FINANCE

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance said during a campaign visit to Ohio on Wednesday that he is “disgusted” by the Republican pushback against an ad by Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent in the governor's race, Dr. Amy Acton, and raises questions about...

(Headline USA) Wedding rings were exchanged, and photos of a smiling bride and well-dressed groom made it look like these were legitimate marriages. But federal authorities argued Wednesday that the ceremonies were part of an elaborate, decade-long marriage fraud ring that netted a half-dozen people in Massachusetts millions of dollars....

(José Niño, Headline USA) The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has entered the legal battle over New Jersey's tuition breaks for illegal aliens, siding with the Trump administration as it seeks to dismantle the program. According to a FAIR press release, the group filed an amicus brief in the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. aerospace and defense shares have lagged the broader market as investors reassess whether President Donald Trump’s proposed $500 billion military spending expansion can survive the November midterm elections. The Financial Times reported that Wall Street is increasingly pricing in a Democratic congressional breakthrough and...

(Headline USA) Police in California are investigating the theft of trading cards worth at least $963,000 that were taken from a FedEx truck parked outside of a company that verifies memorabilia. The truck was broken into on Oct. 13 near Professional Sports Authenticator, also known as PSA, which authenticates trading cards,...

(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) A former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama was paid nearly $700,000 in total compensation last year despite revenue to the taxpayer-funded refugee resettlement organization plummeting by nearly $130 million, an investigation by The Center Square found. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is the CEO of Baltimore-based Global Refuge, a faith-based...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are set Tuesday to unveil a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the federal government as they ramp up an existing effort to end the abuse of federal programs and dollars. Under...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I ran across a glaring example of mainstream media bias that I want to highlight for you. Accusations of “fake news” are often overplayed. However, mainstream media bias is a thing, and you should be aware of it, even in financial news reporting. On Friday,...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) A former Fed insider has sold all his bank stocks, and he’s piling money into gold. Christopher Whalen has worked for over three decades as a writer and financial analyst in Washington, along with a stint as a researcher at the New York Fed....

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released footage on Monday of a call with President Trump, during which the US president told the Israeli leader, “You’re the man I want by my side.” The call came after Trump endorsed Netanyahu for the upcoming October 27 Israeli elections in...

(Headline USA) Federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered or voted in U.S. elections. The arrests are part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next...

(Headline USA) Dozens of cattle spilled onto a street in Kansas City, Missouri, when a semitractor-trailer plunged off a highway overpass in the city’s downtown area and onto a car early Sunday, shutting down some roads and setting off a search for the traumatized animals that survived. The accident occurred...