(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar described the Trump administration on Thursday as seemingly the “most corrupt” government she has ever witnessed, despite escaping a country devastated by civil war and corruption.
Omar made the remarks during a Capitol Hill press conference with fellow progressive lawmakers in response to the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US forces have seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean, according to statements from the US military and US officials, as the Trump administration continues its blockade on Venezuela with the goal of controlling the country’s oil industry and exports.
US Southern Command said that US Marines...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Since Colorado and Washington became the first of 25 states to date to allow the sale of cannabis, tax collections on recreational marijuana have been a boon for state treasuries, reports The Motley Fool.
California alone now rakes in more than $1 billion per year in...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of Money Metals' Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey argues that the most important economic warnings rarely arrive with flashing lights. They show up first in markets, and right now, he says, precious metals are doing the talking.
Maharrey opens by comparing...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) A pro-liberty couple in New Hampshire has secured their second free speech victory against the leftist-controlled municipalities that now dominate much of the once-conservative state, due in large part to the influx of liberals from deep blue Massachusetts.
A federal appeals court ruled that Beth and...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) It’s not just Somali nationals in Minnesota who’ve been charged in a widescale scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded federal welfare programs. Haitian and Yemeni immigrants have also been charged with stealing tens of millions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the Biden...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On New Year’s Eve, a man shot and killed a 16-year-old in Tamarac, Florida. That man is a Secret Service recruit, the agency reportedly confirmed Friday.
“The United States Secret Service is aware of an open investigation by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office that involves a...
(Headline USA) The head of the FBI's New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his recent departure, an FBI spokesperson said Friday.
Christopher Raia, who helped lead the response to the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day last...
(Dave Mason, The Center Square) U.S. First Assistant Attorney Bill Essayli Thursday called California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the king of fraud,” accusing him of a lack of oversight on spending to address homelessness.
Essayli made the comments on the “Fox and Friends” telecast, during which he discussed the federal fraud...
(José Niño, Headline USA) An unidentified gambler has pocketed approximately $410,000 in profits after correctly wagering that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro would lose power, according to Reuters.
The speculator's Polymarket account accumulated positions in contracts linked to Maduro's removal under terms suggesting unlikely odds ahead of the weekend military operation....
(Headline USA) CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Ames died Monday.
Ames, a 31-year CIA...