(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In early 2023, Showtime released a television series that depicted a German national named Andreas Strassmeir as an accomplice in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing, which remains the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in American history.
In the show, OKC bomber Timothy McVeigh is shown...
(Money Metals News Service) In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey unpacked a volatile week in the markets, highlighting gold’s standout performance as a safe haven asset.
After opening just under $3,040 per ounce, gold briefly dipped below $3,000 during Monday’s sell-off, reaching a low...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) It's getting crazy now, and it's obvious gold is telling us something.
It began last night, as the price of gold began to take off in overseas trading.
The chatter on X alerted those of us trying to get away from the markets for a few hours...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) In a last-minute press briefing Wednesday afternoon, the mother of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old Marylander who was raped and murdered by an MS-13 gang member, addressed reporters at the White House.
The White House announced it was hosting a “special guest” to speak just two...
(Headline USA) An IRS whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is reportedly expected to be promoted to IRS acting commissioner.
Gary Shapley, an IRS employee who testified to Congress as Republicans reviewed the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son, said he was retaliated against for cooperating...
(Headline USA) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial alleging Meta illegally monopolized the social media market.
In the 2018 email, Zuckerberg wrote that he...
(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) The monetary regime has immediate consequences for our behavior—as individuals, institutions, and financial entities.
One underappreciated victim of the fiat age is long-dated bonds. When price predictability of the money is strong, and commitment to the monetary regime is credible, you can finance projects or business ventures...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it’s investigating a startup that’s been launching balloons filled with sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere, allegedly as part of a scheme to “geoengineer the planet.”
According to the EPA, the company in question, Making Sunsets, has already launched...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport,” and work to get those who are “good” back in the U.S.
Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to carry out mass...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. Dollar Index is testing a key technical level that has triggered major rebounds in the past—making this an important setup for commodities and precious metals investors to watch closely.
The U.S. dollar has fallen sharply since the start of the year, which...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Ryan Routh’s defense attorneys are allowed to test-fire the alleged would-be Trump assassin’s rifle, but they won’t be allowed to test other aspects of the rifle, including how well it aims.
Judge Cannon’s ruling was in response to a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Demand for gold is so strong in China that the government has allocated additional gold import quotas for commercial banks.
According to a Bloomberg article, strong haven demand from institutional and retail investors led to the move.
China ranks as the world’s largest gold market.
The government uses import quotas to...