(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, Mike Maharrey opens with a surprising admission. In the short term, he has turned bearish on gold.
This is not a reversal of conviction but a recognition of current market realities. Maharrey makes clear that his...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A cross-party coalition of U.S. legislators has put forward a measure that would ban wagering on athletic events through prediction exchanges, specifically aimed at services like Polymarket and Kalshi.
The measure unveiled Monday would "bar any entity registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from listing or...
(José Niño, Headline USA) According to a report by TiffinOhio.net, the chief of staff to an Alaska state senator was arrested Friday in Juneau on federal charges of sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl along with child exploitation, coercion, enticement, and production of child sexual abuse material.
Craig Scott Valdez, 36,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced widespread mockery after recently sharing a years-old video of a Marine urging troops to be "combat ready" without apparently realizing the Marine had been relieved of duty for entering a subordinate's home without permission, per a report by The Daily...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California gubernatorial candidates will not get to debate after the lineup was deemed "too white" to proceed.
The candidates, seeking to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, were set to debate at the University of Southern California on Tuesday. Backlash over the perceived lack of diversity prompted the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American billionaire owner of the popular adult content site OnlyFans, has died, the company confirmed on Monday.
He was 43.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” an OnlyFans spokesperson said in a statement widely reported by multiple outlets.
“His family have requested...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Self-described democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez directed nearly $20,000 in campaign funds to a psychiatrist who specializes in ketamine-based treatments, according to a new report.
The payments, totaling $18,725, were made to Dr. Brian Boyle, who serves as the chief psychiatric officer at Boston-based mental health clinic...
(José Niño, Headline USA) An illegal alien from Venezuela accused of murdering a Loyola University Chicago freshman entered the United States under the Biden administration and was released under the city's sanctuary policies before the killing, the Department of Homeland Security announced Sunday.
Jose Medina-Medina, 25, allegedly shot 18-year-old Sheridan...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has backed off on his threat to bomb Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz wasn’t “fully opened” by Monday night and claimed that Washington and Tehran had held talks over the past two days, which has been denied by Iranian officials.
“I...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Kathy Ruemmler, the top legal advisor to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, has left the bank over her relationship to deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein—collecting a handsome $25 million pay package on her way out.
“Ruemmler, who will leave Goldman in June, saw her annual compensation...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian military has warned that if the US or Israel bomb Iran’s power plants or other energy infrastructure, it will completely close the Strait of Hormuz and target similar infrastructure in Israel and regional countries hosting US bases.
Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Saturday, an Iranian missile struck Dimona, a city in southern Israel near the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, a facility where Israel first developed nuclear weapons and is believed to still be a crucial part of Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program.
Iranian media said the strike...