(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to provide Ukraine with billions in additional military aid and increase sanctions on Russia, a move that comes as the more than four-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating.
The Ukraine Support Act passed in a vote...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May's better-than-expected report while the unemployment rate remained at 4.3%, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment rate has remained steady in the range of 4.3% to 4.5% since July 2025,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks were once again net gold buyers in April, after large sales pushed gold accumulation into negative territory in March.
In March, global central bank gold reserves fell by 27 tonnes, driven by big sales by Turkey and Russia. The tide turned in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Americans have run their credit cards to the limit. Now they’ve turned to buy-now-pay-later plans to buy gas and groceries.
This is yet more evidence that American consumers are broke, stressed, and buried in debt as inflation steals their purchasing power.
Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platforms allow users...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Stanley Cup is the greatest trophy in the world.
It’s also one of the most valuable. It’s made of silver – and a lot of it.
The Stanley Cup Finals kicked off this week. The Las Vegas Knights are battling the Carolina Hurricanes for the NHL...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A lot of people are feeling economic pain right now. As I recently wrote, the American consumer is broke, stressed, and buried in debt.
However, the official government data doesn’t seem to reflect this pain. Sure, there’s some price inflation out there, but it’s not...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.
Trump said at a dinner at the White House that...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) New details are pouring out about the former senior CIA official who was caught last month with some $40 million in gold bars that he had obtained from the government for unspecified “work-related expenses.”
The Wall Street Journal published an article on Wednesday tying HHS Secretary Robert F....
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that reports of inflation's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Drawing on both recent economic data and historical parallels, he contends that the United States may be entering a second wave of a broader...
(Headline USA) SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world's first trillionaire.
The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it...
(Tim Clouser, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $4 billion funding opportunity for homelessness services on Monday, shifting away from the Housing First model.
The notice of funding opportunity, or NOFO, for HUD’s Continuum of Care program, represents a major turning point in...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Border Patrol agents in Southern California have found another underground cross border tunnel, leading to the arrest of four men and the seizure of enough cocaine to kill 34 million people.
As illegal crossings across the southwest border have dropped by 95% under the Trump...