(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Federal welfare funds intended for Mississippi’s poorest residents were diverted into an African heiress gold bar scam, according to a recent court filing in a state lawsuit over the matter.
The court filing was made in an ongoing lawsuit by the Mississippi Department of Human Services,...
(Headline USA) Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut—effectively slicing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency in half.
That could have a lot of implications, from the price of the...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) U.S. taxpayers lose up to $521 billion a year to fraud across the federal government, according to a first-of-its-kind estimate.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated annual fraud costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion annually, according to a new report published Tuesday.
The fraud estimate's...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As American airlines continue to raise prices and cut amenities for flyers, a new airline is launching to respond to consumer needs.
This airline, however, will prioritize not people, but dogs, Fast Company reported.
Bark Air purports to be a dog-centric company, which allows humans to fly...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Joe Biden is taking heat from Republicans for easing sanctions on Iran – including giving the terrorist-sponsoring nation access to billions of dollars in previously frozen assets – before it launched a massive drone attack on U.S. ally Israel.
Iran fired more than 300 drone...
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As inflation continues to come in hotter than expected, gold and silver markets continue to gain upside momentum. Gold busted through to a new record milestone above $2,400 an ounce on Friday while silver rocketed to $29.50.
On Wednesday, the government’s Consumer Price Index...
(Headline USA) Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions---and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, declared the head of the United Nations climate agency on...
(Headline USA) MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle reacted on Sunday to news of former President Donald Trump’s latest fundraising haul by complaining that Trump is the “luckiest man in the world.”
In an appearance on Inside with Jen Psaki, Ruhle admitted that Trump’s $50.5 million haul from one fundraising event last quarter...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The impact of Bidenflation has reached the hosts of ABC News's Good Morning America, as one host was left stunned after learning about the soaring grocery prices.
During a Friday segment comparing grocery prices from 2019 to 2024, co-host Michael Strahan appeared visibly shocked as his colleague...
(Headline USA) The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a bridge toll, just like every other commuter, if New York transit officials have their way.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is demanding the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race generally held the first Sunday of each...
(Headline USA) In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report Tuesday saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
The Cyber Safety Review...
(Headline USA) When Califorina leftists voted to impose a $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast-food workers, many warned of the unintended consequences, including massive price hikes on food in an already inflationary economy.
That, however, may have been more of a feature than a glitch for the nanny state, which has...