(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will appear before Congress on Tuesday as President Donald Trump continues to push the independent central bank to lower interest rates.
Powell will present the Fed's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee at 10 a.m....
(José Niño, Headline USA) A Utah senator's plan to sell millions of acres of western public lands has united an unlikely coalition of conservative environmentalists, Trump administration veterans, and Democratic lawmakers in fierce opposition to what they view as an unprecedented threat to America's natural heritage.
In the middle of...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Generally speaking, a leak is bad news.
If your car tire is leaking, you’re probably going to end up stranded on the side of the road.
If a pipe in your house is leaking, you’re probably going to end up with wet carpet.
And if your...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Los Angeles’ $19.7 million response to the June protests and riots was almost entirely spent on police, highlighting the growing cost of police overtime amid an enduring officer shortage.
According to a new report from government transparency group Open The Books, the city of Los...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) After yesterday's 4.49% surge, platinum has broken through the key $1,200 to $1,300 resistance zone that had been a major hurdle—an encouraging bullish signal.
Last week, I published a detailed report on the bullish case for platinum—even though my usual focus is on gold and silver....
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Vietnamese gold market is about to undergo significant reforms that could boost competition, lower prices, and increase supply.
A government decree will open the door for eligible banks and enterprises to import gold into the country and produce bullion. Currently, the Saigon Jewelry...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) It's not just lower-income people or those with disabilities using Medicaid in the United States.
A new investigation led by the Patient First Coalition found that tens of thousands of wealthy people remain enrolled in Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance program meant for low-income and...
(Headline USA) When her husband died after a grueling U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal benefits promised to families of first responders whose lives are cut short in the line of duty.
Sixteen years later, Afolayan and her two daughters haven't seen a...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. dollar is undergoing a major technical breakdown—a highly bullish development for commodities, especially precious metals and their mining stocks.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been warning of a likely breakdown in the U.S. dollar—an event that historically signals a bullish...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Argentines are married to the dollar, but they're having a love affair with gold.
As a Bloomberg article framed it, Argentines were once "almost irrationally devoted to the dollar." In fact, the country ranks among the top holders of U.S. dollars.
According to Bloomberg, the devotion to the dollar...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Federal agencies under the Biden administration monitored foreign visitors to Elon Musk, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Journal's Tuesday report specifically revealed that, throughout 2022 and 2023, multiple U.S. government agencies monitored the movements of foreign nationals traveling to visit Musk at his...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) ABC News has fired one of its star correspondents after he publicly berated President Donald Trump and White House official Stephen Miller in a brazen anti-Trump rant.
The network said Tuesday it would not renew its contract with Terry Moran, a senior national correspondent, after he accused...