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(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration's attempt to quietly enlist sympathetic online voices for its messaging apparatus stumbled into public view this week, according to a report from Alternet.  The controversy centers on Jennica Pounds, who goes by "Data Republican" on X and commands an audience nearing one million...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Massachusetts state representative Francisco Paulino, a Democrat, has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic relief funds from around April 2020 to December 2021. According to the federal indictment filed Tuesday, Paulino incorporated a company called Jackson Enterprise, and used that...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) An Ecuadorian official confirmed that US Green Berets were engaged in anti-cartel operations. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump formed a coalition, dubbed Shield of the Americas, that was aimed at combating cartels in Latin and South America.  A local official told AFP and UPI that US...

(Headline USA) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said a report released Tuesday on the lead-water crisis in the city is the final step her office can take toward accountability, years after a state Supreme Court ruling shut down criminal cases against a former governor and eight other people. Flint residents...

(Headline USA) Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. The settlement resolved a...

(Headline USA) Testimony concluded Wednesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health. Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday, before the jury begins deliberating. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal appellate court has delivered a split verdict for civil liberties supporters, confirming a constitutional protection while leaving the man who pursued it empty handed, according to a report from Reclaim The Net.  The Second Circuit Court of Appeals now stands as the ninth federal...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Homeland Security officials unveiled a revised plan Monday requiring a $103,265 payment from employers pursuing H-1B visas for candidates counted against the annual numerical cap, according to a report from The Hill. The official notice outlining the rule states that the collected funds would offset federal...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Opps. That didn’t go as planned. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted to drive down interest rates at the long end of the yield curve, so he intervened in the market. It worked. For about one day. The 30-year Treasury yield closed at 5.31 percent on Tuesday (Aug....

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) As the bond market continues to melt down and faith in the Federal Reserve’s willingness and ability to tackle inflation grows, it appears at least some institutional investors in the West are turning back toward gold. In a recent interview, Fidelity International portfolio manager...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A raid carried out last month in Newark, New Jersey turned up a fentanyl cache large enough to theoretically claim roughly 8 million lives, according to a report from Breitbart News. Homeland Security Investigations linked the narcotics to the Trinitarios, a gang whose ranks are...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Three Secret Service officials were removed from the federal agency’s headquarters and placed on administrative leave amid a shocking investigation into alleged leaks to the media, several news outlets reported Tuesday evening. RealClearPolitics journalist Susan Crabtree first reported Tuesday that the officials were walked out of their...