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(Headline USA) Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance,...

(Headline USA) The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he'd attend the State of the Union address and has fined and temporarily banned North Carolina congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout for bets she now calls...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled against GOP candidate Mike Lindell’s request for a full recount of the Aug. 11 gubernatorial primary. The court stated it was without merit to do a full recount, instead siding with the state-approved partial recount plan. “Lindell argues that he...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) How long will the gold bull market last? Forever. That’s the view of Ned Davis Research Chief Alternative Strategist John LaForge. Granted, he didn’t say “forever,” but that’s the implication of his comments on Kitco News. “I think prices peak when we learn how to deal with the debt...

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) One day shy of a full two weeks sooner than any other state in the nation, North Carolina county boards of elections on Friday will begin sending absentee ballots to any voter having made a request. The nation’s ninth largest state at 11.2 million is...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Several new polls show that Gov. Greg Abbott and state Sen. James Talarico are leading in their respective races for governor and U.S. Senate. A new University of Virginia’s Center for Politics rating also downgraded both races, indicating neither are no longer considered solidly Republican....

(Will Porter, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held direct talks with a senior Hamas member during the deadly 2014 war in Gaza, according to Israeli media. The dialogue was said to have been arranged “behind the backs of the establishment.” Reported by the Hebrew-language outlet Walla on Thursday, the...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia as routine engagement. He went on to dismiss the possibility that Russia could attack a NATO member. On Thursday, Trump was asked by Axios reporter Barak Ravid if he was concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department filed a 28-page document on Friday, responding to accusations that a former Capitol Police officer and current CIA employee Shauni Kerkhoff planted the pipe bombs found outside of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021. The DOJ’s...

(Headline USA) The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early on Sunday as it headed home after a grueling deployment in the Middle East. It's expected to stop in Thailand for a port visit. Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted...

(Headline USA) Jurors ended a second day of deliberations on Friday without a verdict in the case of the Massachusetts woman charged with killing her three children in 2023. Clancy doesn't deny strangling her children, but her lawyer said she did it because she had lost her grip on reality due...

(Headline USA) A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities. The settlement with the Commodity Futures...