(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Billionaire Elon Musk had a peculiar reaction to a new documentary’s insinuation that he may have used Starlink to meddle in the 2024 presidential election to benefit President Donald Trump.
"Lmao," an acronym for "laughing my ass off," Musk wrote via X. He was responding directly to...
(Headline USA) Police fatally shot a knife-wielding man walking on the cables of New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge after he ignored orders to drop the weapon, authorities said Friday. The shooting happened when he moved within feet of an officer trying to help him climb down.
The shooting at one of...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks continued to accumulate gold in July, adding a net 23 tonnes to the collective reserves.
Year to date, central banks have accumulated an additional 130 tonnes of gold, about 30 tonnes less than through the same period last year. The primary difference...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Netherlands moved approximately 86 tonnes of gold valued at over €10 billion from North America to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest” and a desire to “strengthen crisis preparedness.”
The country joins a growing list of countries moving gold out of the U.S to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Wednesday again claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was under US “control” and suggested he may rename it the “Trump Strait,” comments that came as Iran’s IRGC said that two tankers attempting to cross the strait hit Iranian mines.
“Now that we have...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job, giving the Navy combat veteran the nod as concerns have emerged that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during the Iran war.
Cao has been serving as acting...
(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...
(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...
(Money Metals News Service) Silver has decisively broken above the once-formidable $50 barrier, but Peter Krauth believes the bull market still has room to run.
During a recent Money Metals podcast interview with host Mike Maharrey, Krauth argued that strong investment demand, industrial consumption, depleted exchange inventories, and emerging technologies continue to...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a lawsuit Wednesday to block a new federal rule governing mail-in ballots. But a former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer who's now working at a think tank says the suit is unnecessary.
Prompted by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order...
(Jon Styf, The Center Square) American voters say local communities should be able to limit data centers if they cause a strain on electricity, water, land or infrastructure, according to a new poll.
The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found that 68% think that communities should be able to limit...