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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US on Wednesday officially opened a new consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, that is said to be the largest US consulate building in the world. The compound sits on 206,000 square meters, or about 50 acres, and cost about $800 million...

(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens this near-100th episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo by admitting he’s always been bad at math. But his main point is that math’s weakness as a personal skill doesn’t change its strength as a reality check. Words can spin. Narratives can be...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from launching a war with Venezuela without congressional authorization. The bill was introduced by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), who sponsored the previous resolution,...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, held five hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his advisers at the Kremlin on Tuesday to discuss a potential peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, but the meeting ended with no...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After taking a breather earlier this year, central banks are once again gobbling up gold, with October purchases hitting the highest level of the year. Central banks globally increased their gold reserves by 53 tonnes (net) in October. That was up 36 percent from...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) NATO’s top military officer has floated the idea of the Western alliance conducting a “pre-emptive” strike on Russia, a comment that drew a sharp rebuke from Moscow. Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the chair of NATO’s Military Committee, made the provocative comment in the context of discussing alleged...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With gold trading solidly over $4,000 per ounce, mainstream banks have been scrambling to raise their 2026 price projections. Last week, Deutsche Bank joined the scramble, upping its average price forecast by 11 percent. Deutsche Bank analysts had been calling for a $4,000 average gold price...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Federal government took in a record amount of tariff revenue in October. It also ran the highest October budget deficit on record. The Trump administration spent $284.35 billion more than it took in to kick off fiscal 2026. That was about 10 percent...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged for the first time that children’s deaths were linked to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an internal memo.  The memo, written Friday by the FDA chief medical officer, Dr. Vinay Prasad, notes that an internal review found at least 10...

(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens the conversation with Jorge Jraissati, president of the Economic Inclusion Group, by asking about his background and why he cares so deeply about financial freedom. In this Money Metals exclusive interview with Jorge Jraissati, they speak on the very real rise in debanking, how...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has told his advisers that he’s planning to speak directly with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Axios reported on Monday, citing administration officials. While the Trump administration has continued to build up its forces in the Caribbean, bomb boats in the region, and leak information to...

(Headline USA) Oregon's governor declared a state of emergency Monday to ensure that enough fuel arrives to the state while the Olympic Pipeline, which supplies more than 90% of the state's fuel, remains shut down due to a leak ahead of Thanksgiving travel. Gov. Tina Kotek's declaration is intended to...