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Oil Breaks $100 a Barrel, Tech Stocks Tumble: Markets Today

  Friday, July 24, 2026 Global markets are ending the week on shaky footing. Brent crude briefly broke above $100 a barrel for the first time in months as Middle East tensions escalate, while a wave of disappointing Big Tech earnings triggered the steepest one-day tech selloff in weeks. The TSX pulled back from Wednesday's record high, Wall Street's major indexes all closed lower, and Asian markets are extending the losses into Friday trading. The bottom line: Oil is up almost 38% this month on Middle East supply fears, and that's starting to show up everywhere — from gas pumps to bond yields to central bank odds. At the same time, investors are questioning whether the AI spending boom can keep justifying its price tag. That combination hit stocks hard on Thursday. 🇨🇦 TSX: Pulling Back From Record Highs The S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.82% Thursday to close at 35,193 , a day after touching a fresh all-time high of 35,485. The index opened sharply lower and fell as much...

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FBI Investigates Assassination Attempt at Trump Rally

                                         

The FBI is actively investigating the shooting at a Saturday night rally for former President Donald Trump as an assassination attempt. The suspect involved has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. 

The attack occurred during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, leaving one attendee dead and critically injuring two others. Trump himself reported being “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” and photos and videos showed Secret Service agents swiftly whisking him away, his face bloodied and fist raised. The suspected shooter, who was killed, used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle for the attack. 

After being evaluated at a medical facility in Pennsylvania, Trump flew to New Jersey, where he was seen exiting a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport around midnight. 

President Biden condemned the violence, stating, "It cannot be like this. We cannot condone this". The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities have not yet disclosed a motive for the attack.

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