(Casey Harper, The Center Square) A congressional committee on Wednesday examined the Department of Justice’s treatment of former President Donald Trump under the Biden administration.
Trump faces a myriad of legal troubles at the state and federal level, but the federal prosecution of Trump has been under special scrutiny since...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) An 80-year-old veteran was reportedly defrauded out of $1.5 million of gold in a sophisticated scheme involving fake federal agents and phony sting operations.
According to Fox 13 in Tampa, one woman, Swetaben Patel, 42, was arrested Thursday for her participation in the scheme. “Police say...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a new Washington law that allows children to receive sex changes without parental knowledge or consent.
Judge Bryan dismissed the lawsuit because he said the plaintiffs had no standing.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit included two Catholics who...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department is seeking less than one month imprisonment for two climate activists who blocked traffic on the George Washington Memorial Parkway on Feb. 13.
According to the DOJ, the two activists, Donald Zepeda and Holliday Adams, forced all northbound traffic to a halt for...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Niger a “model democracy.”
Months later, a coup took place. And now, the Pentagon is in the process of withdrawing U.S. troops from Niger after the African country’s new government ordered them to leave.
Apparently, the stunning change in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Could we see $27,000 gold? That seems far-fetched but financial analyst and investment banker Jim Rickards makes the case that it could happen.
Gold charted a big rally in recent months, hitting a new all-time high of over $2,400 an ounce last month. Even...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The monthly rise in prices based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in slightly lower than projected, sending a wave of euphoria across the financial landscape.
The consensus is cooling inflation puts Federal Reserve interest rate cuts back on the table.
The Dow Jones,...
(Headline USA) Republican voters advanced strong U.S. Senate contenders in Maryland and West Virginia on Tuesday, giving the GOP a big boost in its push to claim control of Congress's upper chamber.
Former Gov. Larry Hogan claimed the Republican nomination in what will be a marquee race in Maryland against...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen testified Tuesday in Manhattan court that he made hush-money payments to a porn star on behalf of Donald Trump—an action District Attorney Alvin Bragg says was intended to illegally influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
But a day later, Cohen’s own...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) Gold steals most of the headlines, but silver has stealthily set itself up for a potential run to $40.
After nearly 40 years in this business, I’ve read, listened to, watched, and talked with countless thousands of very smart people.
I was reminded of the...
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delves into the topic of Franklin D. Roosevelt's gold confiscation during the Great Depression, framed within a broader discussion of government power and individual compliance.
Personal Anecdotes and Government Compliance
Maharrey begins by relating his...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Brandon Caserta was found not guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor in April 2022.
So it surprised him when heavily armed police surrounded his vehicle last August, their weapons drawn and ready to shoot—all over a minor domestic dispute, in which he’s charged with harming his ex-girlfriend “by...