(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Vice President JD Vance on Thursday questioned potential leftwing involvement in the shooting death of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
Vance hosted a press briefing at the White House on Thursday afternoon, addressing questions swirling around the death of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The man who allegedly killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor last month had “vanished” from his friends and family some 12 years earlier, according to a profile in the New York Times.
The alleged shooter, 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, was once...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver now finds itself at the center of a geopolitical wrestling match over critical elements.
In what is clearly an effort to control the market, China recently announced export controls on silver. This could exacerbate global supply shortages already creating a significant silver squeeze.
Under the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold now ranks as the world’s top reserve asset. According to World Gold Council data, global gold reserves are approaching $4 trillion. Treasury holdings total approximately $3.9 trillion.
The last time central bank gold reserves topped Treasury holdings was in 1996.
The increase in gold...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House on Wednesday claimed that the US would be “dictating” the decisions of the Venezuelan government moving forward, as the Trump administration is attempting to control Venezuela’s oil supply following the US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
“We’re continuing to be in close coordination with...
(Headline USA) An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver who hit him with her vehicle on Wednesday, marking a violent start to the Trump administration's latest illegal immigration crackdown.
The 37-year-old woman, identified as Renee Nicole Good, was shot during a traffic stop in a snowy...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) After the weekend strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. continues to seize sanctioned vessels operating in the Caribbean and North Atlantic.
Two sanctioned ships were seized Wednesday morning in support of the U.S. operation to secure the Western...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Amid silver’s recent surge following a long period of stagnation, a wave of articles and commentaries has emerged calling its rise an unsustainable bubble that's about to burst and burn investors.
It’s worth noting that nearly all of those now calling silver a bubble...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The Department of Justice has significantly revised its indictment against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro was kidnapped by US forces in Venezuela on Saturday, and pleaded not guilty to charges in a New York court on Monday.
The New York Times’ Charlie Savage reported that the Department of...
(Headline USA) The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor had been planning the attack for months and left behind videos in which he confessed to the murders, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Claudio...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central bank gold buying picked up in September and gained momentum in October. That momentum carried into November with gold reserves continuing to climb.
Officially, central banks globally added 45 tonnes of gold to their reserves in November. That was down slightly from 53...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Threats to a state lawmaker, extortion, corruption and “willful misconduct and maladministration in office” are charges filed Monday in Superior Court by a state representative and four former employees of a sheriff in North Carolina’s largest metropolitan area.
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, on the...