(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The bulk of the U.S. gold reserves held in Fort Knox is made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements.
In practice, this means that most of America’s massive gold stockpile is illiquid and wouldn’t be readily accepted...
(Tate Miller, The Center Square) An education group has uncovered that teacher’s union the National Education Association has given nearly two million dollars in donations since 2020 to an organization that trains for May Day school “walk-in” protests, as well as demands agendas such as “tax the rich” and...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. small businesses reported reduced spending and hiring amid concerns over military strikes against Iran and looming inflation data, according to a new report.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce found business owners across the country are slightly more concerned about the health of their businesses...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing bipartisan pushback after attempting to close the book on the Epstein files controversy despite millions of pages remaining unreleased.
As The Hill reported, In a Thursday interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Blanche argued that "to the extent...
(Headline USA) Most travelers flying with United Airlines will pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as higher jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East push another major U.S. carrier to increase fees.
The first piece of checked luggage will now cost customers...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Who says gold doesn’t grow on trees?
OK, so it doesn’t. But there have been cases of gold discovered inside trees.
In Australia, researchers have found minute traces of gold in the leaves of eucalyptus trees.
Now, I don’t recommend heading to Australia and collecting leaves. It’s not...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to prepare for a potential ground operation to seize Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium.
According to two sources speaking with The Washington Post, the Pentagon developed a plan to land troops in Iran, build a runway, and leave...
(Headline USA) Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.
In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of YouTube’s parent company Google, children’s advocacy group Fairplay expresses “serious concern” about the spread of...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Bryon Noem, the husband of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has been revealed as a secret crossdresser who wore fake breasts and pink shorts while paying adult performers for explicit conversations, The Daily Mail reported.
As his wife oversaw critical national security matters at DHS,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that other countries that are reliant on energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz should get involved militarily and “take it” from Iran, as the Iranian military continues to control the strategic waterway.
“All of...
(Headline USA) The leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison on forced labor charges, federal prosecutors said.
Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc., was also ordered to forfeit $12 million during the hearing in Brooklyn. That was...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Only 10 U.S. senators voted against the bipartisan housing bill that restricts large institutional investors from buying up single family homes and requires investors to sell build-to-rent homes within seven years.
Those lawmakers also each received tens or sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in...