(Money Metals News Service) The United States is closing in on a milestone that would have been almost unimaginable not long ago: $40 trillion in national debt.
That staggering figure framed the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, as host Mike Maharrey examined what he calls the economy’s “debt...
(Headline USA) A Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet is arguing that a judge did not fairly preside over the high-profile case and is asking for a new trial.
Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated a shocking poll that showed her leading her reelection opponent by nearly 12 points. But on Monday, that celebratory mood at her campaign quickly came crumbling down after the poll turned out to be fake.
Bass, a former Democratic member of...
(Headline USA) The number of people worth at least $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total under the three previous presidents, according to a report from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.
It’s the numbers for the Trump administration,...
(Headline USA) Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines last week to hold him in contempt.
In a pointed letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, a lawyer for...
(Headline USA) Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024.
Mangione, 28, said he even used a...
(Headline USA) The top editor of Forbes left his job last month and was reportedly dismissed for accepting $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine.
The New York Times reported this week that Randall Lane was paid by RJ Shook, whose company, Shook...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and may “keep it” despite Iran continuing to demonstrate its control of the waterway and engaging in negotiations with Oman on its future.
“The USA has total control over...
(Headline USA) Weeks before voting ended in California's primary for governor, Los Angeles-based influencer Shaka Smith took to Instagram to tell his more than 700,000 followers whom he was voting for and why.
“Healthcare shouldn't bankrupt you, housing should not feel impossible, polluters shouldn't pass their bill to us and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reportedly called off her engagement to web developer Riley Roberts, days after gaining viral attention for publicly discussing her decision to freeze her eggs, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.
News of the alleged breakup was first reported by Puck News reporter Leigh...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Immigration restrictionists in America have turned their attention to a New Delhi sit-down between the U.S. ambassador and a chief minister from southern India.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy urged U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor last Wednesday to widen the flow of visas for students leaving...
(Headline USA) The crew of a yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg did not hear a radio call for a maritime assist from a small skiff that ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska, and by the time it did, another nearby ship had already rendered assistance, a spokesperson...