(José Niño, Headline USA) As rancher Ammon Bundy’s legal battles mount, a federal judge prepares to rule on whether his bankruptcy can erase a massive judgment stemming from a high-profile hospital defamation case.
Bundy's bankruptcy stems from a protest Bundy organized at St. Luke’s Health System in March 2022, after...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In a move aimed at rewarding merit and experience, the Trump administration is planning to eliminate the H-1B lottery and allocate visas by offered wages.
This move comes after much debate over whether the traditional lottery system, in place for years to handle overwhelming demand, is...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Where do we get our gold?
Last year, mines globally produced an estimated 3,661 tonnes of gold. It was a new record, but only 3 tonnes higher than the previous record set in 2018.
Between 1970 and 2019, gold production generally increased year after year....
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump launched nearly as many airstrikes in his first five months in office as President Biden did during his entire four-year term, The Telegraph reported last week, citing figures from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED).
The ACLED found that Trump oversaw 529 airstrikes, compared...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Congress is poised to subpoena controversial testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
If those efforts are successful, Maxwell may join a long list of prominent people — ranging from mafiosos...
(Headline USA) The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows.
The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace itself...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Wednesday, attorneys for alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh filed a motion for termination of appointment of counsel, claiming that “the attorney-client relationship is irreconcilably broken.”
Attorneys said Routh refused to meet with them for a scheduled in-person meeting Tuesday morning at the federal detention...
(Money Metals News Service) Even while vacationing in California for a hockey tournament, Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey stayed loyal to his audience, delivering another insightful "Ask Mike Anything" episode.
Pre-recorded just before his trip, Maharrey tackled a range of questions from listeners—covering gold storage, interest rates, debt markets, inflation,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, on Wednesday filed a longshot 22-count defamation lawsuit against popular podcaster Candace Owens in a Delaware court.
The lawsuit aims to squash online rumors claiming Brigitte was born a biological man. However, Owens doubled down on her claims...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed 100 Palestinians and wounded 534 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the killing of aid seekers continue.
The Health Ministry said that another 13 bodies were recovered from the rubble. “A number of victims are...
(Headline USA) A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar records request is pending in New York.
U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach said the request to release grand...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) At the northern border, Border Patrol agents continue to arrest Iranians and weapons traffickers and are helping seize record amounts of fentanyl.
While illegal border crossings are down at the northern border under the Trump administration, Border Patrol agents in the busiest northern border Swanton...