(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed his top officials to submit proposals on the possibility of resuming what his defense minister called “full-scale” nuclear weapons tests in response to President Trump’s order for the US military to conduct nuclear tests.
It was unclear from Trump’s initial order,...
(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) SNAP recipients in Ohio are expected to receive half of their regular monthly benefit allotment, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
However, there is still no plan for when that money will be distributed. Family Services on Tuesday said it has...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The median age for a first-time home buyer just hit 40, a record high, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors.
The median buyer age increased to a peak of 59 years, up from 56 the previous year. The median age...
(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has pledged up to $8 million in city funds – $4 million per month through 2025 – to offset the looming halt in federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits triggered by a congressional funding impasse.
A Senate vote to...
(Headline USA) U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead.
But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity...
Despite opposition from major federal labor unions, Senate Democrats blocked Republicans’ Continuing Resolution to reopen and fund the government for the 13th time Tuesday….
A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said.
President Donald Trump suspended all trade talks with America's largest trading partner over an ad that features former President Ronald Reagan speaking about tariffs in 1987.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday brushed off the new sanctions imposed by the US targeting two Russian oil companies and issued a new warning against the potential US supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine…
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After the big selloff in gold and silver, a Saxo Bank analyst says the metals are no longer overbought, but they are still under-owned.
After peaking near $4,400 an ounce, gold got hammered lower on Tuesday and Wednesday, falling to close to $4,000 before...
(Money Metals News Service) In this Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey cautions listeners against confusing market symptoms with the underlying illness. He opens with a reminder to focus on what drives prices, not just the prices themselves.
That point lands as gold slips below $4,100 per ounce after a single-day...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Is silver overbought?
Technically, yes. But that doesn’t mean the bull market is over, as some mainstream analysts would have you believe.
From a technical standpoint, an asset is overbought when the price runs up extremely fast relative to the recent trend.
On September 18, silver was...