(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The nation's debt has surpassed $34 trillion, according to figures from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The nation's growing debt has become a source of concern for some politicians as the cost to service that debt takes up a larger portion of the federal...
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) The gold market is poised to make history in 2024. It enters the New Year within striking distance of new all-time highs.
How high will gold go? Much depends on how low interest rates and the U.S. dollar go.
The Federal Reserve ended its rate hiking...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Two university professors lost their jobs after their hatred toward Jews was revealed.
The first professor was Stanford University’s newly formed Anti-Semitism Committee’s co-chair who resigned after he was called out for aligning himself with anti-Israel groups and writing a paper in 2017, in which he...
(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) – Washington drivers may see new stickers on the fuel pump next year when filling up their gas tanks.
A state lawmaker is backing legislation in the form of House Bill 2050 that would require the Washington Department of Agriculture to amend the gas tax stickers...
(Headline USA) Comedian Dave Chappelle plans to open his own comedy clubs across the country to promote “free thought” and fight back against woke culture, according to a recent profile in the Wall Street Journal.
The popular stand-up comedian has rankled the Left for the past several years by frequently cracking...
(Eli Pacheco, Headline USA) A Harvard University plagiarism scandal and the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping the nation's most elite universities are but the latest black-eyes for higher education amid growing criticism over campuses' metamorphosis into woke indoctrination centers.
As students question the overall value of a college education, the restart...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden issued an executive order implementing a 5.2% average pay raise for all federal workers in January 2024.
An initial proposal came out in March, endorsing a 4.7% raise across the board with a 0.5% increase in locality pay.
The March proposal included nearly $5.5...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Newly released data showed the five states where Americans are most and least in debt.
Not surprisingly, the states with the most debt burden were among the most far-left in terms of political alignment, while the majority of financially healthy states were among the reddest,...
(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) - One nuclear power plant can produce the same amount of electricity as 2,077 wind turbines. And some of the larger wind turbines are taller than the Statue of Liberty.
And both wind and nuclear power are carbon-free.
Yet, nuclear power has stalled as a producer...
(Headline USA) An AI robot, ElliQ, has been created to keep senior citizens company.
Joyce Loaiza lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a Florida senior community, the retired office worker often has a chat with a friendly female voice that asks about her day.
A few miles...
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange
As the Christmas holiday approaches, bulls are celebrating some continued strength in gold and silver markets.
The monetary metal has a chance of finishing out the year next Friday at a new all-time high. But trading volumes are likely to be light in the holiday-shortened...
(Headline USA) Portland rioters who participated in the weeks of nightly disruptions during the summer and fall of 2020---including the vandalism and destruction of a federal building---have filed a new lawsuit against law enforcement alleging negligence and battery.
Despite the parallels with the Jan. 6, 2021, political protest at the...