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(Headline USA) The price of diesel is hitting record highs just when many U.S. farmers need it to power combines, tractors and other equipment to harvest two of the nation's largest commodities, soybeans and corn. The spike adds to an already tough year for these farmers, who also faced higher...

(Tate Rosentreter, The Center Square) In response to a lawsuit from 12 Democratic state attorneys general attempting to stop the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Paramount is requesting a $1.88 billion bond from the coalition of state officials. Executive Director of the Committee for Justice Ashley Baker told The Center...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein set off a firestorm this week when he posted a clip of Hillary Clinton on X, captioning it "Hillary Clinton suggests October 7 was an inside job."  The clip features Clinton saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "wanted to see what they...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With many countries bringing their gold home, what will Spain do? Some are calling for the Spanish central bank to follow the lead of the Netherlands and France and repatriate its gold. The Netherlands recently moved 86 tonnes of gold from North America closer to home...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Will they? Or won’t they? That’s the question on everybody’s mind. Will the Federal Reserve finally pull the trigger and hike interest rates at next week's September meeting? I’m about 50-50, maybe leaning slightly toward a hike. However, I don’t think it ultimately matters, because...

(Headline USA) Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of over $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States on Friday, South African police said. The men, who were arrested in the South African city of Cape Town...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Eleven months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has added $2 trillion to the national debt, borrowing $168 billion during August alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The federal government has collected $4.8 trillion and spent $6.8 trillion, generating a deficit already higher than...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) President Donald Trump said he would offer every eligible American adult a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House and Senate in the midterm elections. “It’s $5,000 to every adult,” Trump told a crowd at the first-ever Republican midterm convention in...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold flowed into ETFs from every region last month, pushing global holdings to a record high. ETFs globally added 121 net tonnes of gold to their holdings in August. That pushed total ETF gold reserves to 4,189 tonnes. Putting that into perspective, ETFs globally held...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the mantra over at the U.S. Treasury Department. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the department plans to triple its long-term bond buyback program to $6 billion during its operation on...

(Money Metals News Service) In this week’s Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey examined what he calls the debasement trade. It is the growing preference for tangible assets such as gold and silver as protection against the declining purchasing power of fiat currencies. Maharrey framed the trend as a matter...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The bloodbath in the bond market keeps picking up speed along with the debasement trade. Last week, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund announced a plan to slash its government bond holdings by about 20 percent. "We recommend that the government subindex of the bond index...