(Headline USA) Boeing workers who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike Monday at midnight.
About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate has remained steady at 4.2% over the past few months.
"I've been calling this a 'Frozen' job market for awhile. Now I would call it a red flag. The economy is barely adding...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Gold and silver remain in consolidation, but their technical setups are still strong—despite the confusing crosscurrents caused by unpredictable tariff developments.
It’s been a volatile and tumultuous week, marked by the Fed meeting, a slew of key economic data—including the U.S. GDP report—and a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As widely expected, the Federal Reserve maintained its wait-and-see position, taking no interest rate action during the July FOMC meeting.
However, there were some evident cracks in the committee as two members dissented from the majority decision. It was the first time multiple committee...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Senate Republicans continue to hit roadblocks in their race to pass the 12 appropriations bills funding federal agencies for fiscal year 2026 by the Sept. 30 deadline.
Although Republicans originally planned to craft and pass the government funding bills soon after the One Big Beautiful...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) High prices continue to put a drag on Indian gold jewelry sales even as investment buying surges.
India ranks as the second-largest gold market globally behind China.
Gold extended its gains in July, remaining the top Indian investment class with a 28 percent gain on...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Women love gold! The popularity of gold jewelry makes this pretty apparent. But that’s not the full extent of women’s love affair with the yellow metal. American women also tend to prefer gold as an investment.
A recent survey by the World Gold Council...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Congress is poised to subpoena controversial testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
If those efforts are successful, Maxwell may join a long list of prominent people — ranging from mafiosos...
(TJ Martinell, The Center Square) Washington state’s Medicaid spending has quintupled, or increased five times over, since the 2013-15 biennium, according to an analysis by The Center Square.
Along with that increased spending, the number of those on Medicaid has climbed, though some health care experts note that despite this...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) After a couple of weeks away from the markets on a much-needed vacation, I spent last week furiously digging into the metals markets to see if I had missed anything.
I didn’t.
In fact, the metals, aside from some periodic excitement in silver, had been performing...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Democrats are pushing a bill prohibiting price gouging at the federal level and giving the Federal Trade Commission another $1 billion and new tools to go after companies charging "grossly excessive" prices.
Democrats say such protections are needed as President Donald Trump rolls out higher...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Democrats tapped into the coffers of their campaign funds to bankroll their overseas trip to El Salvador, where they visited illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an accused MS-13 member now federally indicted for human smuggling.
Most of the Democrats falsely claimed they paid for the...