(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Senior Department of War officials have told President Donald Trump they need more time to consolidate American troops deployed to the Middle East before the US launches an attack on Iran.
According to The Telegraph, “Trump has been warned that the US military needs more time to prepare...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) President Donald Trump said he held a productive phone call with President Gustavo Petro and invited the Colombian leader to a summit in the US. Following the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump threatened several other countries, including Colombia.
“It was a Great Honor to...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump says he will be expanding the war on drugs in Latin America, striking targets south of the border.
During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump made the announcement, with plans to target Mexican drug cartels.
“We are going to start now...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Repo operations at the Fed on the last day of 2025 signal growing stress in the financial system, similar to the setup we saw in 2019.
Banks and other financial institutions borrowed $74.6 billion from the New York Fed’s Standing Overnight Repurchase (repo) Facility...
(Headline USA) Foreign flags are flying in Florida---and Republicans are celebrating it.
Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country — a stunning outcome they had longed...
(Headline USA) Minnesota officials have until next week to hand over information on providers and parents who receive federal child care funds that the Trump administration contends have been used fraudulently or risk losing federal funding.
State officials said Friday recent inspections showed several childcare centers accused of fraud by...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. House Oversight Committee called on Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to testify regarding alleged fraud throughout the state.
Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., called on Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to testify at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 10.
"American...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to give Hamas a two-month deadline to disarm, according to a report from Israel Hayom, an outlet owned and published by Trump mega-donor Miriam Adelson.
Trump said during a joint press conference with Netanyahu in Florida on...