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Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use a Congressional Map Favorable to Republicans in 2026

(Headline USA)  A divided Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump.  With conservative justices in the majority, the court acted on an emergency...

Grand Jury Rejects New Mortgage Fraud Indictment Against New York Attorney General Letitia James

(Headline USA) The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution, according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors went back to a grand jury in Virginia after a judge’s ruling halting the...

Venezuela’s Maduro Confirms That He Held ‘Cordial’ Call With Trump

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that he held a phone call with President Trump amid a major US military buildup in the Caribbean and the threats of an attack on his country. Maduro said the call, which occurred last month, was “cordial” and that he decided...

Shocking Details of Accused J6 Bomber Emerge

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New details have emerged about Brian Cole Jr., the man accused by the DOJ and FBI of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees on Jan. 5, 2021.  The now-detained suspect is a 30-year-old black man who lives in a $700,000 home in Woodridge, Va, about 20 to 25 miles from Washington, D.C., Headline...

Is Silver Set Up to Crash Like 1980 and 2011?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver has taken us on a wild ride, nearly doubling in price this year. However, some analysts worry that silver is taking us down a path of disappointment. They base their bearish sentiment on history. After all, silver teased us with twin records in...

Man Accused of Planting Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6 Capitol Attack is Charged with Explosives Offense

(Headline USA)  A man was arrested on Thursday in the FBI's nearly 5-year-old investigation into pipe bombs placed outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and has been charged with an explosives...

US Opens $800 Million Consulate Compound in Erbil, Iraq

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US on Wednesday officially opened a new consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, that is said to be the largest US consulate building in the world. The compound sits on 206,000 square meters, or about 50 acres, and cost about $800 million...

Charlotte’s Web Arrest Total Eclipses 400

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Enhanced enforcement of immigration laws in North Carolina’s largest city resulted in more than 400 arrests. Led by Gregory Bovino, chief patrol agent of the El Centro Sector of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Charlotte’s Web began in earnest on Nov. 15 and carried through...

Afghan National Arrested in Virginia, Accused of Supporting ISIS

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) An Afghan national accused of providing support to the Islamic State was arrested Wednesday in Virginia, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jaan Shah Safi in Waynesboro, Va., with DHS accusing the suspect of providing support to the Islamic...

A Vocal Jeffrey Epstein Accuser is Urging Judges to Unseal His Court Records

(Headline USA)  One of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell 's most vocal accusers urged judges on Wednesday to grant the Justice Department's request to unseal records from their federal sex trafficking cases, saying “only transparency is likely to lead to justice.” Annie Farmer weighed in through her lawyer, Sigrid S....

Freedom Advocates Push for Ten Commandments in Schools

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) Legal battles over the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools continue with a new brief filed this week, backed by 46 members of Congress. First Liberty Institute and Hacker Stephens LLP filed a friend-of-the-court brief this past week at the U.S. Court of...

Math, Spin, and a Milestone Episode

(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens this near-100th episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo by admitting he’s always been bad at math. But his main point is that math’s weakness as a personal skill doesn’t change its strength as a reality check. Words can spin. Narratives can be...
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