(José Niño, Headline USA) Republican lawmakers are seeking a deeper investigation into fraudulent Pentagon expenditures after the Department of Defense Inspector General released a report in January, finding that officials have failed to properly monitor and review thousands of high-risk transactions made with government-issued travel cards.
https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1924532529748467927
The audit revealed that...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Republicans in the U.S. House Thursday morning passed the multi-trillion dollar budget reconciliation bill after more than a day of debate in committee before reaching the full House floor.
The vote in the House was razor thin, 215-214, with two Republicans joining all Democrats in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The leftist Washington Post claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency's spending cuts drove dozens of bureaucrats to “panic attacks,” “depression” and even “suicidal thoughts.” However, their own reporting undercuts that narrative.
In its puff piece, The Post highlighted 30 current and former federal workers...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Chinese gold imports hit an 11-month high in April as prices continued to surge to record levels.
According to the latest customs data reported by Bloomberg, gold imports reached 127.5 tonnes, a 73 percent increase from the prior month.
This comes in the wake of the People's...
(Headline USA) Independent reporter Ken Klippenstein said in the early hours of Thursday that he’s obtained the manifesto of Elias Rodriguez, who allegedly shot and killed two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Wednesday evening.
The purported manifesto appears to confirm the initial reports about Rodriguez—that he killed...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver jewelry demand is on the rise globally, another factor pushing the silver market to its fourth straight supply deficit in 2024.
The U.S. market is playing an important role in this trend.
Industrial silver demand set a record last year, but despite the increase in...
(Money Metals News Service) In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delivers a compelling explanation of what money really is—and why sound money, such as gold and silver, remains the superior store of value compared to fiat currency issued by governments.
What Money Really Is
Most people think of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Oran Alexander Routh, the son of alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, was set to be sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in January.
However, days before Oran's sentencing, his lawyers asked to resign from his case—telling the presiding judge...
(Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The Defense Department will “work to ensure proper security measures” on the aircraft to make it safe for use by the president,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced Monday that Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, 53, a United Kingdom citizen, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his participation in a fraud scheme.
Sutton is presumably already back on a plane to the UK. He was extradited to the U.S. and sentenced...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of 13 alleged members of Armenian organized crime syndicates operating in California and Florida.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and law enforcement officers in California and Florida arrested 13 alleged members and associates of Armenian organized crime syndicates...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A secret surveillance network in New Orleans has sparked a national debate over privacy and police power.
For two years, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) secretly deployed a sweeping facial recognition surveillance program, scanning city streets with more than 200 cameras in search of suspects,...