(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US smuggled thousands of Starlink terminals into Iran in January to support anti-government protesters inside the country, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The report said that the State Department purchased 7,000 Starlink terminals several months ago with the aim of providing them to anti-government...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It’s really exciting watching those Olympic athletes go for those silver medals, eh?
No, you don’t need to send me emails telling me there is a typo in the first line of my article. I meant what I wrote. They are going for silver.
Now,...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice unredacted portions of documents in the Jeffrey Epstein files with mentions of high profile figures at the request of Congressional leaders.
On Monday, U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., visited the Department of Justice to view several...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) A lawsuit is challenging a San Francisco ordinance that establishes a reparations fund for Black residents.
The ordinance, signed in December by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, a Democrat, is aimed at addressing systematic harms. Even so, the Pacific Legal Foundation said this is wrong.
“The...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Newly released government documents show Jeffrey Epstein ordered 330 gallons of sulfuric acid for his private island on the same day federal investigators launched a sex trafficking case against him, according to records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law November 19,...
(Headline USA) A trial focused on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media and whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms began Monday in New Mexico with opening statements.
It's the first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against major social media...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A few weeks after President Trump declared on Truth Social that he wants a $1.5 trillion military budget, Republican leaders in Congress are working on making his dream of increasing military spending by about 50% a reality.
The 2026 military budget marked the first to exceed $1 trillion,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell helped fund the Clinton Global Initiative, seemingly contributing at least $1 million to the organization, according to the newly released “Epstein files”—the trove of documents released by the Justice Department.
Indeed, an Oct. 7, 2004, email from former...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been flying high on private jets while railing against billionaires on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, plowing more than half a million dollars in campaign funds into luxury air travel.
Private jets are a luxury most Americans never experience. For Sanders, however, they have become...
(Headline USA) On Friday, Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, requested records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.
The scrutiny of Omar's finances comes from a required financial disclosure statement she filed in May last...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After rising to an all-time high of 4,025 tonnes in 2025, ETF gold holdings continued to climb in January, growing by another 120.1 tonnes.
In dollar terms, ETFs globally added $19 billion to their gold holdings. It was the strongest monthly gain on record.
The...
(Headline USA) The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage.
The Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and to weather changes in technology and user...