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(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) – Congress is investigating California’s $128 billion high speed rail project, demanding the California High Speed Rail Authority provide information on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “justification for continuing to fund the California High-Speed Rail project.” California’s high speed rail project has completed environmental clearance...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Thursday called on U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to stop the agency’s “continued support of Cuba’s communist interests.” She did so after Cuban-American lawmakers raised the alarm about Chinese spies operating in Cuba, reportedly targeting Cuban-Americans as well...

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The University of Chicago will pay $4.95 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by current and former students seeking refunds on tuition after classes went remote amid the COVID-19 hysteria. In May 2020, former student Arica Kincheloe filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District...

(Headline USA) Boeing told federal regulators Thursday how it plans to fix the safety and quality problems that have plagued its aircraft-manufacturing work in recent years. The Federal Aviation Administration required the company to produce a turnaround plan after one of its jetliners suffered a blowout of a fuselage panel during an Alaska...

(Interview Begins Around 5:54 Mark) (Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Exchange podcast, host Mike Maharrey interviewed economist Dr. Peter St. Onge. The two discuss St. Onge’s early success and subsequent financial loss during the dot-com boom, the recurring nature of economic cycles, and the...

(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As the criminal conviction of former President Donald Trump dominates the news cycle, investors have to be asking themselves whether the upcoming election will be anything like normal.  A potential crisis of legitimacy for America’s electoral system looms. That could bring with it a...

(Money Metals News Service) Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a new law reaffirming gold and silver as legal tender, making a symbolic statement in favor of sound money principles. Senate Bill 232, sponsored by Sen. Mark Abraham, marks the sixth pro-sound money bill passed by a state this year,...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) New text messages from the House GOP investigation into the Biden family reveal that Hunter used his father’s appearance at Sandy Hook Elementary School—where 26 people, including 19 students, were gunned down in 2012—to arrange a shady business deal. The text messages were from Dec. 12,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Did the U.S. government really try to confiscate Americans' gold? The short answer is... well, there isn't a short answer. It's a complicated subject with more nuance than most people give it. Yes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt did try to take most of the...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Reserve Bank of India recently brought a little over 100 tons of gold home. And more gold may be heading back to India in the near future. The Indian central bank repatriated the gold from vaults in the UK. According to a Times...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) A free speech battle against a former New York regulator by the National Rifle Association can be advanced, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the opinion for the court, noting Maria Vullo, former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) India imported more silver through the first four months of 2024 than it did in the entirety of last year. Indian silver imports totaled 4,172 tons of silver from January through April. That compares with 455 tons during the same period in 2023.  India imported...