(José Niño, Headline USA) Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an immediate halt on new H-1B visa requests by Texas state agencies and public universities, asserting the federal program has been exploited to replace American workers.
Texas Scorecard reports that Abbott issued a directive Monday declaring that "the economy of Texas...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal appeals court on Friday shielded former CNN anchor–turned–YouTuber Don Lemon and four other individuals for their alleged roles in the anti-ICE riot inside Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected an emergency...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) A crackdown on protesters in Minneapolis appears to be underway following “good talks” President Donald Trump had with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The crackdown came as Border Czar Tom Homan was set to arrive in the city amid growing tensions...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Treasury Department canceled $21 million in contracts with consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton after one of its employees leaked the tax returns of more than 400,000 individuals, including those of President Donald Trump.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the cancellations of the agency’s 31 contracts with...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) German officials are once again calling for the country’s central bank to bring its gold home.
Germany owns the second-largest gold reserves in the world at 3,352 tonnes. About 1,200 tonnes valued at around €164 billion ($194 billion) are stored at the Federal Reserve...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In this Headline Geopolitics episode, José Niño is joined by David Miller, investigative researcher and host of Palestine Declassified. Miller recounts how he was fired from the University of Bristol over anti-Zionist views, then won in court, setting a potential legal precedent protecting political dissent...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021.
The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County court in...
(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens the Money Metals Midweek Memo with a mindset for chaotic times. He borrows from the famous keep calm & carry on message that originated as a British government propaganda campaign in 1939 during World War II. His point is modern and simple. Stay grounded...
(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) Since 2020, fraudsters have scammed at least $36 billion and as much as $3 trillion in tax money from federal entitlement programs, dwarfing the amount federal prosecutors claim was stolen in Minnesota's federal food aid scandal known as Feeding Our Future, an investigation by...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) While many Western investors still lack exposure to precious metals, a Hong Kong billionaire has allocated a quarter of his wealth to gold and advises others to do the same.
Bloomberg described Cheah Cheng Hye as “the face of value investing” in Asia. Hye built...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday to decide whether President Donald Trump can fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company countersued one of his baby mothers Thursday after she accused the platform of enabling sexualized AI-generated images of her.
Filed Thursday in federal court in Texas, the lawsuit came after Ashley St. Clair sued xAI in New York, claiming social media users exploited the...