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Government Secrecy Prevails Over Gold Transparency

(Stuart Englert, Money Metals News Service) When it comes to U.S. gold reserves, secrecy prevails over transparency. Attempts to authorize a comprehensive, independent audit of the nation’s gold reserves have proven elusive and futile for decades. The last two prominent audits, conducted 72 and 51 years ago, respectively, were far from...

Real Money Is Real Money: Islamic Silver Was Prevalent in Viking World

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If I travel to another country, I’ll generally need to make a currency exchange before I can go shopping. I’ll have to swap my dollars for euros if I’m in Europe, or yuan if I’m in China, or perhaps lira if I’m in...

Hakeem Jeffries’s PR Sought Epstein Support, Shocking Email Shows

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s public relations team once sought to recruit Jeffrey Epstein for a fundraiser aimed at helping Democrats elect a House majority in 2014, a newly released email shows.  The May 2013 email, released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee, showed Lisa Rossi Amor, a partner...

Jeffrey Epstein Brokered Deals Between Rothschild Banker and Israeli Defense Minister

(José Niño, Headline USA) Dropsite News reported that Jeffrey Epstein leveraged his personal friendship with a Swiss banking heiress to raise funds for Israeli cyberweapons development, according to newly released documents that reveal a far closer relationship than previously disclosed. On July 31, 2019, just eleven days before Jeffrey Epstein...

Meta Prevails in Historic FTC Antitrust Case, Won’t Have to Break off WhatsApp, Instagram

(Headline USA) Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday after...

Dramatic Year for Silver: Market On Pace for Fifth Straight Supply Shortfall

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The silver market is on track for its fifth straight structural market deficit. The recent silver squeeze that pushed the silver price to a record high was partly due to a displacement of metal. There was too much silver in New York and not enough in...

Average Cost of Family Insurance Nears $27,000 a Year

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Average family health insurance premiums rose 6% in 2025, nearing $27,000, underscoring consistent increases and warning of more hikes ahead. Higher healthcare spending, including increased hospital and drug prices, is driving up the cost of coverage, according to an annual survey from the nonprofit KFF....

Texas Wants to be Reimbursed for Biden Open Border’s Cost

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA)  Members of the Texas Congressional delegation are demanding the federal government reimburse the state for the $11.1 billion it spent tackling the Biden administration’s “open-border abdication.”  The lawmakers, including both senators and House members, made the request Friday in a three-page letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary...

Italy to Tap Undeclared Gold to Plug Budget Hole

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Italian government needs money and wants to tap private gold holdings to get it. Many Italians own undocumented gold. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has come up with a scheme to entice people to declare their gold holdings, have them appraised, and...

Debt Black Hole Putting Increasing Stress on American Consumers

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A giant Debt Black Hole dominates the U.S. economy, and Americans are feeling the stress. In the third quarter, LegalShield’s Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) hit the highest level since March 2020, the onset of pandemic-era government lockdowns of the economy. The CSLI ticked up to 71.2 in...

Trump Rolls Back Tariffs on Over 200 Foods in Sharp Reversal

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Responding to Americans' frustrations over high grocery prices, President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday exempting more than 200 food products from tariffs. "Certain qualifying agricultural products will no longer be subject to those tariffs, such as certain food not grown in the United...

Congress Used Government Funding Bill to ‘Erase’ $3.4 Trillion in Deficits

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Quietly tucked inside Republicans’ funding deal to end the government shutdown is a provision wiping the congressional Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecard, effectively forgiving nearly $3.4 trillion in deficits. When Republicans passed their budget reconciliation bill in July, which included a permanent extension of the 2017 tax...
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