(Headline USA) The U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce a constitutionally dubious law started under Biden's administration that would require companies to submit their private ownership information to a central database.
In a Sunday evening announcement, Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties...
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) President Donald J. Trump and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk are trying to right-size the entire federal enterprise, just as companies — large and small — do daily.
Democrats are having none of it. Indeed, their rage over DOGE knows no borders.
“Donald Trump has turned...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The White House is considering ending all aid transfers, including weapons, to Ukraine after an Oval Office press conference turned into an argumentbetween President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Zelensky.
According to The Washington Post, “The Trump administration is considering ending all ongoing shipments...
(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) In a monetary economy, the money layer “exists on top of” real economic decisions, actions, and processes.
When the money layer faithfully mirrors the underlying real economy, it maximally serves its purpose; a stable, neutral, non-distortionary money allows us to plan our economic affairs,...
(Samuel Peterson, Money Metals News Service) Inflation. This word strikes fear among most readers. Thoughts of grocery bills and gas prices might be what the average American attaches to this word.
However, price increases are not inflation itself. Rather, they are a consequence of inflation. Inflation simply means an artificial increase in the money supply. In...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on pause due to sticky price inflation. The move makes sense, but why did the Fed start slashing interest rates in the first place? It was clear that the inflation monster wasn't dead when it surprised markets with a super-sized...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Americans have to wonder, based on revelations coming out of Washington DC, whether government waste, fraud, and abuse is happening on an industrial scale.
The need to perform audits and implement controls is obvious, despite wailing from people who somehow aren’t happy with the...
(Headline USA) More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to help cut costs.
“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to sentence a former DC Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Agriculture official to 27 months in prison for perpetrating an $880,000 fraud on the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program.
According to the DOJ, the defendant, Wendy Nicole Villatoro, 40, formerly...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump had harsh words for Maine's Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Republican president, “We'll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state because it continues to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert G. Salesses said in a statement on Wednesday night that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of Pentagon spending to realign spending to fund priorities of the Trump administration.
The statement from Salesses came after a report from The Washington Post said that...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold demand in China continued to show signs of growth last month despite the relentless climb in prices.
China ranks as the world's largest gold market.
As Jesse Colombo reported, aggressive Chinese futures traders on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) helped drive last year's gold bull...