(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delivers a sharp rebuke of the financial media's obsession with tariffs and trade wars.
While headlines scream about the latest deal or tariff suspension, Maharrey argues that investors are dangerously distracted from the real threat: America’s...
(Peter C. Earle, Money Metals News Service) In a remarkable feat of modern physics, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have managed to recreate one of humanity’s oldest fantasies: turning lead into gold.
By smashing lead atoms together at near-light speeds, the resulting collisions generate immense heat and energy — conditions...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A Venezuelan national illegally in the U.S. was arrested on Tuesday after being on the run since allegedly killing a north Texan 18-year-old on Sunday.
The Grapevine Police Department said its officers, working with Texas game wardens, had taken into custody Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez,...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California is set to experience deficits of $10 billion to $20 billion each of the next several years, according to a new report from the state-funded Legislative Analyst’s Office.
The report warns the “shortfalls will become increasingly difficult to resolve over time” due to reliance...
(Headline USA) Officials scoured Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend.
Grant Hardin, who briefly served as police chief for the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving a decades-long sentence for murder and rape.
Known...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The woman shot outside of CIA headquarters last Thursday had been at a bar earlier that night and was extremely intoxicated, according to recently filed charges.
The driver, Monia Spadaro, now faces a DUI charge, as well as a federal charge for endangering law enforcement.
The charging...
(José Niño, Headline USA) James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, is mounting a campaign to regain control of the organization after his controversial ouster in 2023.
O’Keefe founded Project Veritas in 2010, but was removed in February 2023, after a period of mounting tensions within the organization. Staff members...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Secret Service suspended two female agents caught on camera throwing hands outside the D.C. residence of former President Barack Obama, a spokesperson confirmed.
The agency told the New York Post that it was aware of an on-duty “altercation” on May 21 at approximately 2:30 a.m.
“The individuals...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Israel on Sunday and Monday, where she met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and her counterpart, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
According to Netanyahu’s office, during a meeting with the prime minister and several other Israeli officials on...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Republicans’ behemoth budget reconciliation bill still faces major hurdles after passing the U.S. House last week, with multiple senators raising concerns about the legislation’s cost.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act in its current form hikes the debt ceiling by $4 trillion and funds large...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) In another blow to Harvard University, the Trump administration has moved to cancel federal contracts with the Ivy League school.
The General Services Administration announced that it is working with various federal agencies to “review” government contracts with the university in preparation to “terminate” or...
(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) The cost of building a new home in Ohio is expected to rise by $30,000 as the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs continues to drive up prices for homebuilders, a national property management group said in a recent analysis.
Evernest looked at lumber, steel...