(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Peter C. Earle, PhD, of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) to unpack what the gold standard actually is—and why it still matters in a world of fiat money.
Earle brings both academic and...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete and heavily redacted document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individuals.
The files included photographs of famous...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Biden-era FBI sought access to the personal email account of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as part of its sweeping Arctic Frost investigation, House Republicans revealed Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee released via X a screenshot of what appears to be a recently declassified FBI document...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, despite many Republican lawmakers urging him not to.
"I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign is not the legalization ...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a multi-pronged regulatory effort Thursday to curtail gender-affirming care for minors, including gender transition procedures at hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has drafted a rule that would prohibit pharmaceutical or surgical gender reassignment...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Among the names of 33 people pardoned Thursday by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was Jason DeFord, but that's not the name that people would recognize.
Jason DeFord is better known as Jelly Roll, a singer known for such as hits as "Son of a Sinner"...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Let’s talk about security. If you own precious metals and you opt to keep them in your possession, you need to take steps to keep them secure, right? You don’t want to be like the lady who hid her silver coins in a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold is up over 109 percent since the beginning of 2024. Some analysts say that the yellow metal is in a bubble destined to pop. However, there is another possibility. What if the meteoric rise in the price of gold is signaling a paradigm...
(Headline USA) A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack.
Prosecutors say Lawrence Reed, 50, “maliciously damaged and attempted to damage and...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump’s direction, she is...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Daily Mail reported Thursday that there were plans in the works for conservative activist Charlie Kirk to become JD Vance’s running mate in the 2028 presidential election before Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10.
Citing a “confidante of Donald Trump,” the Daily Mail also reported...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Consumer prices rose by 0.2% in the two month period between September and November.
In the past 12 months, overall prices rose by 2.7%, which marks a slowdown from 3% reported in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Due to the federal government shutdown,...