(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Government unions across the country spent more than $900 million during the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to a new report.
The Commonwealth Foundation’s most recent report found the top four public sector unions: the National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, Service Employees International Union...
(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...
(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....
(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...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution, according to people familiar with the matter.
Prosecutors went back to a grand jury in Virginia after a judge’s ruling halting the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With gold trading solidly over $4,000 per ounce, mainstream banks have been scrambling to raise their 2026 price projections. Last week, Deutsche Bank joined the scramble, upping its average price forecast by 11 percent.
Deutsche Bank analysts had been calling for a $4,000 average gold price...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve embarked on nearly a decade of extraordinarily loose monetary policy. This not only incentivized the creation of a Debt Black Hole and introduced all kinds of malinvestments into the economy, but it also warped expectations.
We now have...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Florida welcomes a new taxpayer about every two minutes while California loses one about every minute, according to new data.
An analysis of data from the IRS conducted by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation found that Florida, Texas and North Carolina gain new taxpayers faster...
(Stuart Englert, Money Metals News Service) When it comes to U.S. gold reserves, secrecy prevails over transparency.
Attempts to authorize a comprehensive, independent audit of the nation’s gold reserves have proven elusive and futile for decades.
The last two prominent audits, conducted 72 and 51 years ago, respectively, were far from...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The silver market is on track for its fifth straight structural market deficit.
The recent silver squeeze that pushed the silver price to a record high was partly due to a displacement of metal. There was too much silver in New York and not enough in...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Average family health insurance premiums rose 6% in 2025, nearing $27,000, underscoring consistent increases and warning of more hikes ahead.
Higher healthcare spending, including increased hospital and drug prices, is driving up the cost of coverage, according to an annual survey from the nonprofit KFF....
(José Niño, Headline USA) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem just revealed something that might surprise Donald Trump's immigration restrictionist base: More people are becoming naturalized American citizens under this administration than ever before.
"More people are becoming naturalized under this administration than ever before," Noem said during a Fox News...