(Zachery Schmidt, The Center Square) California, Arizona and Colorado, along with 17 other states, sued the Trump administration this week over its decision to close the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.
This program helps local communities nationwide protect themselves from natural disasters before they occur.
In April, FEMA announced it was ending...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) The Trump administration officially terminated its funding of California’s 171-mile high speed rail segment in the state’s more sparsely populated Central Valley, citing an inability to complete the project by the 2033 deadline.
The administration also noted there's no plan for closing a $7 billion funding gap...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Are undeclared silver purchases by the Russian government boosting the price of silver?
There is some anecdotal evidence that they are.
Silver is up nearly 28 percent this year. It briefly traded above $39 an ounce earlier this week.
Silver has been set up for a rally...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As central banks scramble to increase their gold reserves, many are turning to domestic mine production to save money, support local industry, and expand their reserves.
Central banks have increased their gold holdings by over 1,000 tonnes for three straight years. To put that...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces a new federal lawsuit from a former interim NYPD commissioner who claims the Democrat ran the nation's largest police department like a "criminal enterprise" and retaliated against critics of his mismanagement.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by former...
(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) The man accused of attacking an independent journalist during protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle last month was arrested Wednesday.
The victim, Cam Higby, told The Center Square he got a text from a detective with the Seattle Police Department confirming 33-year-old Jeremy...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Wednesday made an appearance at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial in a highly unusual move and a strong show of support for the Israeli leader.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which is very critical of Netanyahu, described Huckabee’s visit to...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Joe Biden has admitted that he didn’t manually sign all of the pardons he issued before leaving office in January.
In a softball interview with The New York Times that ran on Sunday, Biden revealed that his staff used an autopen device to replicate his signature...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delivered sharp commentary on June’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, clarified the difference between price and monetary inflation, and laid out a powerful argument for silver.
With inflationary forces still quietly building and the Federal Reserve cornered on interest...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Pentagon has finalized a $200 million contract with xAI, granting Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot a key role in the government’s sweeping artificial intelligence expansion.
Under this agreement, Grok and related xAI technologies, including the latest Grok 4 model, will be accessible for purchase via the...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs’s $4,000 price targets are not only realistic but could even be achieved sooner than they expect.
Despite gold’s strong price gains over the past fifteen months, Goldman Sachs on Monday reaffirmed its forecast for gold to reach $3,700 per ounce by the...
(Headline USA) For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: Illegal, mind-altering substances like LSD and ecstasy should be approved for Americans grappling with depression, trauma and other hard-to-treat conditions.
A presidential administration finally seems to agree.
“This line of therapeutics has tremendous advantage if given in a clinical setting and...