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(Headline USA) Former NBA player Malik Beasley has been indicted in the government’s sprawling investigation of illicit gambling on basketball games, accused of tailoring his 2024 performance with the Milwaukee Bucks to reward bettors and chip away at his own financial problems, authorities said Monday. Beasley has been out of...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Pentagon officials opened an investigation following a security lapse at Dialog, the invitation-only events group that Peter Thiel helped establish, which left personal details of American intelligence personnel accessible online, Wired reported. The exposed records included information about a National Security Council intelligence official and an...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA-) Iconic chicken-wing chain Hooters may be throwing in the towel on its 35-year struggle to stay politically incorrect. While some restaurants, like Cracker Barrel, have successfully fought off the takeover of corporate wokeness, Hooters recently announced the closure of its last New York location, the New...

(Money Metals News Service) The U.S. economy may appear resilient on the surface, but beneath the headlines, Michael Pento believes serious problems are building. During a recent appearance on the Money Metals podcast with host Mike Maharrey, the founder and president of Pento Portfolio Strategies argued that mounting debt, inflated asset prices, and misguided...

(The Center Square) An unsolicited letter from a data center developer that dangles $10,000 for every household in a northeastern Pennsylvania township - but only if the data center gets built - calls the money a "grant" but Ed Parks and Ed Negra call it a "bribe." The fact that...

(Headline USA) Billionaire investor Leon Black said Friday that Jeffrey Epstein deceived him during a yearslong relationship in which he paid the disgraced financier $158 million, but insisted he committed no criminal wrongdoing as he appeared before the House Oversight Committee. Black is the 16th person to appear before the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump instructed the Justice Department to launch an inquiry into petroleum corporations he accused of artificially propping up gasoline prices while crude oil costs tumble, ABC News reported. The president vented his frustrations on Truth Social, alleging that energy companies exploit motorists at the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republican members of the House Administration Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would stop members of Congress and their family members from wagering on politically oriented prediction markets, Politico reported. The GOP majority backed the proposal along strict party lines. The legislation would block representatives, their spouses,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central bank gold reserves have increased by an average of 1,000 tonnes per year over the last four years. That’s double the 500-tonne average during the previous decade, and the trend doesn’t appear to be slowing down. According to the World Gold Council’s 2026...

(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators sponsoring the System Integrity through Licensed Vault Expansion and Resilience (SILVER) Act filed the legislation as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (NDAA), further elevating the issue of geographic...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold broke below $4,000 an ounce on Wednesday. This 28 percent drop from the record highs of January is certainly painful, but deep corrections are not unusual in a bull market. In a recent note, Solomon Global managing director Paul Williams said investors need...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) U.S. states and territories made a collective $10 billion in improper payments to SNAP recipients nationwide in fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. The average error payment rate, which includes both over- and underpayments, was roughly 10.6%, well above the congressionally set...