(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The USS Abraham Lincoln and its support ships have arrived in the Middle East as President Donald Trump is mulling strikes on Iran.
A US official told CBS News that the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of control....
(Alan Mosley, Antiwar.com) The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an $838.7 billion fiscal 2026 defense spending bill, moving one of the largest appropriations measures in U.S. history toward final passage in the Senate. In a 341-88 vote that crossed party lines, lawmakers advanced the sprawling defense and related...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The National Bank of Poland has approved a plan to purchase even more gold.
On Tuesday (Jan. 20), the bank issued a statement saying it plans to purchase up to 150 more tonnes of gold, raising its holdings to a maximum of 700 tonnes.
Poland...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Here’s one reason to own gold. The appreciation of Russia’s gold reserves has nearly replaced the value of the assets frozen by the European Union when the country invaded Ukraine.
Based on calculations by Bloomberg, the value of Russian gold reserves has surged by $216...
(Brett Rolwland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he could bypass Congress to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to some Americans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj2_CRDtPyU
This directly contradicts his top economic adviser's comments last month, making this the first time Trump has proposed issuing tariff-funded checks without congressional approval.
"I don't think...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ten days before the government funding deadline, congressional appropriators released the last four fiscal year 2026 spending bills for the U.S. House to vote on.
The 771-page funding package includes a total of $1.2 trillion for the departments of Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver charted its fifth consecutive structural market deficit in 2025 based on preliminary analysis of the data. The shortfall will likely exacerbate tight supply issues that have precipitated a significant silver squeeze.
This is one of several stories covered in the latest issue of Silver News, published...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver was up nearly 148 percent in 2025, and the price has continued to climb in the new year, trading over $90 an ounce.
With the rapid gain, silver now ranks as the second-most valuable asset in the world with a market cap of $5.35 trillion.
The...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces a lawsuit from JPMorgan Chase Bank over unpaid credit card debt exceeding $11,000. The bank served legal papers to Lightfoot at her $900,000 residence in October, according to a complaint reviewed by the Chicago Tribune.
Court documents show Lightfoot's last...
(Joshua D Glawson, Money Metals News Service) A rumor has been circulating on social media that the U.S. Mint is PLUM OUT of silver... implying silver will soon become "unobtanium" across the board. The evidence loosely backing the claims is a notice on the U.S. Mint website, which is,...
(Jared Strong, The Center Square) In an attempt to distance themselves from the Feeding Our Future fraud, Minnesota politicians vowed to return their tainted donations, but an investigation by The Center Square found that some did not follow through with their promises.
Others, including the state's Attorney General Keith Ellison...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Since Colorado and Washington became the first of 25 states to date to allow the sale of cannabis, tax collections on recreational marijuana have been a boon for state treasuries, reports The Motley Fool.
California alone now rakes in more than $1 billion per year in...