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(José Niño, Headline USA) A layoff tracking firm has turned the H-1B fight into a map, and the map points at Texas. LayoffHedge tweeted, "The 8 fastest-growing H-1B districts in America are all Texas Republicans…" The post promotes a new study from the firm that assigns certified Labor Condition Applications...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday. The Washington Post first...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on Congress to approve his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 during remarks at a ceremony in South Carolina for the renaming of Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Immigration restrictionists in America have turned their attention to a New Delhi sit-down between the U.S. ambassador and a chief minister from southern India. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy urged U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor last Wednesday to widen the flow of visas for students leaving...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Ten of the 13 programs meant to keep the B-52 flying into the 2050s are over budget, behind schedule or underperforming, a federal watchdog found, including new engines and radar. The findings, in a new report from the Government Accountability Office, come as the Air...

(Money Metals News Service) Platinum and palladium have participated in the broader precious-metals rally, but beneath the price action, important differences are emerging. Money Metals host Mike Maharrey recently spoke with Edward Sterck, Director of Research at the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC), about persistent platinum supply deficits, palladium’s dependence on...

(Headline USA) A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.  Over the last 12 months, employment gains increased by 34,000. July's figure keeps at pace with...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The U.S. government has handed out citizenship faster than it handed out deportation orders over the past year, according to publicly available statistics. The Twitter/X account AF Post drew a comparison between two immigration statistics this week that circulated widely, and federal records back up each...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold buying accelerated again in June as central banks took advantage of the softer price environment to add to their reserves. According to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council, central banks globally added a net 51 tonnes of gold to their...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you have a choice between believing the audio or the video, believe the video. In other words, trust what you see if it’s different than what you hear. Since Kevin Warsh stepped into his new role as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he’s been...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Remember the gold bull market of 2025? According to billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, it’s still going on. Gold peaked just over $5,500 an ounce in January, before sharply correcting. After a brief surge of safe-haven demand in the early days of the U.S.-Iran conflict,...