(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Republican-led House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to a man described as former First Lady Jill Biden's "work husband" to determine how sharp former President Joe Biden was in office.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued the subpoena to Anthony...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Immigration accounts for recent population growth in the U.S. as its native population ages, according to a Thursday article in the Washington Post. While children still outnumber older adults nationwide, the share of older adults is rapidly increasing, according to the Post, whose reporting was...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Calls to bring Germany’s gold home are growing, and now voices in Italy are urging that country’s government to do the same.
Germany owns the second-largest gold reserves in the world at 3,352 tonnes. Italy ranks number three with 2,452 tonnes. Both countries utilize...
(Headline USA) The head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider accepting a homebuyer's cryptocurrency holdings in their criteria for buying mortgages from banks.
William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, ordered the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A senior US military official told Congress on Tuesday that the US Navy used munitions at an “alarming rate” while defending Israel from Iranian missiles during the 12-day war that Israel started with massive strikes on Iran.
Adm. James Kilby, the acting chief of naval operations, was...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Wednesday that he would bomb Iran again if the country restarted its nuclear enrichment program, but he insisted that he doesn’t think that will happen.
The president made the comments on Sunday at the NATO summit in The Hague. When asked if Tehran rebuilding...
(Headline USA) The vice mayor of a small Southern California city is under fire after calling on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in and around Los Angeles.
In a video post on social media that has since been deleted, Cynthia Gonzalez, vice mayor...
(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey isn’t buying the recent bearish turn in gold forecasts from Wall Street.
In this week’s podcast, he pushes back against the prevailing optimism in financial markets and lays out a compelling, data-backed case for why gold and silver still...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday slapped sanctions on three Mexican-based banks that it said were used to launder millions of dollars for cartels.
The move, officials said, would cut the banks off from the U.S. financial system.
Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network identified three Mexico-based...
(Headline USA) Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is so unpopular that he's losing badly in the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat to a man who shares the same name as two of the most notorious sex criminals in world history.
Initial returns Tuesday showed Weiner running...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) House Republicans and Democrats sparred on Tuesday over codifying cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Congress needs to “lock in” DOGE’s $180 billion in cuts across the federal government at a House Oversight and Government Reform’s DOGE...
(Christina Lengyel, The Center Square) Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has conceded the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor to progressive underdog Zohran Mamdani. The 33-year-old Mamdani currently serves as a member of the New York General Assembly representing Queens.
Mamdani ran on a platform that focused on making...