(Dave Mason, The Center Square) U.S. First Assistant Attorney Bill Essayli Thursday called California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the king of fraud,” accusing him of a lack of oversight on spending to address homelessness.
Essayli made the comments on the “Fox and Friends” telecast, during which he discussed the federal fraud...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold now ranks as the world’s top reserve asset. According to World Gold Council data, global gold reserves are approaching $4 trillion. Treasury holdings total approximately $3.9 trillion.
The last time central bank gold reserves topped Treasury holdings was in 1996.
The increase in gold...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) After the weekend strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. continues to seize sanctioned vessels operating in the Caribbean and North Atlantic.
Two sanctioned ships were seized Wednesday morning in support of the U.S. operation to secure the Western...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Amid silver’s recent surge following a long period of stagnation, a wave of articles and commentaries has emerged calling its rise an unsustainable bubble that's about to burst and burn investors.
It’s worth noting that nearly all of those now calling silver a bubble...
(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals' well-stocked silver inventory situation is attracting new attention at a time when intense retail demand has wiped out many other precious metals dealers' inventories.
Commenters all over social media have been chirping about the fact that major online dealers (other than Money Metals) are...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Minnesota government reportedly retaliated against whistleblowers who exposed a massive state fraud scheme.
The whistleblowers said they were denied vacations and promotions and that their official work was spied on, state Rep. Kristin Robbins told the New York Post.
Robbins, who chairs the state’s Fraud Prevention and...
(Money Metals News Service) Silver is starting to attract high levels of retail demand from U.S. investors – most of whom very recently caught on to the compelling silver investment thesis.
Five years of production deficits combined with an expanding array of demand sources have finally started to matter, with...
(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit this week against Virginia, alleging the state unlawfully grants in-state college tuition rates to students who are not legally present in the United States.
The government is seeking a permanent injunction against certain provisions of the Virginia...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four companies and their associated oil tankers for allegedly transporting Venezuelan oil as the Trump administration seeks to escalate its pressure on the country.
The new sanctions come after the US seized two tankers off the coast of...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota and demanding an audit of some day care centers after a series of fraud schemes involving government programs in recent years.
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill said on the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he’s held talks with President Trump on the possibility of the US deploying troops to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader made the comment when asked if the US plans to deploy troops as part of a security guarantee for a...
(Headline USA) Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues an aggressive push to amp up AI offerings across its platforms.
The California tech giant declined to disclose financial details of the acquisition. But The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta closed the...