(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested on Friday that his state may refuse to pay federal taxes in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s threats to slash funding for the Golden State.
“Californians pay the bills for the federal government. We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) As U.S. debt soars and foreign central banks stockpile gold, four members of Congress today introduced a bill to require the first comprehensive audit of America’s gold reserve in decades.
Sponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Addison McDowell (R-NC),...
(Headline USA) Migrants placed on a deportation flight originally bound for South Sudan are now being held in a converted shipping container on a U.S. naval base in Djibouti, where the men and their guards are contending with baking hot temperatures, smoke from nearby burn pits and the looming threat...
(Headline USA) Investigators believe that a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks" has likely fled Arkansas after escaping from prison last month, a federal court filing released this week shows.
A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Little Rock against Grant Hardin,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Thursday suggested that Russia and Ukraine should maybe “fight for a little while” as the recent efforts for a peace deal appear to be making little progress.
Trump made the comments to reporters in the Oval Office while hosting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and compared...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration is rethinking how it deals with Chinese-linked tech firms after a short-lived self-driving truck company was found to have stolen a vast trove of U.S. intellectual property.
Founded in 2015 by Chinese entrepreneurs and backed by Chinese capital, TuSimple was once hailed as...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Silver futures have broken out, delivering a strong bullish signal—but I’m still looking for additional confirmation to strengthen the case.
I’ve been consistently bullish on silver and have been pointing out the key signals to watch for a breakout from its prolonged consolidation of the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) For the first time in five months, gold-backed ETFs globally reported modest outflows in May as investors took profits.
After charting the largest inflows of gold since August 2022 in April, gold-backed ETFs globally reported modest outflows of 19 tonnes totaling $1.8 billion last...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks have been aggressively adding gold to their reserves over the last three years, and several African banks are poised to join the party.
On net, central banks officially increased their gold holdings by 1,044.6 tonnes in 2024. It was the 15th consecutive...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm, has quietly become a driving force behind the rise of global surveillance and algorithmic policing—growing from the 59th largest U.S. government contractor to the 8th largest in about two decades.
A new investigation published last month by Reactionary International,...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) A federal committee tasked with tracking pandemic assistance fraud found that the Small Business Administration and the Department of Labor together disbursed nearly $80 billion to potential fraudsters.
In total, the federal government spent over $4.6 trillion on all COVID-19 relief programs. The SBA received...
Update: After this story's publication, Musk said he'd begin decommissioning SpaceX projects in response to Trump's threats.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930718684819112251
(Headline USA) Talk about adding insult to injury.
President Donald Trump made fun of Elon Musk’s black eye Thursday while responding to the billionaire’s criticism of his “big beautiful bill.” Trump also threatened to cut Musk’s...