(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Top U.S. Senate Republicans are eyeing a controversial accounting method to theoretically slash the multi trillion-dollar price tag of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
However, tax policy experts remain strongly divided over whether the tactic would constitute legitimate policy or a recipe for fiscal...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) On family vacations to the beach, my dad loved to tinker with a metal detector. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t motivated by the potential for riches because he never found anything more than some change and the occasional metal can. My mom used...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Bank of America is eyeballing $4,000 gold and $40 silver by the end of the year or early 2026.
Last October, the big bank projected $3,000 in 2025.
BoA analysts said trade-induced geopolitical uncertainty would continue to support the metals, with growing concern about the U.S. government’s...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California is set to experience deficits of $10 billion to $20 billion each of the next several years, according to a new report from the state-funded Legislative Analyst’s Office.
The report warns the “shortfalls will become increasingly difficult to resolve over time” due to reliance...
(José Niño, Headline USA) James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, is mounting a campaign to regain control of the organization after his controversial ouster in 2023.
O’Keefe founded Project Veritas in 2010, but was removed in February 2023, after a period of mounting tensions within the organization. Staff members...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Gold and silver are currently consolidating in a healthy manner, which is likely laying the groundwork for their next leg higher.
I’m encouraged to see them consolidating in a healthy manner, which I believe is ultimately laying the groundwork for the next leg of the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Democratic lawmaker in North Carolina was indicted for allegedly scheming to use COVID-19 relief funds to bankroll her lavish lifestyle, including a horse-drawn carriage at her birthday party.
Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown is accused of obtaining $124,165 in pandemic aid through fraudulent applications between April 2020...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Kennedy Center under the Biden administration allegedly fabricated financial records to show several million dollars in revenue, the Daily Wire reported Friday.
Newly installed president Richard Grenell told the board the center was $26 million in debt due to “phantom” and “fake revenue.”
“It’s criminal. We’re going...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs on the European Union and iPhone maker Apple on Friday, prompting a sell-off on Wall Street.
Trump said trade talks with the European Union, which represents 27 nations, are "going nowhere." The president said he was recommending a 50%...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Chinese gold imports hit an 11-month high in April as prices continued to surge to record levels.
According to the latest customs data reported by Bloomberg, gold imports reached 127.5 tonnes, a 73 percent increase from the prior month.
This comes in the wake of the People's...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced Monday that Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, 53, a United Kingdom citizen, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his participation in a fraud scheme.
Sutton is presumably already back on a plane to the UK. He was extradited to the U.S. and sentenced...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Arkansas state government has thrown its weight behind Israel, investing millions and reinforcing a growing trend among U.S. states.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-AR, announced a plan to invest up to $50 million in Israel Bonds in the middle of May. According to the Arkansas...