(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The founder of a government contracting firm has pled guilty to bribing a USAID officer to receive some $500 million in contracts. The USAID officer he bribed pled guilty, too.
The government contractor, Walter Barnes, is the founder of PM Consulting Group, which now goes by...
(Peter St Onge, Money Metals News Service) During last month's tariff war, a big driver of stock-market declines was foreigners selling.
Foreigners have stockpiled over $60 trillion in US assets -- much of it in stocks. Which puts America at the mercy of those foreigners whenever foreigners get nervous.
Part of...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has exposed an obscure “lawfare activist” behind the Jan. 6 investigation into President Donald Trump—complete with deep ties to both the Biden Justice Department and the FBI.
Soumya Dayananda, a leftist attorney, served as the senior counsel for the House Select Jan. 6...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Popular leftist commentator Hasan Piker faced hours of questioning by U.S. border officials, allegedly over his outspoken criticism of Israel’s Gaza policies.
On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents questioned Piker at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, sparking accusations of political targeting.
The incident occurred as...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold is helping unlock mysteries of the universe.
In December 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched. Over the last several years, the telescope has produced stunning images that are helping scientists to better understand the universe.
Scientists began developing plans for the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former FBI Director James Comey is under federal investigation after he shared a since-deleted Instagram post that appeared to urge deadly violence against President Donald Trump. Comey's post comes ess than a year after Trump survived two assassination attempts.
On Thursday, Comey shared a photo of seashells arranged...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A Singapore-based startup hopes to challenge New York and London's dominance of the gold market.
Abaxx Exchange recently launched a physical 1-kilo gold contract. It will be denominated in dollars and deliverable in Singapore. It will be the first and only physical gold futures...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) More than 200 Republicans in Congress have sent a letter to President Trump urging him that any deal with Iran must involve the complete dismantlement of Tehran’s nuclear enrichment program, which Iranian officials have made clear is a non-starter.
The letter was signed by 177 GOP House...
(Headline USA) Several hundred immigrants have been charged with unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern U.S. border in New Mexico and western Texas since the Department of Justice introduced the new approach in late April.
President Donald Trump's administration has transferred oversight of a strip...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) What is the current inflation situation? If you just go by the CPI, things are looking pretty good.
We got a better-than-expected “inflation” report for the third straight month. Prices rose 2.3 percent on an annual basis in April, the lowest rate since February...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delivered a powerful reminder to investors: stop reacting to the 30-second news cycle and start thinking long-term.
With financial markets whipsawing on every tweet and press release, Maharrey urged listeners to step back, take a breath, and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was dragged out of a congressional hearing Tuesday after screaming at lawmakers in a protest targeting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Footage of the meltdown quickly went viral on social media.
Kennedy, testifying about President Donald Trump’s budget savings at HHS, had...