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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is refueling Saudi fighter jets as part of its support for Riyadh’s war in Yemen, a US official has told Al Jazeera, marking an escalation of US involvement in the conflict. The US refueling of Saudi warplanes was one of the most controversial aspects of...

(Headline USA) Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour express that set a U.S. speed record. The fresh arrivals include a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for NASA after a...

(Headline USA) Jack Pearadin is the first to admit that his diamond-hunting hobby hasn't paid off, despite sifting rocks for more than a dozen years. But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In August, South Korea announced plans to expand its gold reserves, but so far it’s only bought paper. Now it looks like the country’s central bank is finally set to get the real thing. To date, the Bank of Korea’s “gold” reserve expansion has involved...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The White House is threatening NATO allies Germany and France for refusing to release diesel fuel from their emergency inventories. “US officials said France and Germany could be cut off from future US diesel exports. Reuters first reported the US threat to its allies on Thursday after...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I recently reported that over 7 million ounces of gold flowed out of COMEX vaults the week of Sept. 10-17. Last week, silver flowed back into the COMEX system, partially reversing the drawdown. During the week of Sept. 18-25, around 2.5 million ounces of silver...

(Money Metals News Service) The U.S. dollar remains the world’s dominant reserve currency, but countries around the globe are looking for ways to reduce their exposure to it. According to Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey, this gradual de-dollarization trend is being fueled not only by America’s fiscal problems,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Ask pretty much anybody, and they’ll tell you we have an inflation problem. But what does that mean? And how did it happen? Most people have no clue. The first problem is that policymakers and the media use a very imprecise definition of inflation. For most people,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Here’s a question for you. If you were alive 2,000 years from now and dug up an old box of $100 bills, do you think you could spend it anywhere? I’m going to guess no. In the first place, it’s highly unlikely paper money would last...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) So far this year, Chinese gold imports are at the highest level since at least 2017. China ranks as the world’s largest gold market. Through the first eight months of 2026, China spent $158.8 billion to import more than 1,100 tonnes of gold, according to...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. government continues to ratchet up its use of the dollar as a foreign policy tool, even as the weaponization of the dollar has accelerated de-dollarization. On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans to effectively ground Iran’s commercial airlines, saying that...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Over 7 million ounces of silver left COMEX vaults last week as demand for physical metal surged. Meanwhile, CME recorded 6,168 September silver delivery notices through Sept. 18, representing a "delivery" of 30.84 million ounces, according to the CME’s delivery notice and warehouse report. A...