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Reflecting Pool Liner was Cut with a Sharp Knife or Razor, National Park Service Says

(Headline USA) A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says. The U.S. Park...

Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday requesting an additional $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with the vast majority going toward “costs incurred” by the US-Israeli war against Iran. The White House Office of Budget Management told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that the...

Walz Files for Information on Trump ‘Retribution Campaign’

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square)  Gov. Tim Walz has filed 16 Freedom of Information Act requests with federal agencies seeking records he says could reveal what he has labeled as the Trump administration’s “campaign of retribution” against Minnesota. The requests seek records, communications and other documents referencing terms including “Minnesota,”...

Ex-Fire Chief Sues Los Angeles Mayor for Defamation

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) The former Los Angeles fire chief is suing Mayor Karen Bass for defamation related to the devastating Palisades Fire. Kristin Crowley was removed from her position on Feb. 21, 2025, weeks after the blaze began. The fire, which hit the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los...

Survey: Central Bankers Plan to Keep Stacking Gold

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central bank gold reserves have increased by an average of 1,000 tonnes per year over the last four years. That’s double the 500-tonne average during the previous decade, and the trend doesn’t appear to be slowing down. According to the World Gold Council’s 2026...

U.S. Senators File National Security Amendment Targeting Dangerous Gold Market Concentration

(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators sponsoring the System Integrity through Licensed Vault Expansion and Resilience (SILVER) Act filed the legislation as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (NDAA), further elevating the issue of geographic...

Deep Corrections Are Normal During Secular Bull Markets

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold broke below $4,000 an ounce on Wednesday. This 28 percent drop from the record highs of January is certainly painful, but deep corrections are not unusual in a bull market. In a recent note, Solomon Global managing director Paul Williams said investors need...

Seattle City Council Committee Approves Closing Streets Following Gun Violence

(Randy Diamond, The Center Square) The Seattle City Council’s Public Safety Committee approved an emergency plan Tuesday that will allow closure of residential streets off Aurora Avenue in North Seattle to through traffic after residents had complained for months about increasing crime and gunfire. The plan is expected to be...

Oppenheimer’s Grandson Supports Nuclear Energy Bill

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The grandson of the man who oversaw the invention of the atomic bomb spoke out Wednesday morning in support of nuclear energy development in California. Charles Oppenheimer's testimony before the state Senate Energy and Utilities Committee was part a push by state Democratic lawmakers to...

Over $10 billion U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Improper SNAP Payments in 2025

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) U.S. states and territories made a collective $10 billion in improper payments to SNAP recipients nationwide in fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. The average error payment rate, which includes both over- and underpayments, was roughly 10.6%, well above the congressionally set...

Record Earthquake in Northern California

(Headline USA) A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, causing some injuries but no immediate reports of major damage, officials said. The epicenter of the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, was about 7 miles northwest of the agricultural town of Willits,...

Ex-Mayor Adams Aide Charged in Bribery Probe

(Headline USA) A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with accepting more than $100,000 in bribes to steer a lucrative migrant shelter contract to a Queens hotel, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. Frank Carone’s arrest Wednesday was the latest in...
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