(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) No matter how you slice the data, it keeps coming up inflation.
The April CPI data did nothing to allay fears of renewed inflationary pressure as rising energy prices continued to impact the economy.
On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.6 percent, adding to...
(Headline USA) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday defended the Trump administration's decision to slap new sanctions on Cuba, the largest of which is against Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., a business conglomerate operated by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.
In addition to GAESA and its leader, the...
(Headline USA) Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding.
Iranian state TV...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Conservative journalist Brian Glenn is calling it quits.
Glenn, a White House correspondent for Real America’s Voice, is set to resign from his job Friday as he prepares to marry former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in the Peach State.
Glenn confirmed his resignation in a heartfelt post on...
(Headline USA) Federal authorities said they arrested 18 people Wednesday on charges related to selling illicit drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamine around a Los Angeles park.
The area, called MacArthur Park, is a densely populated immigrant neighborhood west of downtown LA where federal immigration authorities and the National Guard made...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is embroiled in controversy over his ties to Farallon Capital, the hedge fund he founded in 1986 that later became a major lender to the coal industry—despite his long-standing image as a climate change warrior.
Steyer, a billionaire Democratic donor and failed...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced last month that a “Chantilly man” was sentenced to 27 years in prison after being convicted of sexual exploitation and coercion and enticement of minors to engage in illegal sexual activity.
What the DOJ’s press release didn’t say—and what’s not mentioned in...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) For decades, guerilla graffiti artist Banky has been viewed as the pinnacle of postmodern culture, using a populist medium and public spaces to strip elitism from the haute-couture art world while adding value with playful, socially relevant messages steeped in humor, irony and meta-criticism.
The iconoclastic...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Friday that the US Navy was acting “like pirates” while enforcing the blockade against Iran, comments that affirm Tehran’s characterization of the US military action, which has involved seizing ships and Iranian oil.
“We … land on top of it and we took over...
(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) National teachers unions have spent over $1 billion on political activity and advocacy since 2015, according to a new report by Defending Education.
Both reports, shared with The Center Square, found the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association together directed $669 million...
(Headline USA) A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.
The person is “believed to be involved” in the bank robbery in Berea on Thursday, Trooper Justin Kearney posted online.
A man...
(Money Metals News Service) The core message of this Money Metals Midweek Memo episode is straightforward. When policymakers ignore incentives, they often create outcomes that run counter to their own goals. Host Mike Maharrey begins with a personal example, explaining that his move from Kentucky to Florida saved his family “thousands...