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Immigration Officials Allow Suspect in $100M Jewelry Heist to Self Deport, Avoiding Trial

(Headline USA) Federal immigration authorities allowed a suspect in a $100 million jewelry heist believed to be the largest in U.S. history to deport himself to South America in December, a move that stunned and upset prosecutors who were planning to try the case and send him to prison. Jeson...

Homicide Rate Declines Sharply in Dozens of US Cities, a New Report Shows

(Headline USA) Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice. The report, released on Thursday, tracked 13 crimes and recorded...

Russia Gold Gains Replace Frozen Assets

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Here’s one reason to own gold. The appreciation of Russia’s gold reserves has nearly replaced the value of the assets frozen by the European Union when the country invaded Ukraine. Based on calculations by Bloomberg, the value of Russian gold reserves has surged by $216...

De-dollarization Alert! Danish Pension Fund Dumps U.S. Treasuries

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) This is how de-dollarization works. Danish pension operator AkademikerPension said it is selling all of its U.S. Treasurys. AkademikerPension investing chief Anders Schelde said the fund will divest its entire $100 million in U.S. Treasury holdings by the end of the month. He cited concerns about the U.S....

Silver Squeeze, Supply Chain Chaos, or Both? Money Metals’ CEO Explains

(Money Metals News Service) On an episode of Soar Financially hosted by Kai Hoffmann, Stefan Gleason joined the show to explain what is driving the near-daily precious metals headlines. With gold and silver setting frequent new highs, Hoffmann pressed on the question that many investors keep asking. Is this a...

Keep Calm in a 2026 Metals Mania

(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens the Money Metals Midweek Memo with a mindset for chaotic times. He borrows from the famous keep calm & carry on message that originated as a British government propaganda campaign in 1939 during World War II. His point is modern and simple. Stay grounded...

WATCH: Trump Says He Plans to Send Out $2,000 Tariff Checks Without Congress

(Brett Rolwland, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he could bypass Congress to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to some Americans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj2_CRDtPyU This directly contradicts his top economic adviser's comments last month, making this the first time Trump has proposed issuing tariff-funded checks without congressional approval. "I don't think...

WATCH House Hearing: Fraud Goes Far Beyond Minnesota

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square)  The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance heard Wednesday from witnesses on the ongoing Minnesota fraud scandal. https://www.youtube.com/live/vLmD-CfxhVA?si=ymfxdIMBco964OJ8 Republicans and Democrats on the committee sparred over what Democrats consider the politicization of the fraud story, which has dominated headlines in Minnesota...

House to Vote on Last Four Govt. Funding Bills Costing $1.2 Trillion

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ten days before the government funding deadline, congressional appropriators released the last four fiscal year 2026 spending bills for the U.S. House to vote on. The 771-page funding package includes a total of $1.2 trillion for the departments of Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services,...

Ex-Obama Official Could be Ousted from Goldman Sachs over Epstein Relationship

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the top legal advisor to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon could be ousted over her relationship to deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The advisor, Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, was Obama’s White House counsel from 2011 to 2014...

Entitlement Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions … or Trillions, Dwarfing Minnesota

(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square)  Since 2020, fraudsters have scammed at least $36 billion and as much as $3 trillion in tax money from federal entitlement programs, dwarfing the amount federal prosecutors claim was stolen in Minnesota's federal food aid scandal known as Feeding Our Future, an investigation by...

Money Metals Still FLUSH With Silver Inventory, No Order Restrictions

(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) The silver market continues to be a sight to behold, with prices touching $95 today, more than triple the price of just one year ago. Volatility is increasing, and upward momentum in both gold and silver remains strong. And so does retail demand in...
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