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Pentagon Credit Cards Used on Gambling, Weed, and Other Dubious Charges

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republican lawmakers are seeking a deeper investigation into fraudulent Pentagon expenditures after the Department of Defense Inspector General released a report in January, finding that officials have failed to properly monitor and review thousands of high-risk transactions made with government-issued travel cards.  https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1924532529748467927 The audit revealed that...

U.S. Market Helping Drive Silver Jewelry Demand Higher

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver jewelry demand is on the rise globally, another factor pushing the silver market to its fourth straight supply deficit in 2024. The U.S. market is playing an important role in this trend. Industrial silver demand set a record last year, but despite the increase in...

FDA No Longer Recommends COVID Vaccine for Healthy Babies

(Headline USA) The U.S. government no longer recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy babies thanks to new guidelines from the Trump administration, which said Tuesday it will limit approval for seasonal COVID-19 shots to seniors and others at high risk pending more data on everyone else. Top officials for the Food...

Crew Members of Tall Ship that Collided with Brooklyn Bridge Return Home to Mexico

(Headline USA) Many crew members on the Mexican navy tall ship that suffered a deadly collision with the Brooklyn Bridge have flown home from New York, officials said Monday. Seven officers and 172 cadets who were aboard the Cuauhtemoc training vessel arrived early Monday at the port of Veracruz, where...

House Probes Pfizer’s Delay of Covid Jab to Influence 2020 Election

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The House Judiciary Committee has zeroed in on a former Pfizer researcher following a Wall Street Journal report that the pharmaceutical company may have delayed positive COVID-19 vaccine trial results to influence the 2020 election. On Thursday, the committee sent a letter to Philip Dormitzer, Pfizer’s former...

Mexican Tall Ship Strikes Brooklyn Bridge, Snapping Masts and Killing 2

(Headline USA) A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air waiting for help. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the...

Singapore Gold Launch Could Threaten London & NY Dominance

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A Singapore-based startup hopes to challenge New York and London's dominance of the gold market. Abaxx Exchange recently launched a physical 1-kilo gold contract. It will be denominated in dollars and deliverable in Singapore. It will be the first and only physical gold futures...

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio Agrees to Pay $330K for Misusing Public Funds on Failed White House Bid

(Headline USA)  Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has agreed to pay a $329,794 fine to settle an ethics board’s complaint that he misspent public funds on his security detail during his brief, failed run for U.S. president. The deal, announced Wednesday by the city’s Conflicts of Interest...

Review: World Silver Survey 2025

(Peter Krauth, Money Metals News Service) The Silver Institute recently released its highly anticipated annual World Silver Survey 2025 (WSS). It’s one of the few deep reviews of the silver markets, and it’s compiled by Metals Focus for the Silver Institute. With the benefit of hindsight, the authors look back at...

Here’s What Copper Is Saying About Silver

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) As a silver investor and analyst, I closely track copper because of its strong correlation with—and influence on—silver. Silver is unique in that it’s both a precious metal and an industrial one, with industrial demand making up about 55% of total usage. This...

Feds Investigating CA ‘For Providing Federal Benefits to Illegal Aliens’

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it is investigating the “State of California for providing federal benefits to illegal aliens,” beginning with Los Angeles County, where local officials say one in 10 residents are illegal immigrants.   It’s unclear what California is being investigated for,...

DOJ Charges USAID Officer w/ Fraud

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department filed a criminal charge Friday against Yusuf Akoll, a former senior procurement contract specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was recently shuttered and folded into the State Department. According to the DOJ, Akoll formed a shell company in November 2020...
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