow use is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve and improve the natural environment of the Colorado River,” Dan Gibbs, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, said in a news release. One of the main sticking points during the hourslong meeting Wednesday was whether the board should manage the water rights with the River District. That would include decisions on how and when to require upstream users like Front Range utilities to send more water downstream. Generally, the board is the sole manager of water rights in its instream flow program, which the Shoshone rights are now a part of. Several Western Slope entities said they would withdraw their financial support from the purchase if the Colorado River District was not allowed to co-manage the right with the board. Local governments and other organizations across the Western Slope promised more than $16 million toward the purchase. Front Range water providers argued that the statewide board is the sole authority that can manage such rights and should have final decision-making power. The water board instead approved the co-management strategy, which means that the two authorities will decide together how to act when there is not enough water to meet the right’s obligations. The Colorado River District a taxpayer-funded agency that works to protect Western Slope water wants to purchase the Shoshone rights to ensure that water will continue to flow west past the plant and downstream to the towns, farms and others who rely on the Colorado River, even if the century-old power plant were decommissioned. A stream of Western Slope elected officials, water managers and conservation groups testified in support of the deal and the rare opportunity it presented. “The Shoshone call is one of the great stabilizing forces on the river a heartbeat that has kept our valley farms alive, our communities whole and our economies steady even in lean years,” Mesa County Commissioner Bobbie Daniel said, urging the board to approve the plan. The meeting on Wednesday came after weeks of extensive mediation between the River District and Front Range entities. However, the representatives from opposite sides of the Continental Divide could not come to a consensus on a way forward. Representatives from Front Range utilities have said repeatedly that they supported the purchase as a whole, but they stated concerns about the purchase changing the status quo on the river. The water rights connected to the plant are the oldest major water rights on the main stem of the Colorado River, which means that they must be fulfilled before any rights established afterward. Those include more junior rights held by Front Range utilities to divert water from the river and bring it under the Continental Divide to their customers. The plant’s rights can command up to 1, 408 cubic feet of water per second year-round, or about 1 million acre-feet a year enough water for 2 million to 3 million households’ annual use. The Water Conservation Board’s approval is one of several that must be acquired by the River District. The deal now must go through the state’s water court and its Public Utilities Commission. Along with the $16 million coming from Western Slope entities, the district will pay $20 million and the Water Conservation Board allocated another $20 million. The financial plan also includes $40 million awarded under the federal Inflation Reduction Act by the Biden administration, but that money remains frozen as part of the Trump administration’s broad halt to spending by the previous president.
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/colorado-river-shoshone-water-rights-vote/
Kim Kardashian reclaims her late father’s gift to O.J. Simpson through NFL legend’s auction
During O. J. Simpson’s murder trial in the 1990s, Kim Kardashian’s father, Robert Kardashian, was part of the defense of the controversial NFL legend.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-kim-kardashian-reclaims-late-father-s-gift-o-j-simpson-nfl-legend-s-auction
Crypto Exchange Ripio Reveals $100M Crypto Treasury, Second Largest in Latin America
Crypto Exchange Ripio Reveals $100M Crypto Treasury, Second Largest in Latin America The company’s holdings, which include bitcoin and ether, have been managed through trading and hedging strategies since 2017. By Francisco Rodrigues|Edited by Stephen Alpher Nov 20, 2025, 6: 19 p. m. What to know : Ripio, a Latin American cryptocurrency exchange, has a cryptocurrency treasury valued at over $100 million. The company’s holdings, which include bitcoin and ether, have been managed through trading and hedging strategies since 2017. Ripio’s treasury is the second-largest publicly known in Latin America, behind OranjeBTC’s $335 million and ahead of Méliuz’s $54 million and Mercado Libre’s $51 million. Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Ripio has revealed it holds a crypto treasury valued at over $100 million, making it the second-largest publicly known such firm in Latin America behind OranjeBTC. The company’s CEO Sebastian Serrano confirmed the figure in an interview with CoinDesk during DevConnect 2025 in Buenos Aires, noting that it began acquiring bitcoin and ether in 2017. Since then, Ripio has managed its holdings through trading and hedging strategies, though it didn’t specify the breakdown or performance of its assets. .. In addition to holding crypto, Ripio said it has acted as a seed investor in other crypto-focused companies, including Polygon and ZKSync. OranjeBTC, which earlier this year became Brazil’s largest publicly-traded crypto treasury firm, currently holds 3, 713 BTC worth more than $335 million, making it the largest digital asset treasury company in Latin America. Méliuz, the region’s third-largest DAT, currently holds around $54 million worth of bitcoin, while Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre holds $51 million of BTC. More For You Protocol Research: GoPlus Security By CoinDesk Research Nov 14, 2025 Commissioned byGoPlus What to know : As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4. 7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2. 5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1. 7M. GoPlus Intelligence’s Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month. Since its January 2025 launch the PS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1. 1B while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/20/crypto-exchange-ripio-reveals-usd100m-crypto-treasury-second-largest-in-latin-america
“This is what the media told us Arch Manning would be”: CFB fans react after Urban Meyer gets entranced by Fernando Mendoza
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza is enjoying a fabulous season and is in contention for the Heisman Trophy.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-football/news-this-media-told-us-arch-manning-be-cfb-fans-react-urban-meyer-gets-entranced-fernando-mendoza
Average US long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.26%, the third straight increase
Just three weeks ago, the average rate was at 6.17%.
