(Headline USA) The United Nations said Monday it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel.
The U.N. secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists. Farhan...
(Headline USA) Elon Musk's social media platform, X, has sued a group of leftist corporations, saying a “massive advertiser boycott” in the wake of his Twitter takeover deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1820849880283107725
The company filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a federal court...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I've been watching the commercial real estate (CRE) sector as a potential catalyst for the next financial crisis. So far, it has managed to hold together, but there is still trouble brewing under the surface.
The story of one commercial real estate investment by...
(Therese Boudreaux, The Center Square) Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for the Democrats' presidential ticket against Republican former President Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1820810163558719961
Walz came from behind, according to oddsmakers, to become the choice. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was the expected choice as late as Monday...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In the weeks following the failed assassination attempt on presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, Google users noticed that the search engine was seemingly suppressing information about the fatal July 13 event in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The House Judiciary Committee launched a probe into the issue. According to the...
(Headline USA) The leftist “Squad” representatives announced a virtual rally this week in a last-ditch effort to boost support for Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who is on track to lose her primary election on Tuesday, according to The Hill.
Bush’s campaign revealed that Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Alexandria Ocasio--Cortez of...
(Headline USA) Since her arrest at a pro-Hamas protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college's conduct code.
The decision for which she now bears the...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden released a statement Monday morning thanking Gene Sperling, a top economic advisor, as he left his position the same morning that fears of a U.S. recession sent the U.S. stock market tumbling.
As of Monday morning, the Dow had dropped 900 points...
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) It's no longer a question of whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. It's a question of how soon central bankers will cut and how big they will go.
Last week's ugly economic reports on manufacturing and employment helped trigger a mini-meltdown in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite central bank gold buying slowing moderately in the second quarter, it set a record through the first half of 2024.
Central banks globally added a net 483 tons of gold through the first six months of the year, 5 percent above the record...
(Headline USA) A left-wing insurrectionist who disrupted the Tennessee state legislature last year to grandstand in the aftermath of a transgender terrorist's mass shooting at at Nashville Christian school is hoping her notoriety could help her flip a red-state seat in the U.S. Senate.
Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson, whose...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., announced on Twitter that he married his fiancée, Mindy Noce, at Seacoast Church on Saturday.
Scott and Noce got engaged in January 2024, when he was considered a potential running mate for President Donald Trump’s 2024 ticket.
“Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish...