(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Sen. Rand Paul has become Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s pawn.
A few weeks ago, Bessent insisted all the gold is in the vaults at Fort Knox.
"I haven't. People on my staff have. The treasurer has been to Fort Knox, and I'm happy to say...
(Headline USA) U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.
The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a regulatory loophole, blaming it for allowing thousands of...
(Headline USA) WK Kellogg said Thursday that it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year.
The change comes a year ahead of schedule. Kellogg said last August that it would remove synthetic dyes from its cereals by the end of 2027.
But the company said...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After days of drawn-out negotiations, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a short-term government funding stopgap early Saturday morning.
Both chambers of Congress now leave for the entire month of August. The House must approve the Senate’s continuing resolution when it returns before President Donald Trump...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) There is an unimaginable fortune floating between 150 and 400 million miles from Earth.
It’s an asteroid named Psyche.
Some people think we can solve global poverty by mining this space gold and other precious metals.
We can’t.
Scientists believe this 144-mile-long floating space rock contains large...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold flows into ETFs flipped positive globally in July. After two consecutive months of outflows, every region reported positive flows of metal into gold-backed funds in July.
With Europe leading the way, gold ETFs reported net gold inflows of 23.5 tonnes in July, valued...
(Headline USA) The State Department on Wednesday offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos González, or "Pelón,” scaling up pressure on a U.S. citizen who has emerged as the figurehead of Mexico's most powerful cartel.
The reward was bumped up from $5 million....
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former FBI supervisory special agent has been arrested after admitting to the theft of roughly $1 million worth of cryptocurrency, according to court records.
A criminal complaint filed Saturday says that the former agent, Patrick Yaroch, admitted to his crimes to another Justice Department employee...
(Money Metals News Service) Despite months of sideways trading, Frank E. Holmes believes the gold bull market is alive and well. During a wide-ranging conversation with Money Metals' Mike Maharrey, the executive chairman of HIVE Digital Technologies and CEO and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of U.S. Global Investors argued that powerful global trends continue to...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Long-term U.S. borrowing costs reached levels unseen in nineteen years this week after the Federal Reserve declined to tighten policy, and the Financial Times reports the move has widened investor doubt over the central bank's grip on inflation flowing from President Donald Trump's war in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Could China’s gold reserves surpass the United States’?
On the surface, this seems like a tall order, but analysts at BMO Capital say it could happen in the next five years given China’s unreported gold buying.
The U.S. officially holds just over 8,133 tonnes of...
(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) The executive vice president of a coalition advocating for data center development says reversing course on incentives in Illinois could have “detrimental” economic consequences.
Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker told the Aspen Climate Summit he reversed course on offering tax exemptions to data centers to...