Thursday, July 9, 2026

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RIP Alan Greenspan, Schizophrenic Gold Bug

(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Chairman Alan Greenspan has now passed from the scene at the age of 100. Greenspan parlayed his sound-money bona fides into the top post at America's central bank and the stewardship of the world's dominant fiat currency. In betrayal of his own stated free-market principles, Greenspan...

Vance Says ‘Progress’ Made in Talks with Iran

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square)  Following what appeared to be a bumpy weekend between the United States and Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance said progress is being made. Vance, leading a U.S. delegation in talks with Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, reassured that talks remain ongoing in Switzerland after...

Milwaukee Mayor Criticizes Investigation into 2020 Election

(Benjamin Yount, The Center Square) Milwaukee’s mayor is again questioning and criticizing the federal investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election. Mayor Cavalier Johnson was on UpFront over the weekend and framed the FBI’s questioning of Milwaukee County election officials and Milwaukee police officers as an attempt to undo the 2020 presidential...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Dies at 100

(Headline USA) Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died Monday. He was 100. Greenspan died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent...

Teaching Christian Philosophy Lands ASU Professor in Trouble

(José Niño, Headline USA) An Arizona State University professor found himself penalized in his yearly performance evaluation over allegations of "bias" and "slant" toward Christianity stemming from his instruction on theologian Thomas Aquinas and classroom inquiries about the "highest good," The College Fix reported. Owen Anderson, who has been an...

Donald Trump Slams Illinois Governor After Deadly Chicago Weekend

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump challenged Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker to seek federal assistance after a bloody weekend left multiple dead and dozens injured across Chicago, Just the News reported. "Why isn't Governor Pritzker calling me for help," Trump wrote Sunday morning on Truth Social. "I could...

‘Toy Story 5’ Rakes in the Biggest Box-Office Debut of the Year

(Headline USA) “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year. Launching 31 years after the original “Toy...

Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs Additional $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Costs

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon has told Congress that it needs $80 billion to pay for the Iran war and other non-war-related costs, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The Pentagon had previously claimed that the war cost $29 billion as of mid-May, a number that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny,...

Bezos: WaPo Was His Worst Investment Due to ‘Terrible’ Employees

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Multibillionaire Jeff Bezos griped to President Donald Trump about having made a bad investment in his 2013 purchase of the Washington Post, saying “The people there are terrible,” according to a new book by two reporters from the rival New York Times. https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/2067704286742528337 Jonathan Swan and Maggie...

Nancy Pelosi’s Net Worth Falls by Millions as Public Career Ends

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Giving up the reins of the House of Representatives may have come at a cost for Nancy Pelosi, who reportedly lost at least $8 million in net worth in the year after stepping down from leadership. Pelosi saw the estimated net worth of her and her husband,...

President Donald Trump Unveils the New Air Force One

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of...

Billionaire Tax Officially Heads to Nov. 3 Ballot

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The controversial union-backed billionaire tax in California is officially heading to the Nov. 3 ballot. Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced the California Billionaire Tax Act exceeded the number of signatures it needed to qualify for the general election. The initiative aims to impose a one-time...
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