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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Wednesday downplayed Iranian attacks that targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they may have been “slightly provoked” since the US launched strikes against Iran beforehand. “There’s a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard last night,” the president told...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) New details are pouring out about the former senior CIA official who was caught last month with some $40 million in gold bars that he had obtained from the government for unspecified “work-related expenses.” The Wall Street Journal published an article on Wednesday tying HHS Secretary Robert F....

(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that reports of inflation's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Drawing on both recent economic data and historical parallels, he contends that the United States may be entering a second wave of a broader...

(Headline USA) Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. The deal would resolve a...

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 19, 2026 that aims to weaponize the American banking system against illegal immigration. The order, titled "Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System," directs Treasury and federal financial regulators to implement a series of measures designed to...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Someone has apparently infiltrated the white nationalist group Patriot Front and leaked its membership details. USA Today reported Wednesday that “a source inside Patriot Front” provided the newspaper with a 72-page member roster and obtained documents. Those records reportedly reveal that Patriot Front has more than 540...

(Headline USA)  A man was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday after holding 10 school employees hostage, including some who were tied up, and warning he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hostages inside a Southern California office building, police said. Authorities stormed the building...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The House is expected to vote this week on a War Powers Resolution to end US support for Israel’s war in Lebanon, which has been a major impediment to ending the US-Israeli war against Iran. The bill, introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), would end any US...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The proposed $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is no more. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed in remarks to the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the Department of Justice is walking away from the initiative. “We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told lawmakers in...

(Headline USA)  In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job, according to reports. Pelley made his accusations in an introductory meeting...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that the United States isn’t producing enough anti-ballistic missiles and that he has requested a license for Ukraine to start producing Patriot missiles. “There is not enough anti-ballistic missile production in the United States, and this could lead to a...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Border Patrol agents in Southern California have found another underground cross border tunnel, leading to the arrest of four men and the seizure of enough cocaine to kill 34 million people. As illegal crossings across the southwest border have dropped by 95% under the Trump...