(Headline USA) Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.
Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a...
(Headline USA) Minnesota officials have until next week to hand over information on providers and parents who receive federal child care funds that the Trump administration contends have been used fraudulently or risk losing federal funding.
State officials said Friday recent inspections showed several childcare centers accused of fraud by...
(Headline USA) The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old man who authorities say pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group.
Christian Sturdivant was charged with attempting to provide material support to a...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Following days of civil unrest in Iran, President Donald Trump issued a warning to the Iranian regime that the U.S. is prepared to take action if civilians are shot.
Trump posted the warning overnight Friday, indicating he may be throwing support behind the uprising in...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Sen. Janae Shamp is on a mission for 2026.
The Arizona legislator said she wants to “make pedophiles’ lives hell” and is not backing off.
“There are many different layers to how sex offenders are processed,” Shamp, R-Surprise, told The Center Square. “There's things that happen...
(Money Metals News Service) Washington state will begin penalizing citizens for protecting their savings in precious metals, imposing a sales tax on all new purchases effective January 1.
While a number of states have ended state sales taxes on gold and silver purchases in recent years, Washington politicians decided to...
(Money Metals News Service) Silver is starting to attract high levels of retail demand from U.S. investors – most of whom very recently caught on to the compelling silver investment thesis.
Five years of production deficits combined with an expanding array of demand sources have finally started to matter, with...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) What were the biggest precious metals stories of 2025? There were plenty to choose from.
The biggest story is the impressive yearly gain for all the precious metals.
Gold up over 64 percent
Silver up just under 148 percent
Platinum gained 125.9 percent
Palladium...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) US District Judge Matthew Sharbaugh ruled Friday that Brian Cole Jr., who’s accused of planting two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest, is to remain in jail—despite the fact that Cole has not...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal lawsuit filed in district court alleges that executives at Strive Asset Management, the investment firm founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, pressured a female employee to engage in conduct she believed would violate securities law, retaliated when she refused, and ultimately terminated her employment after...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The 2026 midterm elections promise to bring fierce competition as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress.
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. However, analysts predict only 66 have at least a slight chance of...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Negotiated lower Medicare costs for 10 popular prescription drugs went into effect Thursday.
How much those savings will be passed on to Medicare Part D and applicable Advantage plan enrollees is unclear, however, as drug pricing and reimbursement is notoriously complex and opaque, though lawmakers...