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Powell Holds Ground before Congress amid Pressure from Trump

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that economic data merited lower interest rates but that tariffs could undo the central bank's fight to tame inflation. "If you just look in the rearview mirror and look at the existing data that we've seen,...

Silver Price Shows What Government Has Done to Our Money

(Douglas French, Money Metals News Service) You hear about gas prices every day. The President brags that per-gallon prices have dropped to $1.99 in some places. After paying over $4.00 here in Las Vegas, I wonder where he is talking about. He ran on bringing down prices at the pump,...

GOP Plan to Sell More than 3,200 Square Miles of Federal Lands is Found to Violate Senate Rules

(Headline USA) A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s rules. Lee, a Utah Republican, has proposed selling...

Should Storage Fees Deter Precious Metals Investors?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Should the cost of storing physical gold and silver deter people from considering precious metals as an investment option? Idaho Governor Brad Little thought so. Last year, he vetoed a bill that would have given the Gem State an option to invest up to 7.5 percent of...

After the Breakout: What’s Next for Silver?

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) While silver has been relatively quiet in recent weeks following its encouraging breakout, this doesn’t signal failure—rather, it looks like a healthy pause typical of low-volume summer trading. On June 5th, silver finally broke above both the $32–$33 and $34–$35 resistance zones that had capped its...

WATCH: RFK Jr., Dr. Oz Pledge to Reform Prior Authorization of Major Health Insurers

(Caroline Boda, The Center Square) Several major health insurance companies are vowing to make changes to simplify their prior authorization process and improve Americans’ access to timely health care. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare & Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced the changes...

No War Worries In The Markets

(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” — I’ve had the classic Edwin Starr song running in my head ever since news of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities broke Saturday evening. I was actually alerted to the news by my friend Brent Johnson,...

Attacks on ICE agents up 500%

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Attacks against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are now up by 500%, the Department of Homeland Security says, up from 431% earlier in the month. As attacks increase, assailants continue to be arrested, including members of the terrorist organization Tren de Aragua, a Mexican...

Marco Rubio Says It’s ‘Irrelevant’ Whether Iran Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that whether Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon is “irrelevant,” as he was pressed on the lack of evidence that Tehran has taken steps to weaponize its nuclear program. Rubio made the comment in an interview with CBS News...

Trump Furious over Early Ceasefire Violation: ‘They Don’t Know What the F*** They’re Doing’

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop attacking Iran and their ceasefire was “in effect” on Tuesday after briefly faltering. “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to...

Powell Set to Testify amid Trump’s ‘Nasty’ Pressure Campaign

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will appear before Congress on Tuesday as President Donald Trump continues to push the independent central bank to lower interest rates. Powell will present the Fed's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee at 10 a.m....

Dollar’s Decline Meets Rising Dedollarization: The Threat Comes from Within

(Peter C. Earle, Money Metals News Service) The recent weakness in the US dollar has reignited the debate over the durability of the dollar’s dominance in global finance. Over the first half of the year, the Bloomberg Dollar Index has fallen nearly 8.5 percent, marking one of the sharpest declines since...
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