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(Headline USA) Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to settle their lawsuits on Monday, effectively paving the way for the $81 billion mega merger to cross the finish line, with some new commitments from the company. The blockbuster deal will still bring...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The New York Times reported on Sunday night that President Donald Trump had ordered the Pentagon to prepare for strikes against Yemen’s Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, but then reversed his plan, calling off the attack, at least for now. Sources told the Times that...

(Headline USA) Before taking over the Justice Department investigation into foes of President Donald Trump, Joe diGenova decried the lack of progress in bringing indictments. Five months later, diGenova has left his position without charging a single case, clouding the future of an investigation that the Trump administration has pursued...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Over 7 million ounces of silver left COMEX vaults last week as demand for physical metal surged. Meanwhile, CME recorded 6,168 September silver delivery notices through Sept. 18, representing a "delivery" of 30.84 million ounces, according to the CME’s delivery notice and warehouse report. A...

(Headline USA) As Kamala Harris mulls whether to run for president again, she's throwing herself into the midterms by campaigning with fellow Democrats, starting with a Tuesday trip to Michigan on behalf of Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. It’s an especially notable destination for the former vice president. Michigan was one...

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square)  State and federal taxpayers are poised to spend more than $600 million on homeless prevention efforts in Illinois during the current fiscal year. A report released earlier this month by the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved reimbursing Texas $7.5 billion for costs incurred by the state's border security operations during the Biden administration's border crisis. It's the first time Texas has received such a reimbursement, thanks to a new federal law. Gov. Greg Abbott...

(Headline USA) A new lawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made an illegal deal to slow the pace of their respective AI development. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when...

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The U.S. Attorney's Office won’t release the subpoenas related to a federal investigation into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s international travel expenses, which The Center Square tried to acquire this week. “Subpoenas are not public record, and our office never releases them,” Lauren Horwood, public information officer...

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent Money Metals podcast interview, host Mike Maharrey spoke with Chris Powell, secretary and treasurer of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, or GATA. Powell has also served as a director of GATA and was managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut,...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The State Department approved a $24.3 billion sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia. The announcement comes as the Gulf kingdom is requesting military assistance from its allies as it fights a war against Ansar Allah in Yemen.  The sale includes 48 F-35s and 49 engines (48 equipped...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The American war against Iran has cost about $38 billion and placed mounting pressure on crucial weapons inventories. A Financial Times report cited new assessments from the Congressional Budget Office and the Pentagon inspector general that detail the financial and military burden of the conflict. The...