(Headline USA) More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain low despite economic uncertainty caused by the Iran war.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims were up to 215,000, up from 210,000 the week before. The four-week moving average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, rose...
(Headline USA) Protesters attacked federal immigration officers in front of a New Jersey detention center where advocates have demonstrated over poor conditions.
Groups of demonstrators, many wearing gas masks and other face coverings, linked arms in a human chain in front of Delaney Hall in Newark on Wednesday night, videos and...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The British Royal Mint reported record gold and silver bullion sales in the first quarter of this year, reflecting strong demand for physical gold in the UK.
In a statement, the Royal Mint said that capital gains tax-exempt gold bullion sales increased 94 percent...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Malaysia has joined India in hiking its import duty on gold.
Traders and dealers in the Southeast Asian nation said officials have already started charging a 10 percent levy on certain gold bar shipments into the country. The move has reportedly disrupted bullion trade...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who won $88 million in civil judgments against President Donald Trump after accusing him of sexual assault.
Citing two anonymous sources, the Times reported that the DOJ...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An unnamed federal judge in the South was disciplined earlier this year after admitting to disturbing accusations of judicial misconduct, including claims she engaged in a sexual relationship with an officer inside her taxpayer-funded chambers.
The allegations were revealed in a judicial filing released Friday by the...
(Headline USA) Jill Biden says she feared her husband was having a stroke as she watched then-President Joe Biden stumble through a disastrous debate performance that led to the end of his 2024 reelection campaign, the former first lady said in a recent interview.
“I was frightened, because I had never...
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey challenged what he described as a deeply flawed mainstream narrative surrounding gold, inflation, and interest rates. Drawing parallels to common myths passed down through generations — like cracking knuckles causing arthritis or bread crust...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of 35 little-known former federal judges gained national attention Wednesday after filing a petition urging a federal court to reopen President Donald Trump’s case against the IRS — seemingly in a bid to cancel a $1.776 billion settlement fund.
The now-settled lawsuit paved the way...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former senior CIA official has been implicated in a scheme to apparently steal some $40 million in gold bars that he has obtained from the government for unspecified “work-related expenses.”
The ex-CIA official, David Rush, was arrested on May 19, a day after the FBI...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The federal government has walked away from its prosecution of Ori Solomon, the Israeli citizen arrested in connection with an illegal biological lab operating out of a Las Vegas short-term rental, though a state charge for hazardous waste disposal still hangs over him, according to...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny.
Parent company Meta Platforms Inc. appealed after Vermont’s highest court allowed a suit filed by its...