(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As lawmakers begin crafting the 12 annual appropriations bills to fund the federal government in fiscal year 2026, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has implied that his party will refuse to cooperate in the process if Republicans revoke billions in funding from previous...
(Resource Stock Digest, Money Metals News Service) Gerardo Del Real of Resource Stock Digest sat down with Stefan Gleason, president of Money Metals Exchange and a longtime advocate for sound money stewardship and smart precious metals ownership.
The interview dug into why Money Metals is one of the most trusted firms in the sector and how...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump's plan to create a sovereign wealth fund that's the world's envy remains undefined.
In the meantime, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global is among the largest in the world, with more than $1.8 trillion in assets.
In February, Trump told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Tuesday advanced a massive spending package, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump, that includes $150 billion in extra military spending.
The bill passed in a vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, as three Republicans — Senators Rand...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) By signing sound money legislation earlier this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ended Florida’s discriminatory practice of assessing sales taxes on small purchases of gold, silver, or platinum bullion and coins.
Florida’s House Bill 7031, a bill by the House Ways and Means...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Do you feel like you spend more and more money every month but get less and less for it? That’s because you are.
As talking heads on mainstream financial networks point to ever-increasing retail sales (May data notwithstanding) and gush about the “health of...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Today, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed House Bill 7287 into law, which includes a provision removing the last remaining tax on purchases of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion.
The Connecticut General Assembly originally considered a standalone sound money bill, carried...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Final debate began in the U.S. Senate Sunday afternoon on President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with a vote coming as soon as Monday.
The package of continuing resolutions cleared a Senate hurdle late Saturday. The procedural vote was 51-49, with two Senate...
(Nicolas Cachanosky, Money Metals News Service) Politicians might prefer lower interest rates, but the Fed must protect its fragile post-pandemic progress on prices. Credibility is hard-earned and easily lost.
The tension between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has reignited, following the Fed’s recent decision to hold interest rates...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Every once in a while, you’ll hear somebody claim that gold is “a useless metal.” You may think I’m exaggerating, but I assure you, I’m not. I heard a commentator on MSNBC say it with my own two ears a few years ago.
Warren...
(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey isn’t buying the recent bearish turn in gold forecasts from Wall Street.
In this week’s podcast, he pushes back against the prevailing optimism in financial markets and lays out a compelling, data-backed case for why gold and silver still...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) While silver has been relatively quiet in recent weeks following its encouraging breakout, this doesn’t signal failure—rather, it looks like a healthy pause typical of low-volume summer trading.
On June 5th, silver finally broke above both the $32–$33 and $34–$35 resistance zones that had capped its...