(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Congress has released its 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and is preparing to pass the sweeping spending bill, which will give President Trump a total military budget of over $1 trillion.
Earlier this year, a supplemental for an additional $156 billion was included in the so-called “Big...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Consumer borrowing remained tepid in October, possibly indicating that Americans are feeling increasing financial stress.
The U.S. economy depends on consumers buying stuff. Persistent price inflation forced Americans to blow through their savings and then turn to credit cards to make ends meet. However,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Is silver a Giffen good?
It appears to be behaving like one.
A Giffen good, named after Scottish statistician and economist Sir Robert Giffen and his theory, is an “inferior good” whose demand rises as its price increases (holding income and other prices stable), defying the typical...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold ETFs globally reported net inflows of gold for the sixth straight month, driven by a strong surge in Asian investment.
Globally, gold-backed funds reported a 38.5-tonne increase in gold holdings. The pace of metal inflows moderated from the torrid pace of the last...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It appears the holiday shopping season is being sucked into the massive Debt Black Hole floating through the global economy.
Based on preliminary data, the Christmas shopping season is off to a good start. According to data parsed by Mastercard, approximately 87.3 million Americans shopped online,...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Senate will hold a doomed vote next week on Democrats’ bill to extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies for three more years.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, have not decided on an alternative health care bill, despite millions of Americans’ premiums set to spike after Dec....
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Ilhan Omar, the radical left-wing Squad member, has been linked to the massive COVID-19 relief fraud scheme in Minnesota, as some of her inner circle personally profited from the $1 billion scam.
The fraud involved Somali-owned businesses claiming they provided meals to people in need and then submitting reimbursement forms to the Minnesota government....
(José Niño, Headline USA) Newsweek senior editor Josh Hammer is calling on President Trump and Vice President JD Vance to deliver an Oval Office address condemning Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and what he describes as rising antisemitism in conservative circles.
The controversy centers on Carlson's October 27, 2025 interview with...
(Headline USA) A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to a recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
Several medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert...
(Money Metals News Service) This article is based on a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast featuring host Mike Maharrey interviewing silver analyst and author Peter Krauth about the ongoing silver bull market and what might come next.
(Interview Starts Around 7:58 Mark)
Silver Breaks Out And Then Stays There
Silver has blasted...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A company with long standing ties to Israeli intelligence now manages cyber security systems across more than seventy federal agencies in the United States, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.
This finding comes from a detailed report on Axonius, a firm...