(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) President Donald Trump posted a SpongeBob SquarePants meme after some expressed backlash over Elon Musk telling federal workers they were required to justify their jobs last week.
Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency sent an email instructing government employees to list five accomplishments by 11:59 p.m....
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sent a letter to newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Monday calling for the release of the “complete, unredacted” files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy New York man of mystery accused of international sex...
(Headline USA) In his annual letter to shareholders Saturday, Warren Buffett celebrated the successes of Berkshire Hathaway's companies last year and in the 60 years since he took over a struggling New England textile company and began converting it into a massive conglomerate while offering some advice to President...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If archaeologists 2,000 years from now find a jar of U.S. quarters minted in 2025, how excited would they be?
I'm sure they would find it interesting from a historical perspective. But how much would those quarters really be worth?
I got to thinking about...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) Gold continues to explode higher as fractures spread in the global gold market.
I’ve been reporting on the extraordinary gold flows of recent weeks, which have been driving the price of gold to record levels.
Those mysterious flows, generally blamed on concerns over potential U.S. tariffs...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.
He said at an investment conference in Miami that the administration is considering a concept in which...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Since 1973, America’s gold has been officially valued at just $42 per troy ounce—but that may soon change.
When Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election on November 5th, gold and silver immediately plummeted—down 9% and 15%, respectively—as many investors soured on precious metals....
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It’s clear that the Federal Reserve hasn’t won the inflation fight. With the CPI trending higher for four straight months, the markets aren’t pricing in another interest rate cut until September.
Isn’t a “higher for longer” interest rate environment bearish for gold?
The short answer is no...
(Headline USA) A series of polls by the Associated Press--NORC Center for Public Affairs Research gave a new boost to President Donald Trump, with some 70% getting behind his "America First" agenda.
Many U.S. adults said the federal government had been overspending—but polling also showed that many Americans, including Republicans,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Fundamentally, gold is money, but it is also an extremely useful metal, especially in tech applications.
Demand for gold in industry and tech was up 7 percent in 2024, driven by growth in the electronics and computing sectors.
Industry and technology used 326 tons of...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) U.S. inflation expectations have surged over the past few months, and this has been a bullish driver for gold and silver.
Yesterday, the U.S. Consumer Price Index came in hotter than expected, reinforcing those inflation concerns and raising the specter of stagflation as economic growth...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Remember the 87,000 IRS agents the Biden administration wanted to hire to go after Americans? They’re now being reassigned to help deport illegal aliens instead.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the shift on X, revealing she had requested the IRS to deputize agents to assist in arresting violent...