THE NEW YORK TIMES – George Cabot Lodge, who unlike four of his ancestors lost in his attempt to gain a Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate, enabling a member of a rival dynasty, Edward M. Kennedy, to begin a five-decade congressional career, died on Jan. 4. He was...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Spencer Pratt, who rose to fame and fortune as star of the MTV reality show ‘The Hills,’ has announced his run for mayor of Los Angeles.
Pratt and his wife, actress Heidi Montag, lost their Pacific Palisades home to last year’s devastating wildfire, which destroyed their...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) When Janet Jackson’s breast “accidentally” came flying out on live television during the 2004 Superbowl Halftime Show, the NFL tried to pass it off as an innocent "wardrobe malfunction."
Sadly, the league has done little to actually raise the standards in its “Big Game” entertainment selections...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As usual, the Federal Reserve did exactly what everybody expected at its January meeting.
The central bank put interest rate hikes on pause and delivered a generally sanguine view of the economy.
After three consecutive rate cuts, the FOMC held rates between 3.5 and 3.75...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With demand for gold and silver at a fevered pitch, speculative mania has driven premiums in China to extremely high levels, creating tension in the marketplace.
As Bloomberg reported, the precious metals frenzy created by rapidly rising prices has increasingly exposed Chinese investors to high levels...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an immediate halt on new H-1B visa requests by Texas state agencies and public universities, asserting the federal program has been exploited to replace American workers.
Texas Scorecard reports that Abbott issued a directive Monday declaring that "the economy of Texas...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal judge has dismissed criminal charges against Jose Espinoza-Espinoza, who was accused of assaulting federal officers during an immigration enforcement operation, after prosecutors failed to present any witnesses establishing probable cause for the allegations.
Fox 21 reports that federal agents arrested the 19-year-old Guatemalan national...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that gold near $5,300 and silver around $115 are not just headline prices but warning signals.
These are telltale warning signals of weakening fiat currency, ballooning debt, shifting global confidence in U.S....
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Convicted felon Ghislaine Maxwell claimed in December that at least 25 men with ties to Jeffrey Epstein entered “secret settlements” to serve charges over their alleged role in the late sex offender’s crimes.
Maxwell made the claim in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on Dec. 17...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man recently fatally shot by ICE, appears to have been captured in newly surfaced video showing a violent confrontation with federal agents just 11 days before his death.
The footage, released by The News Movement on Wednesday but recorded on Jan. 13, shows...
(Headline USA) The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history.
Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, was convicted of felony auto theft in 1989, has been arrested multiple times for driving under the influence and has...
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Two federal agents accused of firing the shots in Saturday’s death of Alex Pretti in Minnesota are on administrative leave.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that and told TCS it is “standard protocol.”
In the wake of the shooting of Renee Good by a...