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(Andrew Rice, The Center Square)  Former President Bill Clinton said he had “no idea” of the crimes convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed. The U.S. House Oversight Committee questioned Clinton over his ties to Epstein in a closed-door hearing on Friday in New York. “I had no idea of the crimes...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Democrats in the House and Senate vowed on Thursday that they will hold a vote next week on War Powers Resolutions aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran without congressional authorization, as required by the US Constitution. Contact your representatives in the...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The Trump administration will halt approximately $259 million in federal funds from Medicaid in Minnesota, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday.  Vance, alongside Administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz, cited concerns of fraud for the pause in payments. Oz said...

(José Niño, Headline USA) In this Headline Geopolitics episode, Ehshan Safarnejad breaks down what many outside Iran still misunderstand: how real economic grievances can be hijacked into coordinated destabilization, and why Iranians draw a hard line between protest and proxy violence. Safarnejad also digs into the balkanization playbook targeting Iran’s diverse ethnic...

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey warned that the US economy may be on the verge of a sequel to the 2008 financial crisis. And like most sequels, he suggested, it could be even worse than the original. He argued...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, the highest-ranking US military officer, has warned President Trump that there would be significant risks that come with attacking Iran, including the possibility of a protracted war, Axios reported on Monday, a report President Trump later...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The Justice Department is taking Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill to court over her efforts to limit the state's cooperation with federal immigration crackdowns. A lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday, alleges that an executive order signed by Sherrill that barred Immigration and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman stated the Epstein files have reached a McCarthyism era stage where innocent people face slander, calling for methods to distinguish evildoers from those merely appearing in documents, according to social media posts around February 21 to 22. On January 30,...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  A record 36 percent of unemployed Americans aged 25 and older now hold four year college degrees, marking the highest share ever recorded, according to Bloomberg analysis. The figure comes from Bloomberg examination of Bureau of Labor Statistics data for January 2026. Specifically, 36.6 percent of...

(Money Metals News Service) We get lots of questions from the public about precious metals. Some people are curious about the basics. Others are skeptical about the case for owning gold and silver. Still, others are longtime customers who have highly specialized inquiries. Here we will answer a few of the...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I have argued that the current economic environment has a lot of eerie parallels to 2007. We have extremely high asset valuations, the economy is loaded up with debt, and monetary policy has taken a similar trajectory, with easy money blowing up these...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Platinum corrected last month, along with other precious metals. According to the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC), after getting caught up in precious metals mania, the recent price drop brought the metal more in line with fundamental market dynamics. Platinum joined gold and silver...