(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey dives deep into the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, the ongoing trade war, and the gold market’s volatility.
With interest rate speculation dominating headlines, Maharrey urges listeners to shift their focus to the Fed’s balance sheet,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Oran Alexander Routh, the son of alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, is still trying to get out of prison after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in January.
Oran, who faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, had been on...
(Headline USA) Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called "gladiator fights" between youth in their care, the state's attorney general said Monday.
A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County allowed and...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A consortium of investors led by the controversial firm BlackRock has reportedly agreed to buy a majority stake in Panama Canal ports for $23 billion.
“The deal would bring the key ports under American corporate ownership, from Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison … BlackRock has briefed the...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) The largest call-center operator, Teleperformance SE, is using artificial intelligence to help reduce the accents of English speaking Indian workers, according to Bloomberg.
Teleperformance aims to use the technology in real time as well as using background noise cancellation. The new technology is dubbed accent translation.
The...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Official central bank gold buying started 2025 the same way it ended 2024 - strong.
Globally, central banks added a net 18 tonnes of gold to their holdings in January.
A World Gold Council analyst said, "The sustained buying highlights the strategic importance of gold...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver imports into India rose sharply last month, hitting the highest January level since Metals Focus began tracking the data in 2008.
Silver imports rose by 37 percent year on year to 875 tonnes.
This jump in imports happened despite higher prices.
Hot Indian Silver Investment...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department disclosed in a Monday court filing that Ryan Routh is no longer considering an “insanity defense” against the allegations that he attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last September on his Florida golf course.
The DOJ first disclosed Routh’s potential insanity defense last December, and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The federal government, now led by President Donald Trump, may finally compensate the grieving family of Ashli Babbitt—a veteran and MAGA activist who was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Judicial Watch, a conservative non-profit, sued the federal government for $30 million in...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce a constitutionally dubious law started under Biden's administration that would require companies to submit their private ownership information to a central database.
In a Sunday evening announcement, Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former DC Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Agriculture was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Friday for perpetrating an $880,000 fraud on the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program.
The defendant, Wendy Nicole Villatoro, 40, formerly of Washington, D.C., pleaded for leniency leading up to Friday’s sentencing—asking a judge for...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.
The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English.
It rescinds a mandate...