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(José Niño, Headline USA) A Texas federal judge has struck down the Biden administration's signature restriction on untraceable firearms, finding the regulation violates two separate constitutional guarantees roughly 17 months after the Supreme Court let it stand on narrower grounds. Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of Fort Worth ruled...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Private equity has swung firmly behind Republican candidates this election cycle, breaking from its usual pattern of splitting donations evenly between the two parties, according to a Wall Street Journal report.  Employees at buyout and investment firms sent roughly $60.2 million to congressional candidates and party...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite gold's sideways price performance and increased volatility, Chinese gold demand remained generally stable in July. China ranks as the world’s biggest gold market. The gold price in yuan was virtually unchanged in July. According to the World Gold Council's gold return attribution model, a...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) According to Wall Street Journal analysts, the private credit market is under increasing stress, with default rates spiking and internal reviews of loan health pointing to “tougher times.” When we think about this massive Debt Black Hole, the national debt immediately comes to mind. However, there’s more to...

(Money Metals News Service) Silver has experienced a wild ride in 2026, but The Silver Institute President and CEO Michael DiRienzo says investors shouldn’t let the volatility obscure a much bigger story: the underlying silver market remains remarkably strong. DiRienzo joined Money Metals podcast host Mike Maharrey to discuss silver’s dramatic price...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite gold trading sideways in the second quarter after its big price correction in the first, Chinese physical gold investment demand remained robust. Chinese investors were key drivers of the gold bull market last year, as Western investors generally sat out the rally until...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Without tariff revenue to paper over excessive spending, the U.S. ran the biggest monthly budget deficit in five years last month. The Trump administration spent $432.31 billion more than it took in in July. It was the highest monthly budget shortfall since March 2021, amid the...

(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...