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(Ford Turner, The Center Square) Two powerful forces, money and silence, have been stirring hearts and minds as well as controversy in a 240-year-old township near a scenic bend of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania. All of it is tied to the artificial intelligence-data center boom. Rural residential property owners...

(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. spy agencies warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably undermine President Donald Trump's pursuit of a durable peace agreement with Iran, the Washington Post reported. Analysts determined that Netanyahu confronts powerful domestic political forces pushing him to sustain military action...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 455 people have been indicted for alleged health care fraud, believed to cost taxpayers over $6.5 billion. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the defendants spanned 45 states and territories. “These individuals participated in health care fraud schemes...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited “tremendous interest” among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Georgia has joined the growing list of countries expanding their gold reserves. Last month, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) purchased $100 million in gold. At the average gold price in May, that amount would buy approximately 22,000 ounces (0.7 tonnes) of gold. The purchase...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Chinese gold imports surged to the highest level in two years last month despite sagging prices and cooling demand. According to the latest customs data, China imported 163 tonnes of gold in May. The last time we saw imports at that level was March...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) House Republicans said Monday that they’re planning to hold the pro-Democrat political action committee ActBlue in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply fully with their subpoenas. “For more than a year, the Committees have conducted oversight regarding ActBlue's fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention, which may...

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent interview on the Pinnacle Digest Podcast, host Aaron Hoddinott sat down with Money Metals President and CEO Stefan Gleason to discuss central bank gold buying, Federal Reserve policy, the future of the U.S. dollar, and the growing debate surrounding America's gold reserves. Gleason argued that the...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After running a surplus in April thanks to an influx of income tax revenue, the U.S. government returned to the status quo and ran a big deficit in May. The Trump administration spent $292.65 billion more than it took in as revenues dipped due...

(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Chairman Alan Greenspan has now passed from the scene at the age of 100. Greenspan parlayed his sound-money bona fides into the top post at America's central bank and the stewardship of the world's dominant fiat currency. In betrayal of his own stated free-market principles, Greenspan...

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump challenged Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker to seek federal assistance after a bloody weekend left multiple dead and dozens injured across Chicago, Just the News reported. "Why isn't Governor Pritzker calling me for help," Trump wrote Sunday morning on Truth Social. "I could...

(Headline USA) “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year. Launching 31 years after the original “Toy...