(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Rising gold prices have spurred investment demand, especially in the East, and helped drive Q2 gold demand to the highest level since 2016. In China, demand for gold bars and coins charted the second strongest quarter on record.
However, high prices put a drag on jewelry...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Both gold and silver are undergoing healthy consolidation phases after their strong rallies, allowing them to reset and work off overbought conditions.
It’s time for an updated look at where things stand. Three weeks ago, I suggested that gold may have temporarily peaked after a...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department filed a criminal charge Friday against Yusuf Akoll, a former senior procurement contract specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was recently shuttered and folded into the State Department.
According to the DOJ, Akoll formed a shell company in November 2020...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Market implications are expected Monday morning worldwide following Sunday’s announcement of a trade agreement between the United States and China.
No details were announced between countries doing an estimated $600 billion in trade annually. The two superpower countries have sparred since President Donald Trump’s January...
(Headline USA) For over 50 years, the Boulder Abortion Clinic served as a resource for women who sought abortions in the second or third trimester because of medical reasons “or other circumstances.”
Finally, the baby killing is over. That clinic quietly closed last month, leaving the U.S. with just a handful...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) It’s a new day at West Point.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that admissions at the military academy will now be based “exclusively” on merit—not race, ethnicity or sex.
Hegseth published the change in a memo shared on X, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s forced inclusion policies.
In...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., drew widespread mockery online after criticizing the House’s move to codify President Trump’s renaming of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the Gulf of America.
McBride, a biological male who identifies as the first transgender member of Congress, posted a video on the Capitol...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Leftist Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to urge lawyers to “stand up” and “fight this fight” amid legal battles targeting President Donald Trump’s agenda following his victory in the 2024 presidential election
“If you’re not used to fighting, and losing battles, then don’t become a lawyer,” Sotomayor said...
(By Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California legislators have been told to expect a deficit of $10 billion or more even if revenues do not fall due to higher than anticipated spending, reports Politico.
Critics note that the $10 billion figure matches estimated costs of the state’s expansion of eligibility...
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday she won't challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year's midterms, delivering relief for some Republicans who worry she’s too divisive to win.
In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene disputed GOP donors and consultants who fear she would...
(Headline USA) Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users' data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.
Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of “selling...
(Headline USA) More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The operation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a reminder of how local and state law enforcement jurisdictions are critical to President Donald Trump’s plans for...