(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Strong demand for gold coupled with a movement of metal to New York has caused a dramatic gold bar production problem at the state-owned Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO).
KOMSCO mints gold coins and bars, along with other "security items" including banknotes, IDs, and passports. Among...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. dollar has long served as a safe haven. A Deutsche Bank analyst says that status may be at risk.
Several factors make the dollar a go-to asset during times of uncertainty.
Its reserve currency status
The size of the dollar market and...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., critiqued his own party Wednesday for its response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday evening.
Trump’s lengthy speech was peppered with interruptions from Democrats, who refused to clap for any of Trump’s comments with the exception of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Self-purported transgender inmate David Cassady, 55, a convicted violent rapist serving life behind bars at Phillips State Prison in Georgia, has pled guilty to sending bombs to federal buildings from prison.
“The Defendant agrees to the accuracy of the following facts … Between September 2019 and January...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) During the opening days of the second Donald Trump administration, the White House has worked to rein in and scale down government agencies that distribute foreign aid. The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is next on the chopping block.
On Friday, Trump appointed Peter Marocco as head of...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The so-called fact-checkers at The New York Times claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump had no “evidence” of massive fraud—only to then cite evidence of actual government fraud.
The Times specifically targeted Trump’s comments about DOGE during his joint address to Congress, where he affirmed that the...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace were ripped apart for making vile comments after President Donald Trump made DJ Daniel an honorary Secret Service agent during his Tuesday speech.
The 13-year-old, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018, always dreamed of being a police...
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey dives deep into the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, the ongoing trade war, and the gold market’s volatility.
With interest rate speculation dominating headlines, Maharrey urges listeners to shift their focus to the Fed’s balance sheet,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Oran Alexander Routh, the son of alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, is still trying to get out of prison after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in January.
Oran, who faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, had been on...
(Headline USA) Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called "gladiator fights" between youth in their care, the state's attorney general said Monday.
A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County allowed and...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A consortium of investors led by the controversial firm BlackRock has reportedly agreed to buy a majority stake in Panama Canal ports for $23 billion.
“The deal would bring the key ports under American corporate ownership, from Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison … BlackRock has briefed the...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) The largest call-center operator, Teleperformance SE, is using artificial intelligence to help reduce the accents of English speaking Indian workers, according to Bloomberg.
Teleperformance aims to use the technology in real time as well as using background noise cancellation. The new technology is dubbed accent translation.
The...