(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday said that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has “lost her way” after the Georgia congresswoman criticized the president for hosting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, at the White House and focusing on foreign policy over domestic policy.
“I don’t...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss future plans for Gaza and the US-backed ceasefire deal.
Despite lacking a formal role in the Trump administration, Kushner has been acting as an advisor to US Middle East envoy Steve...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US War Department has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama for training in jungle warfare for the first time in more than two decades, ABC News reported on Monday.
News of the training in Panama comes amid a major US military buildup in the Caribbean...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Around 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, at least 10 Secret Service agents conducted a sweep of the premises of the Democratic National Committee, where someone had allegedly planted a pipe bomb the night before.
For reasons that are still unclear, those agents didn’t find the...
(Headline USA) A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy that bars transgender officers from performing security screening pat-downs, according to a federal lawsuit.
The Transportation Security Administration, which operates under DHS, enacted the policy in February to comply...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A whistleblower has emerged with damning new information about how convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is being treated in prison, according to a letter House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., sent to President Donald Trump.
Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee,...
(Headline USA) Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year's midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who's footing the bill to power Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers.
Electricity costs were a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After barely rising in August, consumer debt grew modestly in September, likely reflecting growing debt stress on American households.
The U.S. economy depends on consumers buying stuff. Persistent price inflation forced Americans to blow through their savings and then turn to credit cards to...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has officially added silver to its list of “critical minerals.” This could put further demand pressure on a metal already in short supply. It also increases the possibility of tariffs on silver.
The USGS critical mineral list was established in...
(Money Metals News Service) On the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Philip Newman, founding partner and managing director at Metals Focus in London. Newman explains that Metals Focus, launched in 2013, is a pure precious-metals research house; it does not trade.
The firm now fields 30-plus staff across...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Early this year, high premiums developed for COMEX bars in the U.S. thanks to fears of tariffs on importing silver (and gold). In response, traders shipped an estimated 300 tons of silver from London to New York to alleviate that squeeze.
Last month, the...
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) More than half of U.S. households say they’re struggling with debt, according to a new WalletHub survey.
Total household debt increased to $18.59 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, which is $990 billion below the all-time 2008 high of $19.57 trillion.
Still, consumer debt...