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Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil Under US Blockade

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Cuban government has said that it has run out of oil reserves under the ramped-up US oil embargo on the country, which has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis and widespread power outages across the country. “We have absolutely no fuel oil, absolutely no diesel,” Vicente de...

Eat Some Gold!

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Hungry? Eat gold. Seriously. It’s a thing. Mind you, it’s not a thing that interests me in the least. But some people do eat gold. The other day, I was doing a little headline search for gold stories, and I ran across a blog post...

Pentagon Seeks Record Budget Despite Failing Every Audit

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is asking Congress to approve the largest military budget in American history for an agency that has never passed a financial audit. The Department of Defense, rebranded the Department of War by the Trump administration, says it has a new plan to...

Ex-NYC Judge Charged for Real Estate Fraud Scheme

(Headline USA) A former New York City judge who resigned last year while under investigation for professional misconduct was charged Wednesday with abusing his position to swindle real estate investors out of at least $5 million and then using some of the loot to pay his own bills. Edward Harold King,...

Tax Revenues Drive April Budget Surplus Even as Spending Keeps Going Up

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As is typical in April, the federal government ran a budget surplus last month thanks to the influx of income tax revenue. But despite this seemingly good news, every metric reveals further deterioration in America’s fiscal situation. The surplus of $215.02 billion was 16.8...

India Hikes Gold and Silver Import Duties to Support Rupee

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In July 2024, India slashed its import tax on gold and silver from 15 percent to 6 percent. This week, the Indian government reversed course, hiking the customs duty back to 15 percent. The 9 percent duty increase ranks as the largest on record. The duty on...

The Dollar Is Shrinking And Gold Could Explode Higher

(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey challenged the optimistic mainstream narrative surrounding the U.S. economy, arguing that beneath strong headline numbers lies a far more troubling inflationary and monetary reality. Maharrey opened with a personal hockey story about an overhyped...

Report: Israel Wants US Special Forces Operation To Seize Iran’s Uranium

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli government wants President Donald Trump to order a US special forces operation to secure Iran’s uranium that’s enriched at the 60% level, according to a report from Axios, an operation that is fraught with risks and would mean the resumption of full-blown war in...

Auto Debt Hits $1.68 Trillion as Car Payments Crush Americans

(José Niño, Headline USA) American auto debt surged to $1.68 trillion by the close of 2025, marking a 37 percent jump from late 2018 when the total sat at $1.23 trillion, CNBC reported. A new analysis by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers provided the data exclusively to the...

Trump Taps 53 Million Barrels from Oil Reserves Amid Iran War

(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration said Monday it would loan out 53.3 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to energy firms as fuel costs soar during the conflict with Iran, Just The News reported. The release comes after Washington agreed in March to put 172...

Detroit Border Agents Seize Greatest Volume of Drugs at Northern Border

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Over the past seven years, Border Patrol agents working in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Detroit Sector have seized the greatest volume of drugs at the northern border. The CBP Detroit Sector area of responsibility covers four states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. It...

Ship Operator and Employee are Charged in Crash that Caused the Deadly Collapse of Baltimore Bridge

(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing the Singapore-based operator of a ship and a key employee of making critical decisions that led to the disaster and the deaths of six people. The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd.,...
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