(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A lot of gold has moved from London to New York in recent weeks.
Mainstream analysts blame the dynamic on the threat of tariffs pushing the futures price of gold (and silver) higher in New York. There could also be a more fundamental issue...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has released footage of police fatally shooting a Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protestors during a traffic stop, just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
J6er Matthew Huttle, 42, was shot on Jan. 26 after “an altercation took...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Last month, the Federal Reserve paused interest rate cuts due to sticky price inflation. This indicates tighter monetary policy moving forward. However, market observers tend to ignore the second prong of monetary policy -- the balance sheet.
Most people believe the Fed bowed out of the inflation fight...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey analyzes the economic forces shaping the gold market, the Federal Reserve’s precarious balancing act with interest rates, and the long-term implications of inflation on precious metals.
From Newton’s third law of motion to a potential breakout...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts late Wednesday paused a lower court's ruling requiring the Trump administration to release $2 billion in foreign aid payments.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali had ordered the Trump administration to pay out the money by midnight Thursday. Ali...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is now a fellow at Columbia’s Institute of Global Politics to teach diplomacy.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Pompeo was hired by the university to “teach diplomacy, decision-making, and organizational leadership.” The hire was presented as attempting to expand the school’s diversity...
(The Center Square) The news keeps getting better for Cleveland taxpayers, but it’s a different story for those in Ohio’s other major cities.
Truth in Accounting on Thursday released its annual Financial State of Cities report that measures individual tax burdens and the ability of 75 cities across the country...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put a halt to a multimillion-dollar contract Friday that was going to be used to develop another COVID-19 vaccine, according to Fox News Digital.
American biotech company Vaxart Inc., which held the contract, will have...
(Peter St Onge, Money Metals News Service) Last week Elon Musk suggested DOGE could audit the Mother of Slush Funds, the Federal Reserve.
He even suggested Ron Paul could lead the team.
DOGE has already found at least $55 billion in waste and fraud. The Fed could ramp that up ten-fold.
“Less Oversight than the CIA”
Economist...
(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) Last time this much gold crossed the Atlantic, the French were repatriating their gold reserves from New York — in the 1960s, a few years before the gold-based Bretton Woods monetary system collapsed. The time before then, in July 1940, Operation Fish had the Brits shuffle away...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court seemed likely Wednesday to side with an Ohio woman who allegedly suffered sex discrimination from her employer because she is straight.
The outcome of the case could remove an additional requirement that some courts apply when members of a majority group, including those who are white...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Is Stephen A. Smith a closeted Groyper?
The outspoken ESPN personality was revealed Wednesday to have “liked” an Instagram post featuring right-wing personality Nick Fuentes ranting about Israel's influence on American society.
“Let’s just be open and honest about the stats: 17 of top 25 hedge funds are...