(José Niño, Headline USA) An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has accused him of offering her $5,000 in cash to drop a wrongful termination complaint, per a story Axios published on Wednesday—nearly a week before his Kentucky Republican primary.
Cynthia West, a social worker and school board candidate in...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey challenged the optimistic mainstream narrative surrounding the U.S. economy, arguing that beneath strong headline numbers lies a far more troubling inflationary and monetary reality.
Maharrey opened with a personal hockey story about an overhyped...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration said Monday it would loan out 53.3 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to energy firms as fuel costs soar during the conflict with Iran, Just The News reported.
The release comes after Washington agreed in March to put 172...
(Headline USA) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand Tuesday to defend his business record in a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, rebutting testimony that disparaged his leadership at a pivotal time for the ChatGPT maker.
Musk, the world’s richest man, is seeking Altman’s ouster from the company...
(Headline USA) A U.S. Air Force training jet crashed Tuesday in west Alabama with both pilots ejecting safely, military officials said.
Military officials said a T-38 Talon II aircraft from Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi was involved in a mishap at noon on Tuesday.
“The cause of the mishap is...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Over the past seven years, Border Patrol agents working in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Detroit Sector have seized the greatest volume of drugs at the northern border.
The CBP Detroit Sector area of responsibility covers four states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. It...
(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...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly released internal DOJ files appear to implicate President Joe Biden’s disgraced son, Hunter Biden, in alleged prostitution-related activity, corroborating accusations raised years earlier by Senate Republicans.
The files, obtained Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, showed Hunter exchanging text...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) “Desperate times call for desperate measures” appears to have become the Democratic Party’s current modus operandi after Virginia Democrats suffered a humiliating defeat in their attempt to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Among the proposals now under discussion is one extraordinary move:...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and “very weak,” according to President Donald Trump.
The president commented Monday during an event in the Oval Office following Iran's rejection of a peace deal proposal over the weekend, which he called a “piece of garbage”...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The accused White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooter pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday to all charges, including an attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Cole Tomas Allen has been charged with an attempt to assassinate a sitting U.S. president, transmission of firearms...
(Headline USA) A French woman and an American tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak and quarantine or isolate them.
Passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after...