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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A top Democratic lawmaker rushed to defend Hasan Piker after the accused antisemite claimed a university canceled one of his appearances because of his views on Israel, a shocking reversal for a politician with a lengthy pro-censorship record. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a member of the House...

(Headline USA)  A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages on several of his properties and personal taxes. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was charged Friday with one count...

(Headline USA) Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024. Mangione, 28, said he even used a...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Old videos have resurfaced from Abdul El-Sayed’s social media accounts, including clips in which the far-left Democrat proposed getting rid of the Second Amendment and used the children’s show “Blue’s Clues” to promote his political campaign. In one of the clips, El-Sayed appeared to suggest that the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Cami Clark, the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, spent years cultivating a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein while running a startup she described as a "revolutionary porn company," according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.  The outlet reports that literary agent John Brockman connected Clark and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have rebuilt their fractured partnership through months of quiet diplomacy, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The two traveled together aboard Air Force One in May en route to Beijing, chatting warmly about factory plans, space launches and...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Seniors are on track for a Social Security raise of 3.2% to 3.6% next year, money paid from a retirement fund the program's trustees say will be depleted in 2032. Three groups have issued 2027 estimates based on July inflation data and projections for the...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Let’s imagine I save enough money to buy a car for my kid. However, he’s only 13, so he won’t be driving for a few years. In a sane world, I could just stick the money under my mattress and buy a car in...

(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals Exchange will today honor Jordan Salinas, whose armed intervention during the August 1st mass shooting in Twin Falls, Idaho, was credited by police with helping prevent further casualties, with a specially engraved 25-ounce Silver Bullet Award at a private ceremony inside Money Metals’ secure vaulting facility in...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite gold trading sideways in the second quarter after its big price correction in the first, Chinese physical gold investment demand remained robust. Chinese investors were key drivers of the gold bull market last year, as Western investors generally sat out the rally until...

(Headline USA) Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates and citizens across the U.S., announced Thursday that it is making changes to its platform intended to quell privacy concerns and address documented abuses of its system by some members...

(Headline USA) Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person, who was not authorized to talk publicly about the case and spoke to...