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(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Medicare and Medicaid funding accounted for almost $12 billion of services provided through assisted living facilities, according to a new report released by the Government Accountability Office. The independent nonpartisan agency examined spending for services in assisted living facilities in 2024, the year with the...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite the steep correction and increased volatility, gold remains one of the best-performing assets over the last 12 months. It feels like gold has tanked this year, but the yellow metal was only down about 7 percent through the first six months of 2026....

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central bankers expect de-dollarization to continue over the next several years, with gold and other currencies taking on a growing role in the global monetary system, according to a survey by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). This comes on the heels of a World Gold...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) George Soros has long used his billions to influence politics, but now his family appears to be using that wealth to reshape its own backyard through a massive land grab in the Hamptons. The Soros family has purchased 18 plots of land on Shelter Island, a Hamptons community,...

(José Niño, Headline USA) On Sunday, Just the News reported on a striking new Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas working paper that ties the Biden era surge in illegal immigration to a sharp jump in housing costs. The outlet summarized findings that the migrant wave lifted employment while driving...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Independent research firm Hedgeye set off a fierce online reaction this weekend when it published a blunt autopsy of American social life. The Stamford, Connecticut-based financial media company argued that the nation has quietly torn down the places where people once met, and the figures...

(Sean Reed, The Center Square) After two days of calls for his resignation by Democrat leaders, embattled Illinois state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, stepped down. The two-term Democrat also signaled he’ll suspend his reelection campaign, pulling his name from the November ballot. The official resignation letter was released late Friday by...

(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) Many Washington state daycare providers receive large taxpayer subsidies, but an investigation by The Center Square found several that had few, if any, children and at least one establishment that received hundreds of thousands of dollars despite residents at the listed address indicating it...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver is an amazingly useful metal. In addition to serving as money, silver is used in a wide range of applications, from the tech sector to medicine. And scientists continue to find new uses for silver. For instance, Japanese researchers have discovered that silver can...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Indian government plans to expand a program designed to incentivize people to turn in their gold after the original plan fell flat. In 2015, the government created a gold monetization scheme (GMS) to encourage Indians to put “idle” gold into the country’s financial system. Under...

(Headline USA) Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more to come this year in a broader reorganization designed to “reset” Xbox as it faces heightened competition,...

(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Since Money Metals was founded in 2010, we've warned investors that how you buy precious metals can be just as important as what you buy. Last week's bankruptcy filing by Rosland Capital – one of the industry's most heavily advertised names, familiar through its Fox News commercials featuring William Devane...