(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court decided three cases Wednesday about political candidates' standing to sue, warrantless searches, and double convictions.
The justices marked Jan. 14 as the first day in 2026 where they released multiple opinions.
Here are summaries of those opinions.
Case v. Montana
In a 9-0 decision,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Wednesday night to kill a Venezuela War Powers Resolution that sought to prevent another US attack on the country without congressional authorization.
The Senate was deadlocked at 50-50 on a point of order...
(Money Metals News Service) A recent episode of The Crux Investor podcast brought together two perspectives on platinum group metals. Nick Smart is CEO of ValOre Metals Corporation, and Stefan Gleason is President and CEO of Money Metals Exchange.
Gold and silver remain the cornerstone precious metals for most investors....
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Tennessee lawmakers will consider a bill that would allow voluntary prayer and Bible studies in state schools and public charter schools.
House Bill 1491, by Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, said the prayer time could be silent or groups could have a designated prayer time. Parents...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has released new documents showing that one of its informants was paid $20,000 to spy on Donald Trump during the Biden administration’s effort to throw him in prison.
The FBI documents, first reported by Just the News, are related to the Justice Department’s “Arctic...
(Headline USA) A 24-year-old Mississippi man killed six people — his father, brother, uncle, 7-year-old cousin, a church pastor and the pastor’s brother — at three locations during a Friday night rampage in a rural area, authorities said.
Daricka M. Moore was arrested at a police roadblock in Cedarbluff just before...
(Headline USA) Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family's bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges.
Justin Salsburey, 43, of Bellefontaine, and his wife, Ruthann Rankin, were each charged late last month with conspiracy and possession with the intent to...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals' well-stocked silver inventory situation is attracting new attention at a time when intense retail demand has wiped out many other precious metals dealers' inventories.
Commenters all over social media have been chirping about the fact that major online dealers (other than Money Metals) are...
(Headline USA) Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro.
Rubio's...