(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...
(Headline USA) The Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend a record $9 billion in 2026, maximizing its spending in key areas such as global health. At the same time it will begin reducing the number of staff positions it has by as much as 500 over five...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) An interesting development in the COMEX silver exchange seems to reflect an accelerating silver squeeze.
The stage was set for a silver squeeze last April when significant amounts of metal moved from London to New York, driven by tariff worries. The displacement of metal,...
(Headline USA) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed's building renovations.
The subpoenas relate to Powell's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June, the...
(Headline USA) Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.
The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI...
(Headline USA) The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday that he wants a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027, a 50% increase from his $1 trillion budget for 2026.
“After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined...
(Morgan Sweeney,The Center Square) Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state attorney general were either “complicit” in the now-estimated $9 billion of social services fraud that has taken place in the state in recent years or “asleep at the wheel,” according to Republican Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.
“How could...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is set to hold its first of two scheduled hearings Wednesday on the “fraud and misuse of federal funds in Minnesota.”
Three Republican Minnesota state lawmakers who “sounded the alarm” in the past on some of...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Three pro-gold and silver groups have teamed up to present the inaugural Sound Money Review, a new, one-of-a-kind collection of writings dedicated solely to immortalizing and advancing principles of sound money.
The Review, presented by Money Metals Exchange, Sound Money Defense League, and Sound Money Foundation, aims to curate...
(Money Metals News Service) Washington state will begin penalizing citizens for protecting their savings in precious metals, imposing a sales tax on all new purchases effective January 1.
While a number of states have ended state sales taxes on gold and silver purchases in recent years, Washington politicians decided to...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) What were the biggest precious metals stories of 2025? There were plenty to choose from.
The biggest story is the impressive yearly gain for all the precious metals.
Gold up over 64 percent
Silver up just under 148 percent
Platinum gained 125.9 percent
Palladium...