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/20/mortgage-rates-nov-20/
Rubio casts doubt on pro-Russian Ukraine peace plan, touts ‘realistic ideas’ to end war
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to deny that the US had decided to push a Moscow-friendly peace plan on Ukraine, becoming the first Trump administration official to publicly temper expectations on a reported deal that would gut Kyiv’s defense force and give up land to Russia. “Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions,” he wrote in a cryptic post to X on Thursday night. “That is why we are and will continue to develop a list of potential ideas for ending this war based on input from both sides of this conflict.” The comment came after Axios on Tuesday reported a deal had been reached, citing Putin henchman Kirill Dmitriev, who claimed he worked on the plan with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. On Wednesday, The Post revealed details of the 28-point framework, which called for Ukraine to shrink its Army to 2. 5 times smaller than it is now; force Kyiv to turn over long-range missiles “or any kind that can reach Moscow or St. Petersburg”; and ban any international brigades within Ukraine which has long been considered the best way to ensure a halt to Russia’s assault would remain in place, according to sources familiar with the details. Financial Times also reported the deal would include the entirety of Ukraine’s Donbas region including portions of the territory that Russia has been unable to capture in more than 11 years of war there. Politico later reported that a senior White House official said the proposed framework could be agreed to “as soon as this week,” despite including terms experts say were unreasonable to expect of Ukraine, amounting to the near-abandonment of its sovereignty. “Giving up the remainder of the Donbas would enable the Russians to make a run on Kyiv as the territory is flat and reducing the size of the Ukrainianian military, giving up weapons and no international security force would make that an even more likely outcome,” said the Atlantic Council’s Alex Plitsas. “If the plan as described is accurate, it would put $200 billion in US military assistance and aid to Ukraine at risk. Any peace plan needs to protect US taxpayer investments and this proposal is deeply unserious,” he added. While Ukrainian officials confirmed the plan was presented to Kyiv, Rubio’s comments appear to convey that the deal was not set in stone. The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/world-news/rubio-shares-unease-over-reports-of-pro-russian-ukraine-peace-deal/
Former AEW star Saraya (fka Paige) provides massive update on her in-ring return amid extended break
Former AEW star Saraya was recently asked about her return to the ring, and her response has left the wrestling world abuzz. Ad Saraya Bevis is one of the most popular wrestling personalities today. The Anti-Diva has built a reputation for being a resilient talent, overcoming a career-threatening neck injury that doctors said would prevent her from wrestling again. Despite this setback, Saraya returned to the ring in AEW after leaving WWE, where the erstwhile Paige was mainly seen in a backstage or managerial role during her later days with the company. The former AEW Women’s World Champion departed from Tony Khan’s promotion in March this year to focus on her podcast and other ventures. Now, after over a year of hiatus, the Anti-Diva has finally provided an update on her in-ring future. Ad Trending In a conversation with the Toronto Sun, Saraya stated that her drive to wrestle again is slowly returning. “I’m gonna get into training in January and we’ll see where that takes me, you know. Because I feel like I do-if I was to ever come back, you know, not saying I am, but if I was to ever come back, I want to be at the top of my game and be wrestling better than I was wrestling back when I was in NXT, you know. So that’s my goal. So I miss it. I love it. I think the percentage of me going back is a lot higher now, you know. But we’ll see where it goes. We’ll see where it goes. Who knows what will happen?” [H/T: ringsidenews] Ad Check out her comments in the video below: Ad Former AEW star Saraya recently announced some positive personal news. A few days ago, Saraya shared a personal update with her fans about her father, who had to be hospitalized due to health complications. However, the situation improved in the following days, and the Anti-Diva confirmed last night that her ‘daddio’ will be released from the hospital next Monday. “Just a quick one to say that my daddio gets to go home on Monday. He’s doing very well, you guys. Thank you, everybody, for checking in and messaging me about him, but he is doing so well. And yeah, he gets to come home,” she said. (00: 00 00: 14) Ad Check out her post on X here. It will be interesting to see when Saraya returns to the ring and whether it will be in WWE, as the rumors indicate. × Feedback Why did you not like this content? Clickbait / Misleading Factually Incorrect Hateful or Abusive Baseless Opinion Too Many Ads Other Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Edited by Karan Raj.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/aew/news-former-aew-star-saraya-fka-paige-provides-massive-update-in-ring-return-amid-extended-break